365 Days of Spirit-Filled Fruits Challenge-Day 249

I find it curious that the goal from the day we are born is to be independent. I think a lot of parents would like to see their kids grow up to be happy, healthy and successful. But our life is not just about our physical bodies. In teaching independence to our children, we must also teach them to depend on God. I think most of us are aware of how much more challenging it is to learn something as an adult especially since it is going against what you have learned in childhood and been doing your whole life. You know how they say it is easier for a child to learn a new language but it becomes more difficult as you get older. As children we are like brand new sponges and we are able to soak up so much more. As adults, we are sponges that have been set aside and unused, dried up and it is so much more challenging to soak up anything. But even an old dried up sponge can become transformed and made like new with a good soaking in water. We too can be transformed by the renewing water of life given to us by the Holy Spirit. We can learn to depend on God and through that dependence find peace in all circumstances.

Acts 27:13 When a gentle south wind began to blow, they thought they had obtained what they wanted; so the weighed anchor and sailed along the shore of Crete.

365 Days of Spirit-Filled Fruits Challenge-Day 174

My daughter spent most of the day yesterday sewing together a sock kitty. It was a project we bought two years ago that sat around collecting dust because I thought it needed the sewing machine for parts of it and my machine wasn’t working. She pulled the instructions out in the morning and said she understood what to do and got started on it. The only part she had trouble with was the pink nose that was to be done in an upside-down triangle like embroidery. Her nose didn’t turn out in that shape and left her in tears. She came to me to help her fix it. I had to cut out what she did and start over. There was a hole that formed so it was a challenge to incorporate that hole and embroider the nose but it came out pretty good. She was delighted with it. When she finished the whole thing she came up very excited saying how cute she was. She was beaming with her accomplishment but recognized my help with the nose. This  reminded me of how we are taught to become independent from our parents as we grow up but we also need to be taught  to depend on God. We are God’s from the beginning and as parents we have been given the task of teaching our children about God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit. In our teaching our children to be independent from us but dependent on God we are transferring our children back into His arms. It was delightful to watch her beaming over her accomplishment as I am sure God is delighted to see us beaming over our accomplishments when we depend on Him to reach them.
Isaiah 26:4 Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.