Am I prepared? Matthew 24

Matthew 24

The Temple Will Be Destroyed

¹ As Jesus left the Temple and was walking away, his followers came up to show him the Temple's buildings. ² Jesus asked, "Do you see all these buildings? I tell you the truth, not one stone will be left on another. Every stone will be thrown down to the ground."

³ Later, as Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, his followers came to be alone with him. They said, "Tell us, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that it is time for you to come again and for this age to end?"

⁴ Jesus answered, "Be careful that no one fools you. ⁵ Many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and they will fool many people.⁶ You will hear about wars and stories of wars that are coming, but don't be afraid. These things must happen before the end comes.⁷ Nations will fight against other nations; kingdoms will fight against other kingdoms. There will be times when there is no food for people to eat, and there will be earthquakes in different places. ⁸ These things are like the first pains when something new is about to be born.

⁹ "Then people will arrest you, hand you over to be hurt, and kill you. They will hate you because you believe in me. ¹⁰ At that time, many will lose their faith, and they will turn against each other and hate each other.¹¹ Many false prophets will come and cause many people to believe lies.¹² There will be more and more evil in the world, so most people will stop showing their love for each other.¹³ But those people who keep their faith until the end will be saved. ¹⁴ The Good News about God's kingdom will be preached in all the world, to every nation. Then the end will come.

Clearly God is working in me a desire to stop resisting Him and His training in me. I awoke this morning feeling pressed to take the leadership if necessary in holding and molding our family in the 7 habits. I am now convinced without a doubt that I was involved in the 7 habits because God saw fit to equip me with the tools to prepare me for His will. I like structures and He knows that. Every scripture I seem to read talks about these actions, yet they are not the same names etc. the habits aren't biblical, but yet God is using them in my life to see that His word makes them so real. So....I will help my family, because that is my goal in life. Being the best I can be for my family.  

Yesterday I made a point to be kind to all I met. It made me happy. I also said I would make a memory yesterday and I did. I had to make the conscience decicion and action to get up and stand up on the bed with Wesley and dance to Good Morning. Frankly, I didn't want to do it.  I thought it was silly. But... I made a memory.  Today, I said that I would do something as a family and teach Wesley something. It is working. I feel blessed today already by making those things the most important things for me today and have seen by making one thing important, suddenly, many opportunities lead to many.

I also reflected on the fact that many of us are much like a married couple with Christ, or like a parenting situation. I often struggle with Wesley and Bruce and many times i just want to crawl into a hole and just shut them out, declaring I am officially over it, tired of trying to do it,  and officially going to be selfish and focus only on me, since they often put themselves first. But the work that has begun in me is helping me see that that is always going to happen, but it is MY actions that need to change. It is my effort. If I don't move forward then Christ who is the parent, must become frustrated and disappointed in me. Yet He doesn't. He ALWAYS tries again. Another situation , another test, and I fail over and over again, yet He remains with me. He remains faithful in knowing I will be in His favor. I don't deserve it, yet he never gives up, the way we should be in our marriage, the way a parent loves despite the wayward child.

It is going to be hard, because I am realizing it is about a million decisions a day I have to think...is this a good choice, but I am discovering it is worth the day struggle in the end.