Sunday, day 48

At church today one of the assistant pastors preached from Matthew 28:16-20.  He talked about how Jesus gave us a mission.
           ¹⁶ Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. ¹⁷ When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. ¹⁸ Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. ¹⁹ Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, ²⁰ and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
The pastor reminded me of several things.  That it is my mission to not only tell people and lead people to Christ, but to help them lead a Christian life and love Jesus.  To walk like him, live like him, love like him and worship him. I am only doing half of that.
Also, that Jesus is always with you on your mission.  As a mom, he is with me when the kids are being bad, when I am changing those awful diapers, when I am disciplining, when I am at my breaking point and at those best moments.  As a nurse, he is with me when I feel like I am not making a difference and when the patient's family is thanking me.  As a wife he is with me when we are not agreeing about money or when we are spending like crazy.  Even when we are on vacation, Jesus is with us.  That is a reminder to me that I am taking a vacation away from work, not my spiritual time with God.  The point that really drove it home to me was when he reminded me that Satan NEVER takes a day off!  So, now is the time to strengthen our marriages, hug our kids and teach them about Jesus and share with our friends, family and anyone who will listen that Jesus is the only one who saves!


My favorite part about this challenge is that my kids are seeing what I am doing and they are doing it too!  When we change activities, floors of the house or need to leave the house, Jonathan says, "wait wait Mommy.  We need to clean up clean up, everybody clean up."  You talk about an answered prayer.  My kids are getting it and helping Mommy attempt to keep order in this house.  I almost had to kick Matt when he told the kids it was time to leave for church and Jonathan started cleaning up and Matt told him, "we don't have time to clean, let's just go."  Oh no!  Please don't mess up what I have created.  This is a responsible 4 year old.  We will just be late!

Well, we made it on time and then we went to Carowinds.  It was a huge hit for Jonathan. Unfortunately, Ethan was still too short for most of the kiddy rides.  but, we made the most of it and easily blew $50.  We are going to have to work on that.  We can't spend $50 every time we use our free seasons passes.  Next time we are packing lunch and not buying anything.  Fun was had by all and the kids slept great, while Matt and I painted the dining room.  Which was not fun, but finished.

Wow, what a day.  Exhausted!