I wanted to write about our family devotional time. First, I wanted to give you a glimpse at how it goes for us. It will be reassuring to hear- I hope. We have a real family. Not a perfect family. Here goes the dialogue...
Mike: Kids come to the table! It’s time for our family devotional.
Mitzi: Ethan take the Lego’s off the table.
Rebecca: I want to sit by mommy.
Mitzi: It’s ok just sit across from me this morning.
Mike: (Opens our verse box) Alright, who remembers our verse for this week? (He looks around. No one is jumping to say it).
Anderson: No one can serve two masters. (He always knows the verse. He has an amazing memory)
Mike: You’re right Anderson.
Sarah: Where is our bubble maker?
Mitzi: Sweetie, We’ll talk about that later.
Mike: Can anyone remember our question this week?
No response.
Mike: Who can tell me why we have the Holy Spirit? (This is one of the questions from the catechism we use)
Ethan: To Help us.
Mitzi: Yes, he helps us throughout our lives.
Rebecca: Sam is biting my feet.
Mitzi: Take her to my room. Sarah sit up.
We wait until Rebecca comes back to the table.
Mike: Shares some more thoughts on the Holy Spirit.
Sarah: Can we sing a song?
Mike: Yeah, what do you want to sing?
Sarah: Deep and Wide
Mike: Go ahead Sarah and start us.
All: We all break out singing Deep and Wide.
Mike: Ok. Who do we want to pray for today? (Mike suggest s a family in our church)
Rebecca: I don’t want to go first.
Ethan: Anderson, go ahead?
Eventually, we all pray for some family friends.
Distractions are a part of the devotional time but we don’t let them stop us. This is a typical day and these are real responses and questions. Some days are smooth and other days…not so much.
1 comments:
It's good to realize that others deal with the same things we deal with. We desire wonderful devotional times, but our expectations have to be somewhat low-key. Then we are pleasantly surprised when things go smoothly.
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