Family

Pero si a ustedes les parece mal servir al Señor elijan ustedes mismos a quienes van a servir… por mi parte, mi familia y yo serviremos al Señor! Josúe 24:15

“But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve… but as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.” Joshua 24:15

This month we had a great sermon series at church on the family.  It was so good to have the girls sit in the congregation and hear a room full of people saying that they agree that a family should be based on Christ first and foremost.  And then they heard idea after idea about how to implement Christian principles into their own families.  It was hard to sit with them knowing that the family being presented is a mom, dad, and kids and that their families just don’t look like that for now.  They are a nuclear family with their respective babies.  And they are part of a bigger family in PDE and in the church.  So, they have to figure out how to be a nuclear family with the responsibility of raising their kids in a Godly way in the midst of living with other people and still learning themselves!  What a challenge.  But God is so faithful to them.

Monday night we sat and talked through all the principles that we had studied in church and how they can start to implement them.  Some of the ideas that they came up with…

1. Have devotionals as a family… sit and read the Jesus Storybook Bible with their kids before bed
2. Share responsibilities within the home… have the 2 year old help me make the bed
3. Have intentional conversations… take the time to sit with the babies when they first wake up and ask them questions even if they can’t answer them yet
4. Do things together frequently… take their babies on “dates” to the mall or to eat ice cream
5. Teach your kids to worship God… let the babies see them worshipping in church on Sundays and reading their Bible throughout the week, also sing worship songs with them
6. Model Biblical truths… watch the way they speak and the things they do because the babies are learning from them
7. Pray often… pray with their kids
8. Be generous… they don’t have much money, but they were thinking about how they can use their gifts to serve others
9. Join a service group… both have volunteered to work in the children’s ministry
10.  Put your walk with the Lord as the most important thing… make sure that as they get busier that they are making time for Jesus and for their babies

I was just so proud of them as I see the Lord really moving in their hearts to want to be good moms to their kids.  They are striving for a Christ-centered family as they learn what that looks like.  Please pray for them to be able to lead their little families well and also live well in community with each other!