because HE lives

Because He lives...............yesterday in church at the end of our praise and worship we sang this song. It really changed my whole way of thinking. There are a few different things I will touch on in this post.

First, our children. My husband and I were talking this weekend about how society has become so "stuff" focused that people are setting goals that are unattainable. Young people fall in love, get married at 20 years old or so and expect to have the big 2 story house by the lake, the 2 cars, the boat, all the outside toys like 4-wheelers and jet skis, and all the inside toys like wide screen TV's and a computer for each person and the list goes on and on. What ever happened to starting simple and working our way up to having those things? So our goal as parents to these 3 little people is to help them see reality. We need to instill values in them that will keep them out of debt and help them start simple and work their way up. If they start their lives setting unreachable goals they will lose the concept of "because He lives I can face tomorrow" because they will be so blinded by the overwhelming feeling of debt and probably not being able to get out of it that they will not be able to hear God and his direction that He has for their lives. And then they will begin to feel like they can't face tomorrow. We do not want that kind of bondage for our children.
And I want to be clear that I am not saying that our children should not have any of that stuff. I hope that they do have all of that stuff! But I want them to do it the right way and have good jobs and save their money and get one thing at a time. An 18 year old going into thousands of dollars in debt is a bad thing!
Another thing we were discussing about our children and our home is what is the "feel" of our home to our children? When they are grown and gone I want them to smile when they think of home. I want my home to always be a place of rest for not only my children but anyone who enters it. I have hopes that when my children have homes of their own they will still come to my home to just get away from it all when life seems to overwhelm them.

Another thing I realize about "because He lives I can face tomorrow" is that a lot of people do not have that revelation. We can not assume that all christian people know this. I know a family that just lost someone who was a christian, loved God and took his own life. He battled depression and didn't think he could face another day. We have to realize that just because someone is a christian doesn't mean they don't struggle with things like this. Depression is real!!!!
If you know someone who is struggling please don't just assume that they will just get over it. Help them. This family took his depression very serious and did everything they could to help him and they still lost him.

My words of wisdom for today are:
1.Look at your homes today and see how inviting they are. Ask your children what they think of when they think of home. They will be honest with you! Make it a place of rest and restoration for your family.
2.If you know someone with depression pray, pray, pray for them!!!! Be active for them and don't let them be forgotten. Help them to help themselves.