My son Joshua and I just a few hours ago after our devotional time together. He also has on his game day jersey...today is his first football game and the game is hours away but he is already wearing his jersey...too cute!
During our devotional time today, Joshua spoke to me about the Holy Spirit guiding him and some of his friends about the 'narrow path' in his Christian walk. When I asked him what that meant for him he told me that it entailed the following:
**he would not be so concerned with the pool of popularity...he would be looking for opportunities to witness to those who looked like they needed a friend, in particularly the downtrodden
**he would be looking for the 'narrow path' and seeking it out instead of hoping to run into it. he would not be concerned with video games or things that took up a lot of his time...he wanted that time to be allotted to finding what Jesus needed him to do (gulp)
**he wanted to approach the Lord with finding out what he could do for Him instead of always seeking how the Lord could do things for Josh (double gulp)
**he also wants to try to arrange with his youth group an outreach for the kids that lost their stuffed animals in the flood waters over on the east coast (he said he saw something about this on the news)
He then proceeded to tell me that he opted out of a few of the team parties because he did not feel like that is where God would want him to be. (I did not even know there were team parties)
And he told me that this new kid, his name is Ernest, needed a friend, and Josh wanted to spend some time with him. (He had already brought Ernest over to our home the day before).
Our time together talking about the 'narrow way' was a great time of growth for me. What a beautiful reminder for us all ....
are we hanging out at the pool of popularity or are we seeking the downtrodden to befriend?
are we spending our time wisely or are we seeking the Lord to be glorifying Him?
are we saying Lord, here I am... or Lord, where are You?
Matthew 7:13, 14 "Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it"
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5 comments:
What a precious blessing Joshua is.
I think it is so nice you have this time with your son. Have you posted about it before? I am a new reader to your blog. Do you do it the same time/place/etc? I would love to do this with my son, probably when he's older. He's 4 now and we read Bible stories and talk about them.
BP,
Josh and I are reading the book of Matthew right now. His youth group is studying Revelation and then he is individually in the book of Acts.
We usually always begin with Bible unless I have an appt early and then we switch it to when I get home.
Enjoy your little one and the time you share your stories with him...it goes by soooo fast.
God bless you!
I'm way behind but thanks for visiting my blog and your comments on the 25th.
What a blessing that your son Josh is such a committed Christian. Oh, how we need Christian young people. May the Lord bless each one in your family and make each of you a bright light, for there is so much darkness in our nation and in the world.
mary
Again I say wow. Maybe Josh will end up being the example the team needs.
I was Blessed to read this post.
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