Happy Mom Monday!!

"Then they can TRAIN the younger women to LOVE their HUSBANDS and CHILDREN."  Titus 2:4   Remember that we need some TRAINING to LOVE.   Training is coaching. It is coaching in some mode of behavior. It is to help make proficient with specialized INSTRUCTION AND PRACTICE.      Here are a few of God's instructions on LOVE:   "Love is PATIENT (long-suffering), love is KIND, ..........it is NOT RUDE, it is NOT EASILY-ANGERED, it keeps NO RECORD OF WRONGS...."   That is the instruction. Now.......PRACTICE patience, kindness, not being rude, not getting mad easily and keeping no record of wrongs.   Remember that following Christ means dying to ourselves and learning to obey his instructions.   "A patient man has GREAT UNDERSTANDING." Prov. 14:29   Understand this moms and wives (and all other women) ....it doesn't feel good to your children's or husband's souls when YOU ARE IMPATIENT, UNKIND, RUDE, EASILY ANGERED & KEEPING A RECORD OF ALL OF THEIR WRONGS .  Those DON'T  bring life to your family. As moms  & follower of Jesus Christ, we are called to bring LIFE!!!   "We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, SO THAT the life of Jesus may also be revealed in OUR BODY. For we who are alive are always being given over to DEATH FOR JESUS' SAKE, SO THAT HIS LIFE MAY BE REVEALED IN OUR MORTAL BODY. So then, DEATH IS AT WORK IN US, but LIFE IS AT WORK IN YOU."  2 Corinthians 4:10-12       Know God's instructions my friends. Practice them over and over until you are incredibly skilled at PATIENCE, KINDNESS, NOT BEING RUDE OR EASILY ANGERED, AND KEEPING NO RECORD OF WRONGS. DIE TO YOURSELF .........SO THAT CHRIST CAN BE REVEALED THROUGH YOU to your husband, to your children, to all the people God brings you.       We are  "Training ourselves to be GODLY." 1 Timothy 4:7    We are a "prudent women who ACT OUT OF KNOWLEDGE" (NOT feeling & emotion and mere instinct). Prov. 13:16     Like any good coach would train and encourage his/her players in the game.......may I encourage you in the "game" of 'moming/wifing/ womaning"  ..........YOU CAN DO THIS!!! YOU HAVE THE SPIRIT OF THE LIVING GOD INSIDE OF YOU (IF YOU HAVE ASKED HIM TO DWELL WITHIN YOU). YOU HAVE INSTRUCTIONS. NOW DO THEM! YOU HAVE A SACRED OPPORTUNITY TO REVEAL CHRIST TO THOSE AROUND YOU IF YOU WILL DIE TO YOURSELF!!! COME ON LADIES!!! WE CAN DO THIS. WE CAN BRING SOOOOO MUCH LIFE TO OUR FAMILIES. THIS IS MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANY GAME (basketball, soccer, tennis, etc....) This is LIFE.  Blessings from Bombadil. "Coach" Kristy   "I will continue with all of you for your progress and joy in the faith, so that through my being with you again your joy in Christ Jesus will overflow on account of me." Phillipians 1:25 & 26