Are We Trusting With Our Minutes?

Let's see how many minutes are in 26 years? That's how old my youngest daughter is today.. wow.. I was 24 when I had her.. where does the time go? When the two girls were little and being 17 months apart some days I thought would never end as my husband was gone day and nite trying to make a living during the early 80's. That was when there was a recession like non we'd ever seen, until this one.. and he was a tennis pro..so you can imagine we didn't have much to eat, had one small car and lived in a trailer park, so I was really alone. We moved 3 times over the course of 3 years.. it was not a happy time, yet God chose to give us these two beautiful little girls who didn't have a care in the world, they would look at us with all the faith in the world that every thing would be fine, their needs would be met and all was well with the world.. and for the most part to them it was.

The take away for us? We turned our minds, hearts and spirits back to God because my husband who had been raised in a preacher's home was running from the church but as we all know deep inside you can't run.. where do you really run from the God who created the whole earth anyhow? He'll let you think you're hiding and leave you alone to figure out your own messes for as long as you want but He's there all the time waiting for us to figure out that He is just that, right there, waiting for us to turn back to Him.

It was interesting, after our second baby was born and the bottom kept dropping out over and over again, my husband finally turned back to God and repented and asked for His help...it was amazing.. we had some catch up time.. but once our hearts were turned back and our minds opened He was so faithful. He's no different than any other good parent, all we want is for our children is for them to learn that we know what's best for them when they are young and as they grow we give them more responsibility and therefore they gain more reward. Just like God does with us.

I'm so grateful that both of our girls are serving the Lord faithfully. They were small when we were "finding our way" so thankfully once they were older we were able to teach them the ways of God so that they could be spared some. There are always those life lessons that we all have to learn.. but for the most part I have seen many come and go and those that are following the simple guidelines that are laid out for us.. He provides for in every area, just as we as natural parents do for our children. But.. it's always our choice, no matter how young or old we are. For me and my house..we will trust in the Lord.. how about you?