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Tuesday Tips: Take a Break

Today I am taking a break. I pray you all have a blessed day in the Lord. My older boys are at youth camp with our church. I miss them. It is the first time I have been away from them for a whole week. I enjoy my kids. Like to be around them. There's a hole in my heart when they aren't home.
I really dreaded taking care of my boys dog while they are away. But I have found it to be a wonderful reminder to pray for them. So many of the "drudgeries" of life can be opportunities to pray for people. Like doing laundry for my family. As I throw in the dirty clothes I can be reminded of the filthiness of my sin and repent of issues I am struggling with. As I pull out the clothes out of the dryer for my children and husband, I can consider praying for them. Whether it be for their salvation or their walk with the Lord. It turns those drudgeries into a joy. If I find myself having a hard time getting motivated to accomplish these things, all I need to do is drop to my knees and plead that the Lord will remind me that in such things I am serving Him.

Posted by Lisa on August 01, 2006

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Have a great day!

Posted by: Mike Young | August 1, 2006 09:19 AM

My boys are away at a Day Camp, but they come home at night. It's very quiet around here during the day, for sure!

Posted by: Kim in On | August 1, 2006 10:02 AM

Apparently I took my break and it didn't last the entire day.
;-)

Thanks Mike Y. I pray you and Chelle have a wonderful day with your sweet little boy!

and Kim... I offered to go pick them up so they could sleep at home and then drop them back off in the morning but they said, "Ummmmm... No thank you, mom. Our friends might make fun of us."
It is our church youth group for 7th thru 12th graders. But... but... but...
:-/

Posted by: 4ever4given | August 1, 2006 02:46 PM

One more thing... everytime I pray with the younger 4 children that are home while the older 2 are at the youth group camp, they cry for their older brothers. All of them. We sit down for breakfast, pray, they cry. We sit down for lunch, pray, they cry. We sit down for dinner, pray, they cry. We put them in bed, pray, they cry. And THEY are the ones mentioning their brothers in prayer. We are a close knit family. We like each other. And as I said before, this is the first time they have been away from us for so long. The most they have been away is 3 days at Grandma's house. I know they are having a good time. I know this is good for them. We have an excellent youth staff. And the teaching is God-honoring, powerful truth. I am thankful. But it is only Wednesday and the four little ones, ages 3, 4, 4, and 5 years old have already asked a billion times in tears "When are they going to be home?"
What are they going to do when the older boys go off to college?
It is actually really sweet that they love each other so much. THey have their "moments"... but nothing like my sister and I. We about killed each other.

Posted by: lisa4given | August 2, 2006 08:28 AM

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