Growing Closer to God

   So Today my husband and I are leaving for a retreat in a few hours, which we will be chaperoning. My only hope is that I can be a positive role model for these young adolescent minds. This is something we have been planning for a little while, just didn't want to boast to much about it, incase anything came up. I have 2 children after all which was hard to find a sitter, but when it came down to it, my awesome mother is watching them. Which is almost physically impossible because she is handicap and can not walk without a crutch and so she really cannot be running after my 23month old. I'm hoping there guardian angels will keep them pretty calm this weekend because they are just that BOYS they get into everything and my youngest climbs like CRAZY. There is nothing he cant climb.
   Anyways to sum up the feelings I am going through right now, is excited, nervous, a little nausea, worried, slight anxiety, happy I don't have to fuss all weekend, happy I don't have to hear my oldest for 2 hours saying are we there yet? Are we close? Hey are we there yet? And also I'm going through this O my gosh I'm leaving my children for two days I am a horrible mother thing. Its pretty obvious my husband and I NEVER do anything or go to far without our children. Which is the way we like. I mean I just keep telling myself well at least were doing something religious and not going do something selfishly for ourselves.
   And I'm pretty sure I feel this way because of the fact were leaving our children with our handicap mother and I feel selfish for asking her to do this. I mean if we had another sitter I wouldn't feel so bad, but I know how hard it is for my mom, and I also know that she is happy to do it because she loves her grandbabies, and she wishes with all her heart she could watch them like a normal grandma. So she truly is a saint for doing this for us. I owe her a good birthday present which is at the end of next month ha.
   I am however VERY excited to be taking this opportunity to grow closer to the Lord!

   And since I have been in preparation all week for this, I'm pretty sure I'm still forgetting to pack something. I haven't blogged all week, so I thought I would leave you with a daily passage for today's date, from my little bible in 366 days.

   June 14

   The Creator of Everything

 

Whenever we compare God to an idol, we discover who the living God is - the Almighty Creator of everything and everyone. Worship and serve Him only.

 

     1Hear the word that the LORD speaks to you, O Israel! 2This is what the LORD says: "Do not act like the other nations, who try to read their future in the stars. Do not be afraid of their predictions, even though other nations are terrified by them. 3Thier ways are futile and foolish. They cut down a tree, and a craftsmen carves an idol. 4They decorate it with gold and silver and then fasten it securely with hammer and nails so it won't fall over. 5Thier gods are like helpless scarecrows in a cucumber field! They cannot speak, and they need to be carried because they cannot walk. Do not be afraid of such gods, for they can neither harm you nor do you any good."

   6LORD, there is no one like you! For you are great, and your name is full of power. 7Who would not fear you, O King of nations? That title belongs to you alone! Among all the wise people of the earth and in all the kingdoms of the world, there is no one like you.

   10But the LORD is the only true God. He is the living God and the everlasting King! The whole earth trembles at his anger. The nations cannot stand up to his wrath.

   14The whole human race is foolish and has no knowledge! The craftsmen are disgraced by the idols they make, for their carefully shaped works are a fraud. These idols have no breath or power. 15Idols are worthless; they are ridiculous lies! On the day of reckoning they will all be destroyed. 16But the God of Israel is no idol! He is the Creator of everything that exists, including Israel, his own special possession. The LORD of Heaven's Armies is his name!

 

~ Jeremiah 10: 1-7, 10, 14-16

 

I hope you all have a BLESSED weekend, and I hope you all take time in your own way to spend time with the Lord our God. He loves when each and everyone of take time to worship and talk to him.