Lessons learned from my daughter's devotional

Well we have been trying to do devotions one on one with each of our kids. It makes for bedtime routine to be quite a bit longer but it sure makes for awesome one on one time. We have been very faithful in doing it with the older two not so much with the younger ones. Need to figure something out for making that time and making it work.


A couple nights ago in devotion time with Jennifer it was like God was in our mind and wrote the very devotional for us we decided. It was fun to find out that was where she was with all the emotions of moving. You never exactly know where each of your kids are in the journey of emotions associated with a major move like this so that was blessing number one in this time. She also decided she wanted to share it with the rest of the family the next day. So that was a neat moment to see her caring about where everyone else was too. I thought it would be neat to share it with you.

February 4 from "The One Year Devo for Girls #2"

Linne Looks Back

Scripture Luke 9:57-62

"Linnea was so homesick! Lately all she could think about was her life "before". When Dad had been a pastor, they'd lived in a lovely big parsonage. They'd visited Grandma and Grandpa nearly every week, and she often got to stay overnight. But that was "before" - before they had felt that God wanted them to be missionaries. Now she was halfway around the world, staying at a boarding school for missionary kids while Mom and Dad were away for six months at a time.

That evening, Linea's house father led the junior-age girls in there devotions. He read the story of Lot's wife and how she turned into a pillar of salt when she looked back at the cities of sin (Genesis 19:17-26). "This story has a good lesson for Christians," he said. "Although it's good to look back to see the way God has led us, we shouldn't look back at what used to be and allow it to spoil us for service right now. We should look back to remember what great things God has done for us, not to see what we're missing now." He prayed for the girls asking God to help them all to keep looking ahead."

The devotional went on to describe Linea and her asking God to forgive her and realizing how much she was looking back. Yeah pretty much stopped me in my tracks!!!!

So here were the questions from the "How about You" section "Are you guilty of looking back to the way things used to be - and making yourself miserable? OUCH!!! Perhaps you've moved, and you won't allow yourself to like the new place because you long for the old. (Who is looking and reading my mind) Don't be guilty of looking back and longing for a former way of life. Serve the Lord in the place he has put you now."

OK SO WHO PLACED THE AUTHOR IN MY MIND AND KNEW THAT I WOULD READ THAT ON FEBRUARY 4, 2010.

Here is the last clincher the verse at the end to memorize "But Jesus told him, Anyone who puts a hand to the plow and then looks back is not fit for the Kingdom of God." Luke 9:62

Not much more to say other than Lord thanks for using whatever means I need to get to my heart and showing me exactly what I need to hear to move forward with you and help my family to do the same. May it literally take me the next step to moving closer to you!! AMEN