We've had a great couple of days with the kids. Their manners are improving, the lying has gotten better, and the complaining isn't as often. It's the small things. Yesterday, was a rough day for me and Luke regarding an incident that was out of our control. When other people choose to stick their nose in your business, well, it sometimes can make things seem like something they aren't.
After a rough morning, we went together to our first parent/teacher conference. Both teachers had awesome things to say about the kids. Our girl's teacher even stated that me and our little girl looked a lot alike. I thought that was pretty cool. Both kids are doing great academically and in school. We are blessed to have great teachers we both seem to like!
As Luke and I were leaving the school yesterday, we stopped to see our little girl's artwork on the wall. It was for St. Patrick's Day (or Leprechaun Day as our little boy called it). They had to write a small paragraph about what was better than gold. Our little girl wrote with several misspelled words, "God is better than gold because he died on the cross." I got tears in my eyes. I looked at Luke and said, "We must be doing something right."
On the way to school this morning, we have started talking about what we can do to help someone else. In other words, what can you do nice for someone. We talked about several things on the way to school. When the kids got out, our little boy waited for the girl in front of him to go in. He waited to open the door for her. I was so proud of him, and the choice he decided to make!
In Bible Study, we're doing a study on Nehemiah. I was really struggling from yesterday about the attack we seem to be under lately. In the study this morning I was reminded of Nehemiah's faithfulness to remember the Lord and pray about everything. Rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem was a daunting task, but it was one the Lord called him to do. The workers grew weary of removing the rubble from the old wall. They were under constant attack, but they kept the faith and kept building that wall.
The Lord reminded me this morning- He's called us to do this. He's called us to remove the rubble from these kids lives. It's a daunting task- one that oftentimes has left me wondering why we even chose to do this. I was reminded that I, like Nehemiah, have to keep the faith. I also have to be on guard. These men rebuilt that wall while on guard. They worked one hand on the wall, and one hand on the sword. Luke and I have to work the same way- one hand on removing the old rubble from the kids past- work through it- all the while having our hand on the sword. We know we're under attack from Satan- and we also know we have God on our side. If He's for us, who can be against us!
