my thoughts in pink....
The girls and I played tennis and basketball yesterday at the park after a wonderful picnic lunch.....the weather was glorious!
We had such a great day....Vada got 2 aces!
WOW!
We ran into some friends of ours and had a great visit with them.
The conversation came down to the sad news that some mutual friends are getting divorced and, did you know that so-and-so are getting divorced?, and most of Vadas friends are from broken families...so sad....
We finally came to the point that society has accepted the break-up of the family as status-quo, which infuriates me!
Why don't we, as the Christain community, fight for familes????
Why aren't the men of the church confronting their fellow brothers with the Truth from God that God hates divorce and the break-up of the family!
Why aren't the women in the church being Titus-women who come along side of the sisters, teaching them to honor God by honoring their husbands and families??
Because we don't want to hurt anyone's feelongs and we don't want to come across as lofty....what a bunch of crap!
I ran into an old friend of mine from school at my niece's concert and he introduced me to his kids.....blah, blah,blah.
Anyway, it was homecoming that evening and his daughter was talking about her boyfriend and stuff and her dress...blah, blah,blah.
I asked her to walk away for a minute so I could talk to her dad.....then I asked him why did he allow his daughter(who's 15 and been dating this kid for almost a year!) to do the very thing that got him into so much trouble as a kid????
I asked him if he remembered being 15 and out of control????
I told him he was crazy....out of love, of course, and that God has a better way for those who believe in His sovereignty and, didn't he believe that?
Well, he looked at me and said, it's a little late now, don't ya think???
NO!!!!
It's never too late to teach our kids a better way, God's better way!!!
Anyway, I asked him if I could give her my little speech, and I did.
All to say that, I spoke Truth to my little sister in Christ, I spoke with authority from God...and there is power in that.
WE HAVE AUTHORITY TO SPEAK TRUTH, IN LOVE, in fact, we are compelled to do so in God's word.
We, as a Christian community don't use that authority to change our world.
Aren't we called to salt and light?????
Salt is a preservative....we, God's people, preserve the community around us by being moral, doing good deeds, ministering to our neighbors, reaching out to a lost and dying world, all in the name of God and for His glory, not ours.
I love that new song by the "Newsboys", called," Wherever we are...that's where the party's at!"
It is the picture of how God's people are blessings to their communites wherever they live, and I, for one, would rather be a God pleaser than a man-pleaser.
God's word says that His word will not return to Him void, that it will accomplish its purpose for which it was sent.
There you have it!
We had such a great day....Vada got 2 aces!
WOW!
We ran into some friends of ours and had a great visit with them.
The conversation came down to the sad news that some mutual friends are getting divorced and, did you know that so-and-so are getting divorced?, and most of Vadas friends are from broken families...so sad....
We finally came to the point that society has accepted the break-up of the family as status-quo, which infuriates me!
Why don't we, as the Christain community, fight for familes????
Why aren't the men of the church confronting their fellow brothers with the Truth from God that God hates divorce and the break-up of the family!
Why aren't the women in the church being Titus-women who come along side of the sisters, teaching them to honor God by honoring their husbands and families??
Because we don't want to hurt anyone's feelongs and we don't want to come across as lofty....what a bunch of crap!
I ran into an old friend of mine from school at my niece's concert and he introduced me to his kids.....blah, blah,blah.
Anyway, it was homecoming that evening and his daughter was talking about her boyfriend and stuff and her dress...blah, blah,blah.
I asked her to walk away for a minute so I could talk to her dad.....then I asked him why did he allow his daughter(who's 15 and been dating this kid for almost a year!) to do the very thing that got him into so much trouble as a kid????
I asked him if he remembered being 15 and out of control????
I told him he was crazy....out of love, of course, and that God has a better way for those who believe in His sovereignty and, didn't he believe that?
Well, he looked at me and said, it's a little late now, don't ya think???
NO!!!!
It's never too late to teach our kids a better way, God's better way!!!
Anyway, I asked him if I could give her my little speech, and I did.
All to say that, I spoke Truth to my little sister in Christ, I spoke with authority from God...and there is power in that.
WE HAVE AUTHORITY TO SPEAK TRUTH, IN LOVE, in fact, we are compelled to do so in God's word.
We, as a Christian community don't use that authority to change our world.
Aren't we called to salt and light?????
Salt is a preservative....we, God's people, preserve the community around us by being moral, doing good deeds, ministering to our neighbors, reaching out to a lost and dying world, all in the name of God and for His glory, not ours.
I love that new song by the "Newsboys", called," Wherever we are...that's where the party's at!"
It is the picture of how God's people are blessings to their communites wherever they live, and I, for one, would rather be a God pleaser than a man-pleaser.
God's word says that His word will not return to Him void, that it will accomplish its purpose for which it was sent.
There you have it!
posted by Lori's World @ 10:23 AM
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