She said "if God prompts your heart to share something and you don't, don't worry He will use someone else to do it, but He will know that He cant count on you. " such hard words to swallow yet so true.
She was talking in the context of an afterglow instruction, but today that dreaded fear happen. Coming home from church tonight Caleb would not stop talking. It was as though someone slipped him a talking pill in class. Half way home from the car ride I just got so tired. I leaned the seat back and allowed my mind to drift into lala land.
Then a mile away from home we heard the screeching of the tires , the horns and the horrible sound of crushing metal and fiberglass. We didn't really see the accident but we heard it from the opposite side of the intersection.
It was in that moment, that my heart told me to pray. "Lord I'm to tired. " my hubby went on to explain what had happen and what the sound was to the boys. Again my heart reminded me to pray as a family for the accident. And once again with my eyes half shut I reminded myself how tired I was.
With the boys conversation half tuned out, me wrestling to stay awake and being disobedient I heard his little voice.
"Oh ok daddy, so those cars hit each other, and they got in an accident, so we should pray for them daddy."
Sure Caleb would you like to pray? My husband responded.
And he did, he prayed one of the most powerful prayers my little three year old could pray. When he finished I laughed. Outta the mouth of babes. I was immediately reminded of that time she said He would use someone else.
Wow, talk about convicting man! And why because I was to lazy to mutter out the words that would only take a few moments? Awhile ago my husband shared this with the high school group...
"Without Him I can't, and without me He won't"
In other words with Jesus I can't do anything, and without me willing to do He won't do it. Only it will still get done just not through me. I love that about The Lord, how the simple daily interactions can remind us of how to live and how He uses our children to minister to us.
Lets us not grow lazy!
Trusting God, being faithful
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