Lessons

For the past month or more, the Lord has really been teaching our family a lot. The biggest lessons are:

Family Relationships~ How close are you to your family? Do you laugh together, cry together, and confide in one another? Do you edify your siblings? Do you look at them as irritating, or as blessings from the Lord? Do you talk with your parents, telling them your thoughts, praying with them, and for them? Recently, I read that "your relationships with your family now, is how you will treat your relationship with your spouse later." Wow! Talk about convicting! I never thought of it that way. I have been guilty of not thinking of everything I do as "unto the Lord". I have been thinking about me, and my needs, and my wants, not my family's.

Which leads into the next lesson He has been teaching me personally.

Are you ready for Marriage?~ I know, I'm only 19, that's still young. But, I am preparing for this as I believe the Lord calls most everyone to marriage. If my relationships with my family are not good, and I think on me before anyone else, I am still "me" focused and not God focused. Sure, I can cook, clean, do all of the physical part of it, but am I spiritually and emotionally ready for it? Am I using my single years to get as close to God as I possibly can? Do I show the love of Christ where ever I am, in all circumstances? Do I put others before myself? Are my convictions and beliefs my own, not my parents? Am I doing my husband good, and not evil, in my single years? These are sometimes hard questions to answer, because it shows us our heart, and the things that must change if we are to be called the children of God.

So, these are a couple of things the Lord has been teaching me.

Over the next few weeks, I am going to be posting what I am looking for in a husband. A blog I read http://allauthority.blogspot.com/2011/12/thoughs-on-biblical-femininity-pt-1.html, posted what he was looing for in a wife. I thought I would give my thoughts on the subject. I want it to be a topic to discuss, so please, let me know what you think.

In Him Always~
Kaitlyn