“We live
by faith, not by sight. We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away
from the body and at home with the Lord. So we make it our goal to please him,
whether we are at home in the body or away from it.” -2 Corinthians 5:7-9
As a
single parent we have the responsibility for everything when it comes to our
kids. Not only do we have to feed and clothe them, but we have to make sure
they go to school, have a roof over their heads, take them where they have to
be and make sure they are being raised with manners and with a moral compass.
At the same time, we have to deal with our own rejection from our ex-spouse or
lack thereof and figure how to support our child(ren), in the ways that they
need it.
When our jobs seem threatened or our finances
are not in order we tend to totally panic. Will the child support show up on
time? Will it even show up? Some single parents have an ex-spouse that pays
their child support on time and is there still to help with the kid(s). For
some of us though there may have never been an ex-spouse in the picture or they
disappear without a trace. Sometimes it is for the good of the child(ren) and
other times it is the ex-spouse being selfish, childish or just plain
irresponsible.
Have
you ever heard that God will not give us more than we can handle? This is not
only a saying but it is found in the bible: 1
Corinthians 10: 13 “No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to
man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you
are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you
may be able to bear it.” However we know that bad things happen to “good”
people and sometimes it just makes no sense. Of course when it comes to faith we
do not what is really going on with someone. They can say that they are a
Christian, go to Church every time the doors are open, be active in their
church and tithe but we really don’t know their heart. Only God does. He
promises not to give us more than when we can handle when we are with him. Once
we start drifting he may do things to bring us back.
In Sunday school this
last Sunday we were studying the book of Mark like we have been doing most of
this year. In the verse Mark 11:15-19 it talks about how the priest made things
convenient for those that came to the temple to give their sacrifice during
Passover. At the temple the prices were highly inflated and Jesus did not want
his father’s house made of a den of robbers. We ventured off into the subject
that if something like that was convenient was it really a sacrifice? Sure it
cost them money they may not have but it was not something they cared for or
would no longer have to feed their family. Convenience can make things a sin
because it makes things others than God the priority in our lives.
Just like with our
health and fitness we have to work consistently on our relationship with God.
Just like we can’t wrap ourselves healthy or take a pill to fix our health
problems, we can not attend church once a week and expect us to have a relationship
with God and for him not to give us more than we can handle because we are not
really in our faith with him. We are those hypocritical Christians that says we
are Christians but we do whatever we want because we are saved and we can do
what we want. Well we all know that this is not true. When things are going
wrong in our lives we need to look at our relationship with God. Maybe he is
bringing on the anxiety and stress so we will turn back to him. Maybe he is giving
us insomnia so we will be brought to our knees before him.
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