As I was sitting here, trying to find the words to pray for a real need I have, all I could hear was “Seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” And I’m finding great comfort in these words — words reminding me to take my eyes off my “issues” and to just seek Him. I don’t have to worry and strive to find the solutions to my problems; He is in control.  And any effort on my part would be in vain anyway.   

So, I close my eyes and try to find what is on the heart of God…What’s on your heart God? What do you want my mind fixed on? What is Your Kingdom? What does Your kingdom look like?  And the next sound I hear is a cry, and the pitter-patter of my little one’s feet coming down the stairs, prematurely awakened from his nap.  Perfect, just what I need when I’m trying so hard to hear what God is saying.  But it was perfect, completely perfect, all too perfect.  It was God’ perfect timing.  Though I didn’t realize it at first, He was answering my questions.  Because the kingdom of God is in the face of my children, and every time I attend to them, I am going about my Father’s business; I am manifesting the righteousness, joy, and peace of His kingdom.  And let me never forget Jesus’s words, “…the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.”  And to serve my children, is to serve the throne of God.  To be a home-maker is to be an ambassador of Christ.  And “To love another, is to see the face of God.” ~ Victor Hugo

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