Re-Conviction and other stuff

First I have tremendously wonderful news. We are expecting an additional family member! Yes, my wife (by all indications) is with child!!! This is really a terrific blessing. This is the longest that we’ve gone between babies and we were worried that God had decided that, either we were too old or not worthy… ;-) But seriously, we had been concerned since she wasn’t pregnant as quickly as the other times. That’s a great segue to my next blog point:

Babyest problems – Every baby of ours has had to be trained to sit still and be quiet in church. Babyest (soon not to be “not the babyest” J ) is not an exception. If my memory serves correctly, our 3^rd daughter was the toughest to train in this area. But, this little guy is giving her a run for the title. Needless to say, it’s work. Mostly because of the stress and discomfort of those that have to suffer around us during church. But, we will work through it and babyest will be a better man because of it.

Re-Conviction – This weekend I really felt a prompting from the Lord in areas of my life that I had thought I had a handle on. “But after further review”, it slowly crept up on me. Just like scripture says, I left a foothold…and, a little folding of the hands a little slumber and WHAMO… well, scripture doesn’t use the word Whamo…but, it feels appropriate. It has to do with worldly influences in areas of entertainment. While I understand that this isn’t a conviction for everyone I am always mystified as to why. Probably just a prideful area in my life (a long story for another time). Essentially, I have compromised on so many things…unknowingly… Yikes. It was an insightful time. The whole family sat around the table and we discussed it…it was a great family time. Even though there were tears…it was very real and humbling. Even as I would speak, the Lord was working in me to reveal even more. I really love when I allow God to be so active in my life. It seems He’s just waiting patiently on the side…ready to be included. Knock and He will answer.

Work Ethic – It was my wife’s birthday, we are eating at Olive Garden discussing the boys and worried about their work ethic. It seems they are enthralled with “playing”. They get it from me. I am a big player and often put things off just to play with them doing different things. I struggle with this to some regard, but I’m getting off track. So, we were discussing the boys and their lack of work ethic. We decided that they would need to see the reward of working. Our plan is to hire them to do things around the house, to do things that are projects and have to be done anyway. Pay them hourly, then allow them to use their money to do things like concerts, presents or whatever. That should help them be responsible with money and appreciate their own hard work. It’s a work in progress idea but we’ve had some friends that have implemented similar things with success. I’ll try to keep you posted on how it goes.

Have a great day!!