Lately, I have been very convicted that I need to stress to my children and to my family, the importance of focusing on the eternally and not on things of this world. It is so easy to compare myself, my "stuff", my kids, etc.. with others. I know that the Lord wants my focus to be completely on Him and to give him every area of my life. He does not want me to pick and choose what areas to give to Him...He wants it all! This past Sunday, hearing Pastor Chris continue his series on the end times, I am even more convicted of living a life for God. A life that might look different to others. A life of purpose. Live the life of a person who is not in the love with the things of this world. Someone who is passionately in love with her Savior and desires to be more like Him! In I John it says that "the world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever." (2:17).
This past Sunday, Pastor Chris spoke about the verse stated below in I Thess. 14-23. Our family decided to adopt it as THE CARRINGTON CREED. We wrote it out (the best I could in kid friendly terms) and posted it in our kitchen. Often when I think about the things my children are going to face in the course of their lives, I am overcome with fear. I want to shelter them from the things of this world. A world that is confused, distorted and evil. It makes me even more fired up to raise my kids in a Godly home. To pray for them and with them daily. To set my children up to find their strength and victory in Jesus. As a family, we
will "fix our eyes not on what is seen, but what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal" 2 Cor. 4:18
