Sunday started out like any other day. The alarm went off baby woke up, then the older two woke up, then {after being out of bed for nearly half an hour getting them ready for church} I woke up. I knew we had to get to church, then get home and have lunch because I had two teen guys and two men coming to the house to help us do some work on our yard and home as we are moving things around and getting ready to grow our family.
At church, our pastor made the announcement that we needed some assistance. I was blown away by the response. We had four families (parents AND kids helping!) present, two single men, and us ... WOW! We chipped through what I thought would be an entire week's worth of a to-do list.
When the body of Christ comes together and functions like it ought, nothing can compare. I have been so peaceful in my knowledge that God has a way to provide for us as we follow His directions to a complete {for now} family, but I've also been really stressed at all I have to do in a short time to make it happen (and it's not all about me; I'm simply a small part of a large and beautiful body ... but I'm still learning that, so sometimes I forget). And I've been a wee bit frustrated that God would direct my days in such a way that I wasn't doing what I thought I should be; some days He would simply tell me to rest or enjoy our children. It's like He knew He could do it all with out my help.
And Sunday afternoon our humble home and modest yard was teeming with life. Literally. It was like God had breathed on our little corner of the world and made it come alive! Romans 12 and 1 Corinthians 12 just made sense in a whole new way as I watched people just use their gifts to bring life to a home that was perhaps a little tired because of all we're going through right now.
My home is practically singing with joy because the love is still lingering, even though everyone has gone home for now. And me? Well, I'm just walking around smiling like a dope! I feel like I know my Beloved better than ever before, because I'm finally starting to get what it means to have a heart for people. I'm starting to see a little more like He sees -- and I want, so much, to be like these people who have blessed us ... I want to be the hands and feet of God extended to the world.
At church, our pastor made the announcement that we needed some assistance. I was blown away by the response. We had four families (parents AND kids helping!) present, two single men, and us ... WOW! We chipped through what I thought would be an entire week's worth of a to-do list.
But you know what the truly amazing part of it was? What I learned about GOD. I've been in and out of ministry for over half my life. I've been a part of some pretty awesome churches. I've been on totally rockin' mission trips. I've seen honest-to-goodness miracles. But until today there was a part of God that I only thought I'd seen and understood.
When the body of Christ comes together and functions like it ought, nothing can compare. I have been so peaceful in my knowledge that God has a way to provide for us as we follow His directions to a complete {for now} family, but I've also been really stressed at all I have to do in a short time to make it happen (and it's not all about me; I'm simply a small part of a large and beautiful body ... but I'm still learning that, so sometimes I forget). And I've been a wee bit frustrated that God would direct my days in such a way that I wasn't doing what I thought I should be; some days He would simply tell me to rest or enjoy our children. It's like He knew He could do it all with out my help.
And Sunday afternoon our humble home and modest yard was teeming with life. Literally. It was like God had breathed on our little corner of the world and made it come alive! Romans 12 and 1 Corinthians 12 just made sense in a whole new way as I watched people just use their gifts to bring life to a home that was perhaps a little tired because of all we're going through right now.
My home is practically singing with joy because the love is still lingering, even though everyone has gone home for now. And me? Well, I'm just walking around smiling like a dope! I feel like I know my Beloved better than ever before, because I'm finally starting to get what it means to have a heart for people. I'm starting to see a little more like He sees -- and I want, so much, to be like these people who have blessed us ... I want to be the hands and feet of God extended to the world.
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