“Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.”-1 Timothy 5:8
One of the greatest things about the Bible is that it’s alive. The living word. You can literally read something and it hits you one way and then the next day your perspective changes and suddenly the meaning gets deeper. Which brings me to last night. Out of nowhere my son got violently ill and even though he is 21 years old and in the Air Force, I spent the night watching over him. The reality is no matter how old I get as long as I have the strength in my body I will always provide and protect my family. As I stood in my sons doorway, in the middle of the night, making sure he was ok I thought to myself how we are created in God’s image. And just how the love I have for my family supersedes all else, that is exactly how God feels for us, only on an infinite level.
I am a work in progress. We all are. And at times it can be overwhelming trying to live like Christ, especially when our nature makes us over think things. What I realized, once again standing in that doorway, is that to truly follow Jesus all we have to do is let love guide us.
Remember to always seek joy. God bless
Faith like Water 