Guide Me

Guide me is the cry of the Ethiopian eunuch. Philip comes to him asks him if he understands the scriptures that he is reading. He says "How can I, unless someone guide me?" The thing that struck me upon reading this is the fact that my children are saying the same thing to me. I wrote in my other blog tonight about how my children walking in truth is the thing I am most praying for this year. I want to see God move in their lives. The problem is, if I do not teach them how to walk in truth then no one will. They need to see me model it. I need to be saturating their minds with scripture and god honoring music. They need to be thinking on and seeing the things of God wherever they turn. I need to be reading the scriptures to them and explaining it to them. Carl is the head of this house and he is the spiritual leader. I am not trying to usurp the job that God has given him to teach the kids about Christ. What I am talking about is taking what he has said and done and building upon during the day when Carl is at work. I in no way want to take his responsibility away from him. But you better believe that when he is at work that I am going to be talking about, singing about, and proclaiming God. My children are crying out to me to guide them and I will answer the call. I WILL guided them. So when you ask who will guide my children, I can declare that their father and I will.

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