Pastor Furnick preached another good one today! Consider me full…spiritually! #IStillRequireBreakfast
Pastor Furnick spoke into my strong-willed kid today. You guessed it…Thing 2! His sermon was about Jesus being the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. He preached that what we need in between in our lives are Beta blessings: “Jesus is the Alpha and Omega, but I need a Beta blessing to get me through everything in between.” #PraiseGod He also said that we are in beta versions of ourselves. Every day, we are making revisions so that we can be what He has called us to be. #WorkInProgress
Pastor then went on to ask, How many of y’all have a strong-willed child right now? Some will call it stubborn. I couldn’t get my hand up fast enough. #MeMeMEEEEEE #IDoIDoIDo I have been writing about this child’s shenanigans, so you know I have me one of them! But what I didn’t consider, is that my child is in her beta version too. #WeAreAllWorksInProgress
What Pastor said next about my strong-willed and stubborn child spoke to my soul. He said, that strong-willed, stubbornness will pretty soon grow to be BOLDNESS! Right now, she is just in beta! #SpeakIt
While I knew there was no mistake in the way God created Thing 2, I did often wonder how I was to parent this beta version of her. Every day, there is a new strain of strong-willed and stubbornness that the punishments of yesterday just don’t work for. That is where I had to realize that this is where my beta self grows. This is where I grow just a little more each day to match her growth. She and I will grow together so that I can be the best beta version of myself that will help her turn that stubbornness into boldness. #IGetItNow
None of this means it will be easy, but Pastor gave one last little nugget to set me on the right path. He closed with, “pray to be blessed, but obey to be blessed.” I have prayed all kinds of prayers over Thing 2 (oooooooohweeeeee), but have I truly done what He said I should do? Was I even listening when He told me? Or was I so caught up in the moment or what she did that I didn’t even notice He was trying to guide me? #Pray&Obey #GotIt
I’ve got work to do!
