1 Thessalonians 5:19-22

"Do not put out the spirit's fire. Do not treat prophecies with contempt. Test everything. Hold on to the good. Avoid every kind of evil."
1 Thessalonians 5:19-22

Oops--I forgot to be accountable to anyone reading this to let you know what my family was memorizing last week. Again, God helped my Diet Coke-disabled brain retain a bit of His Word. However, some in our family had a hard time with this one, so we're working on it again this week. (Girls rocked on this one!)

Here's a bit of information to let you know that Cowboy and I are truly crazy...

We were discussing the "avoid every kind of evil" part of these verses with our kids when Miss B gave our family devotion using this scripture. Something that we've felt a strong conviction about is really monitoring what we allow into our thoughts through media. Cowboy and I decided quite a while ago to not see rated R movies. We felt like by eliminating rated R movies we could really undo some of our minds' tendencies to think and focus on things that aren't pure. For me it's something easy to eliminate. With the way my thoughts go, it's good that I can eliminate something. There are enough other things in life that take my thoughts off of things that are good, pure, lovely, and worthy of praise.

Just another bit of God's Word to tuck away in our hearts to use on a rainy day when the enemy attacks.

James 1:19

My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry.

YES!!! Just so you know, that was from memory. Which means my old brain still works! I memorized it by my Tuesday evening deadline. Our family has been a bit lax lately about scripture memory. So with the New Year came a resolve to memorize His Word together. Each Tuesday we get a new scripture.

OK, Little I's version of this is only, "Everyone should be quick to listen." I'm thinking I should have shortened it to, "LISTEN!" I love that kid so dearly that sometimes I forget he didn't come from my womb. (I know you're thinking, "Seriously, Jenn, you can look into those brown eyes set in a chocolate face, topped with black, curly hair and forget you didn't actually birth him?) Anyway, I realize when we work on things like memory work or comprehension questions that he has some gaps that my bio kids didn't have. I've really got to pray that God bridges these gaps. He's been so faithful to bridge so many other developmental gaps for Little I already that I am excited to see this gap bridged as well!