Divine Interruptions. Watch out for them! It may be that the interruption in your day is from the Lord. Give all you have to whomever God has entrusted you with--your husband, your children, your church; the checker at the grocery store, your child's Sunday school teacher. The people in your house are gifts from God to you, and they are IMPORTANT! We need to value them more. God wants us to be in a place where we have something to give to those around us. We need to speak into the lives of our kids. We have to say, "You are special! God has great plans for you. You are such a neat person! I can't wait to see how God uses your life. You are a blessing to me!"
Kids with great gifts will take up a lot of our time! But can you think of a better use for that time? If our children spend a lot of time whining for something to do, for new and better toys and trips and trinkets, perhaps they need something *real* to do. I couldn't help but feel a little sick when I heard one of my kids describing to me how he needed a new paintball gun, because he'd attended a church outing where the kids were using them, and everyone else's was "way better" than his. They're over a hundred dollars new--egads! I realized we needed to spend some time talking about real needs! What if all the youth group kids spending tons of money on paintball guns got a heart for the people of Myanmar, or China? Or Africa, or South America, for that matter? What if they had a real goal, instead of wasting their time and money and effort on worthless things???
The world is anxiously awaiting Christians who are so satisfied in Jesus that they don't need to self-destruct.
Read that again; it was good. 
Don't need to self-destruct with drugs, or alcohol, or unforgiveness, or overeating, or diet pills, or ANYTHING. We need to find our satisfaction in the King of Kings! Create a beautiful life that makes people want what you have--a relationship with Jesus Himself. Close in with God. Love the people He has placed in front of you for whatever amount of time they are there. Take up your cross daily and follow Him. He is where all the joy is!
We have to do our best to serve God in the place He has put us. We need to be sowing seed all the time.
Now, if you haven't been introduced to Heidi Baker, you've gotta check out some of the videos on youtube. Here's one . . . http://youtube.com/watch?v=c6oB0UTwNK0
She and her husband serve God primarily in Mozambique, where they rescue homeless children--to the tune of some 10,000 at this point through churches they've started. She teaches the pastors that they're responsible to each take in 1-10 orphans themselves in order to be a good example to their people--wow!
Every time I watched one of the videos (we saw 3 of them over the course of the weekend) I just wanted to trade places with her!
What does God want your family to give their lives to?
Who do you want to be like?
Who wants to be like you???
