Chloe has been a bit sick this week and to be honest it just reminds me of the several weeks of sickness our family had before the holidays this past year. I find myself becoming very afraid that the rest of our family will catch what she has and pass the germs around once again.
She was pitiful this morning and just needing to be held and taken care of. Shannon took the boys to Upward and I stayed home to be with Chloe. She was restless and need a good nap and really just wanted to be in her room. I took her upstairs and while I was rocking her, I began praying for her. Of course I had already been doing this but for some reason it was different today. It was like my heart couldn't pour out to God fast enough. I found myself rocking her and weeping as I prayed and sang in the Spirit. I began revealing to God all my fears and frustrations with our past sickness, my broken foot, Chloe's stomach bug, school and work schedules, and so many other things that are weighing our family down.
I cried out to Him how this survival mode is not the life I desire to live for Him. Our family, much like many other Christ followers, has found itself in times of survival and we long to be full of life.
I want to raise world changers in my four children, but how can this happen if we are not being world changers daily as their parents. I remember how I am begging God to not allow this sickness to spread to the rest of our family and yet I don't remember ever begging Him to allow the joy or the courage or the faith of my children to become contagious and spread to one another.
This is what a life in God is all about. Yes, there will be hard times, times of struggle and pain, times of fear and concern, but they are not the times that should stand out to a family that has Christ at the center. It should be our times of hope, our times of peace, our times of faith and joy that should be the highlighted discoveries of our journey on this earth.
I pray that our family would become just that-- that we would be people that do change the world daily with our joy, our faith, and our hope. I don't want to spread sickness among the people that God brings our way. I want to spread healing that can only come from a true God and a life lived through His plans and purpose.
Mande I always find that you are so up lifiting to me. You help me see past myself and look into what really matters and that is being a World Changer getting out there and spreading my joy to others and not my negativity
Posted by: Rlgeary | January 22, 2011 at 10:28 AM