Saturday we got to celebrate our precious C who is growing up way to fast, for a milestone we certainly weren't expecting to hit for at least another year if he followed the same path as his older brother. Well as was promised...we headed out to chuck e cheese to celebrate his accomplishment. Well I haven't been to chuck e cheese very often over the last several years let alone going on a Saturday.
Lets go back a little bit first. I think I've mentioned that since the hubs has gotten back from India I've felt this need to minimalize the things we have, simplify our life, get rid of the distractions and the things that are pulling us in a million different directions except for where we are supposed to be looking. Its been something God continues to stir in my heart and my spirit. To be more wise with my resources and just see all the abundance right here at my finger tips. Man there is so much here, so many things I have come to just accept as normal, as something I have a right to have. I've felt this shift in my thinking and my heart of hearts that this isn't how I'm called to live. It just feels like all this over abundance needs to find some place else to go. I need to change the way I look at the things I'm acquiring and the things I already have.
So we made changes at Christmas and we are moving towards this new calling and leaning into what we feel like God is calling us to. Trying to do our very best and trust him to do the rest and just to let him help us be who he wants us to be.
..........................................................Back to Saturday
We go online and find some coupons and head for chuck e cheese....there are so many people there for starters but the biggest thing I notice is that most people aren't just there eating pizza and playing games enjoying family time. Most of them are there for birthday parties, the other thing that jumps out at me is all the gifts that are on each of these different birthday party tables. (ok don't get me wrong here please) there is just so much and these families and friends who are celebrating these kids ages probably 5-8ish. You and I both know how long most of these toys will last, about 25% of them will break within the first 24 - 48 hours. the other 75% may last but will all be donated by next year or handed down, and almost all of them will definitely be forgotten by then. Again I have no problem with this it works for some, its just not where we are now and probably wont be again....
We had a friend from India come to Arlington for college...we had a get together to welcome her, where we had under 20 people. she couldn't believe how much food we had just for the small group of us, but its just what we do.
I met another friend this weekend, all she wanted was to be able to find a
reliable job, finish getting her CNA and have her kids back with her. She
doesn't want a fancy house, 2 cars, white picket fence and enough stuff to fill
the house and the garage. She just wants her kids to be with her.
Over abundance is where we expect our life to be, we pray for blessing and we don't even realize how much blessing is right here. The thing is we have so much more than we even realize. Even if the bank account is tight, if you have electricity and a roof over your head and clean water you are better off than most of the world. Let alone the freedom to be able to worship freely, to speak freely and not live in fear. We are free from fear in Jesus, we are also free from fears that millions of our brothers and sisters face in other parts of the world. We don't have to worry about persecution, about dying for our faith, or even being ambushed in worship. We are told every where we turn that we need and deserve so much more than we actually and have. We are pressured to live up to what the Joneses have.
I don't care any more about the Joneses. I pray to Jesus to break me free of that bondage, to help me stay focused on him, to help us as a family not focus on what we can do to acquire more but what we can do to make a difference with what we have. With the blessings I have of waking up in freedom, believing in Jesus in freedom. Jesus please help us see the true blessings that are over flowing right here. Help us see our overabundance and how to share and bless those you long to touch through us. Help us turn away from the temptation to keep up with the Joneses.
Laura Story Blessings...what if?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQan9L3yXjc
until we meet again. blessings and love to you!
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