Yesterday I wrote saying that I didn't do anything of any importance for the kingdom of heaven and I really felt that way until I read the comment of a very kind and Godly woman way in the UK. She very kindly and gently reminded me that if I was spending time with my son I was doing work for the kingdom of heaven. It says in Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
I pray with my son before meals, at bedtime, and whenever I feel the need to. I try to teach him about his heavenly Father, but he's a little young to understand so I don't go too in depth yet. Most of all, I just try to teach him about whatever I'm doing at whatever time I'm doing it throughout the day. He's like a little sponge so everything I do or say, good or bad, right or wrong gets sucked up into his little mind and rung out later for anyone to see or hear, at any time whether appropriate or not. (children say the darndest things sometimes)
So, I can revise what I stated in yesterdays blog and say that I was investing into the kingdom of the Lord by spending time with my sweet little Samuel. I only wish that I were able to do the same with his big sister, Megan, but she's in another state.
I'm very grateful to the woman who reminded me of this. Sometimes I get so caught up in wanting to be more than what I am that I forget what I am. A servant of Christ, a husband and a father. I trivialized being one of these things and it took someone half way around the world to get me to see what's right in front of my face. Thank you.
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