What does respect mean to you?

Does being a Christian mean that you let people walk all over you? Ummmmm let see that's a NO. This week I have been challenged with my patients and having a kind heart towards people and let me tell you it is not easy. So let me give you a little insight to what is going on, the builder that built our house is pouring the slab on the both lots right next to us (so we are the monkey in the middle). Yesterday the men that are working on the slab have decided to help themselves to our water supply to do their work and for their drinking purposes. I went outside to tell them that they needed to ask before they used our water but to no big surprise NONE of them speak English (great so maybe I should have paid attention in Spanish class). So I called the builder and told them that we don't mind that they use the water BUT they need to ask before they use it. After that phone call I get a knock at the door and guy that is in charge apologies and says it will not happen again (the guy was very nice). So I wake up this morning to the sound of someone using my water again (without asking), this has been going on all day and I have not said anything. What do I do????? Do I call again to the builder? Do I let them just use it with out asking? Do I call the police? What do I need to do???? While I was think I was talking do my daughter and told her that this is a good lesson to respect other peoples property, do not take things with out asking. As a christian family we need to be slow to anger and patient, kind and loving (even if I don't feel like it at the time), just like GOD is with us. So today I have showed our daughter how to respect others and their property and how to show the love and kindness that GOD gives us everyday. To the end the story I got a call 5 min later from the boss of the boss of the guys that are working saying that they are very sorry that they haven't been asking for the water and that they will talk to the guys. So even if I am a christian women that doesn't mean that people can walk all over me or our family, it just means that as a christian I'm to react to things like this with love and kindness and with the light of Jesus Christ.

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Who knew?

Well this morning we woke up to a wonderful and magical surprise!!!! We looked outside and it was covered in a white blanket of pure delight, it had snowed all night. Who knew that here in Texas that it would have snowed 3 times this winter. We surly had no idea when we moved to Texas that we would see snow, but yet if you think our God is so great that even snow in Texas is possible. Thank you God for the wonderful surprise!!!!

My thoughts for today.

As I'm going through my morning routine I stop and think to myself, you know how God says in the bible that our husbands aren't working for man they are working for God. Well that got me thinking about my JOB as a wife, mother, and homemaker. I love that God has blessed us where I am able to stay home (at the moment) but I have my days where I just complain about everything about cleaning about cooking about picking up after my husband, and then I thought, I'm really complain to God and what he has blessed me with. Now that really hit me hard all the things that God has done for us and got us through (and I know that y'all know what I'm talking about :) ). What right do I have to complain to God? I think that my view of being a stay at home wife and mother has changed forever. My JOB (as I see it) is to work for the glory of God, I'm to take of my husband because God has set me here to be his HELP mate, and for our children I'm to raise them to understand the bible to want to do good works for God and to be thankful in all things and one day give their lives to CHRIST. So today I have a fresh view of my purpose as a stay at home mom. I'm here to accomplish God's will not my own!!!