House Posting INTERUPTED!

"IF MONOTONY TRIES ME, AND I CANNOT STAND DRUDGERY ..... IF I MAKE MUCH OF THE TRIALS OF LIFE, THEN I KNOW NOTHING OF CALVARY LOVE".
~Amy Carmichael


I know I know... I have desired to post even promised to post as soon as I can but LIFE has interrupted. I am tempted right now to complain of the "drudgery" and "monotony" of life. But the Spirit has convicted me. God is challenging me in my relationship with him (My walk). ARE my attitude, words, actions, MY THOUGHT LIFE, matching what I say I believe is True?? (My talk) And how I profess to live????

HMMM.....

My study as of late has been in the book of Ephesians. Do I think it is a coincidence I was asked months ago to preach this very next Sunday at church on Ephesians 6:1-9.

OF COURSE NOT.

I can't profess something true of my own life, then TEACH it at church to fellow Christians and NOT be convicted of my own MOTIVES!!!!!

The Holy Spirit has a way of doing that like no human can. CUTTING RIGHT TO THE POINT. NO B.S. NO buffer for me, no pretending w/him, no putting on a show, No fakeness if you will. NOPE. Not w/God. He knows every word before it is on my tongue.

But that is not the exact point I am wanting to make. My challenge as referred to from above is this: 1)Being an imitator of God, 2)live a life of love, just as Christ loved me.

Therefore, "walking as a child of LIGHT",5:8 "Being Careful how I walk, as a wise woman,"5"15 AND "WALKING in MANNER WORTHY OF MY CALLING" 4:1


TODAY, Right now my CALLING is Wife and MOTHER!!! I must not fall prey to the "other" aspects of life, (though permissible are not momentarily God's best for me) as they tempt me "come".

Ephesians author Paul, encourages us to find out "what is pleasing to God".

HERE IS THE POINT WHERE THE CHALLENGE GETS TOUGH! (Think Obedience)

4:2 Says~ "w/ humility and gentleness, w/patience, showing tolerance for one another in LOVE,"

and 4:29 Says~ "Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is GOOD for EDIFICATION according to the NEED of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear". (toward my children?? whoa!! & my spouse???)


If I were to write my calling out in detail on a piece of paper including a list of all my duties, requirements, and responsibilities and lay it on the table, then overlap it with a transparency of God's WORD, what would I see. How would my life including my speech, tones, thoughts, my heart, priorities, time, and actions measure up today "according to" the instructions from God's own mouth.??

CONVICTING??? Most definitely!

So you can see that in light of my current challenge to "live a walk that matches my talk" it seems no accident that on Sunday my topic is on MOTHERING.

Please pray for me.

BLOGGING will have to be on hold until I can catch my breath. I know you want to see my house and my pics. I most definitely would love to show you and spend a good chunk of my time on-line but today I must ask myself???

WHOM AM I TRYING TO PLEASE.

With Love,
~Des~