Wow, he covered some serious ground in this chapter. Its hard to know where to start.
13 If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
I guess out of all of it this verse touched me the most. I know that I would do anything for my kids. Its a struggle sometimes not to give them all their hearts desires. We certainly have plenty of resources but we don't want to spoil them. We do give our kids everything we think they need to be successful and Gina in particular drops all of her personal desires to do things for our kids.
So in all this I then reflected on his words where he says as messed up as you people are you still know how to take care of your kids, so don't suppose I'll take care of you my kids?
But I generally don't spend a ton of time with Him and I don't ask him for whats on my mind unless I get in a pinch or my pain level is high. As Luke grows and matures and spends more of his time with his girlfriend and others outside our family I miss having him around and having the opportunity to do things for him--how much more does God feel like that about me because I'm busy with my own stuff??
So my takeaway is I need to spend more quality time with God. Ask him for what I want--share what is on my mind and heart. But also recognize that he won't always give me the answer I think I want because just like me parenting my kids there are times I need to protect them from their own desires--he may do the same only better for me.
knut
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ReplyDeleteI like your message. I can completely relate. There have been many times over the past year when Kim and I look at each other and say.....our kids are so spoiled. They act rotten sometimes. I don't think that's really true. But, sometimes our expectations are higher than our deserving.
ReplyDelete21 At that time Jesus, full of joy through the Holy Spirit, said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do.
This is my verse from the chapter. It shows how the simple lead the way. Child-like faith is what God is looking for. And its really the way he wants it. The more we educate ourselves.....we sometimes can educate ourselves out of faith. Not good.
I mixed up 10 and 11.....no big
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