
This is taken from the Joseph Prince "Destined to Reign Devotional"
A candid view of life as a pastor's wife...


“It is dangerous to be concerned with what others think of you” (Proverbs 29:25 GN)When we worry about what other people think, we let them control us. We waste a lot of time and energy trying to figure out what other people want us to be. Then, we waste a lot of time and energy trying to become like that rather than just being what God made us to be. You're manipulated and controlled by somebody else. Worrying about what other people think is dangerous because we’re more likely to cave in to criticism. It means we don't always do the right thing; instead, we do the thing that everybody wants us to do. And we’re in danger of missing God's best because we're so worried about what other people what us to do that we can't stop to think about what God wants us to do.
Many times, we get caught up in just doing life; going around just taking care of our responsibilities but not really living. I have gotten caught in that place at times. I get tied up in other people's problems, helping them, giving everything I can. I also realized that, at times, I have been just trying to get by. That was never the way God intended us to live.
Most of us know the verse John 3:16, but do we really understand the implications of that verse? "For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life." I also MUST include verse 17 - "God did not send His Son into the world to condemn it, but to save it."
Kate loves her bath time. The other night, she was supposed to be cleaning up her toys in order to get out of the tub. I heard her singing the Barney "Clean Up" song, and just assumed she was doing what I had asked her to do.OK, I realize I have been slack with my blog as of late. There has been so much going on these days, and I really need to tell you guys all about it. We'll just have to start with what is currently on my mind,and I'll try to catch all of you guys up in the next few weeks.
I just got back from dropping Caroline off at our church's youth group. Tonight is the first night that the rising 7th graders join the rest of Evergreen. I was not prepared for the flood of emotions I would experience today. I'm pretty sure I was more nervous than she. I was feeling the same way that I felt when I took her to kindergarten on the first day of school.
I mean, I know she'll be fine. She knows almost all the other kids, and she is the pastor's daughter - so people have to be nice to her. Right?!
I am just more determined than ever to enjoy every phase of my daughter's lives. I am realizing how quickly it all goes by.