To all who read this blog, I welcome you to my ordinary life. The Lord God Almighty has been teaching me that "ordinary", when under the influence of His hand, is anything but!!
My life is fairly simple. I rise in the morning, get my husband off to work (with lunch and coffee in hand!), get my kids up and around, have school (we school at home with our children), make lunch, do household chores, make dinner, clean-up, get the kids ready for bed, read to them, tuck them in and settle down for a few hours of adult time (whatever that may be). Sounds pretty "ordinary", huh? Yep. That's honestly how I like it, but there have been lots of days when I question the worth of this simple existance. It was during bible time one morning with my kids that I read something that put it all into perspective for me...
In John 6:25-59 Jesus teaches his followers that he is the Bread of Life. At the beginning of these verses He tells those who were with Him that he knew their hearts. They were following him just because he recently fed them until they were full. He remineds them that they need to work for food that does not spoil but endures to eternal life. They then asked him "What must we do to do the works God requires?" Jeses said something amazing! He said, "The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent."
This reminded me that no matter what I "do", whether ordinary or extrodinary, if I do it with a full understanding of who my Savior is... that He is sufficient, that He is Truth, that His word never fails, that He will never leave me or forsake me, that He will use the hard parts of my life to mature my faith, that He is the Almighty King of Kings and Lord of Lords..., If I believe this and more about my Lord Jesus Christ, then even the mundain things of life have value beyond time! Praise the Lord!
So, I hope that you enjoy hearing about my ordinary life. I pray that what the Lord teaches me will in some way encourage you to seek Him in all that you do. For he promises that when we seek him, we will find him!
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Hey welcome to the blog world. You are doing well to encourage and share the gospel on your blog! Hope you are well. Can you watch the kids tomorrow while I go to the dr.? Oh yeah, you don't live here anymore!!! Do you want to do spirit court?? Oh, yeah!!
Well I can tell you that an angel stood in my door at school today (see my blog, get it through Rachelle's)and now God gives me yet another angel! Thank you! Love Julie Bedford
Hi Becky~ Keep up the great blogs! Miss you...
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