In my devotions I've been working on reading through the Bible and just started reading through 1st Peter as a group of friends is going to start studying that book. It always amazes me how much is packed into just a few verses of Scripture--I feel led to write 1 Peter Ch. 1 in my own words, maybe I'll post it here when through--I hope to get to it today.
I started this blog because I've really felt the need to change my life. God has given me so much and I am so comfortable and so unwilling to get to know Him better because I'm happy where I am. My goal is to be like Jesus--but what does that look like for a woman, a mother, in the year 2008? I don't really know.
Some of the things I want to start working on are:
* being kind, speaking the truth in love
* letting go of pride
* finding more moments to teach my children about the love of God
* encouraging my husband and praying for him and my children more
* praying more period
* reading His word more
* encouraging others
* reaching out to others and stepping out of my comfort/shy zone
And that's just the beginning. So friends, since you are reading this blog I'd like you to start holding me accountable. Remind me of these things when I start to gossip (oy--this one is gonna be hard!), remind me of these things when I look down on others, remind me of these things when I want to cast the first stone when my own life is so full of sin that it's weight is heavy on my shoulders. God has given me so much--it's time for me to start giving it back.
I'm praying that God would send me a role model--someone who lives this way and is older and has gone through the changes that I am starting. I wanna be more like Jesus and I would like to see with my own eyes what that looks like.
1 comment:
Oh Michelle, I would love to do some Bible Study with you!! I look up to you as a role model!! Because of you I am trying, albeit slow, to get myself together; physically, mentally and spiritually!!
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