Being Purposeful!

Lately the cry of my heart has been to be purposeful! It is easy to live a life of staying busy or of getting distracted by chores and responsibilities. We can think of all the small things or we can look at the big picture.

First and foremost, I want to live a life for God. I want to serve Him and others. Galations 5:13-14. For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”        

So to live a life of serving, I know that I need to do that through loving and serving my husband and kids first. I was created to help Jason as his wife and then raise up my children in the way they should go so that they will not depart from it. That sounds pretty simple, but I am learning that I need to be purposeful so that I do those things to the fullest. Jason and I do devotionals with the girls each day and we have bible time as part of our homeschooling (and so that I can get in my quiet time). However, I realized that I do this almost to check it off my list of things to do. I have always wanted to teach them the word, but was I really thinking through what things they should be hearing right now.  Picking a devotional to use doesn't allow us to really decide what our family needs to hear that day. So based off of that, Jason and I are trying to plan our own topics to teach the kids about. Praying about it and then choosing to teach them about the fruit of the spirit, baptism, serving others, etc. Also my friend Rae-Ann has a weekly family night that involves a bible, character building lesson. The first lesson is on becoming a new creation when Jesus comes into our heart and we will be reading the Pumpkin Gospel while carving our pumpkin! I think we are going to try to implement something like that. I know it will take more planning on my part, but building my children up is my priority!

I have also learned that to be purposeful, I need to get rid of activities that aren't aiding in the purpose. I don't just need to fill my time to keep myself busy and having fun. I need to make sure that my time is going to the right things.