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hortly after midnight i woke up after the single most disturbing terrifying heart wrenching dream i have ever had while i will not get into the details of that dream mainly because they were so biblically inaccurate i will simply say god used it to imprint something on my heart that is what i am sharing here first of all it has taken me a week to process the two events and see that he was using them to teach me something honestly i wasn t even going to blog about it but the overwhelming urge to do so this morning has overruled my desire to just keep it to myself tuesday morning after god woke me up from this dream i went to check on my girls i did something that i haven t done in a while but after what i had just experienced i had to i curled up on their bed besides them and prayed over them then i got in the floor in the hallway between their rooms and prayed by this time i was wide awake so i headed downstairs i cannot begin to explain the pressing on my heart this urgency for my daughter s purity and protection it was stronger than i have felt in a long time so i did the only thing i knew to do grab my bible and start reading i hit proverbs and since it was the 27 th of the month i started there and boy there is some meat in the first verses love it but where god begin to have me settle was on down around verse 12 the prudent sees danger and hides himself the simple go on and suffer for it in other words when you see danger you don t knowingly walk into it especially when your children are at risk i love what master procter and master holland teach our karate students the best defense is to not be there but when you are there you need to know how to protect yourself the next verse that really stood out to me was verse 23 in context it is speaking to wealth and being a wise steward but i read this verse the lord challenged me the challenge was to see my children and the children he has placed in my care as my flock verse 23 says know well the condition of your flocks and give attention to your herds while we want our girls to live for and radiate jesus right now at 15 and 12 years old our goal is for them to leave our home and be confident in who they are with jesus this is training time it is our calling as parents to train them discipline them and protect them proverbs 22 6a says train up a child in the way they should go that training will not always be easy or fun and honestly sometimes it is exhausting but the conclusion of proverbs 22 6 says even when he is old he will not depart from it i believe god used two events last week to remind me that my guard was down a little in some areas that i had left the door open so to speak in today s world his reminder was that i need to resist the urge to be a logged off parent i needed to be aware of what is going on with my girls several years ago he gave me a lists of things to keep me from being that logged off parent maybe you need the reminder too 1 do i know my girl s friends i mean know them what are their parent s names what s going on at home 2 do i know what my girls are doing on line i make no apologies for stalking their facebook instagram and any other form of social media and i don t just mean what their pages look like i look at their followers friends and find out what they are posting as well 3 text messages we spot check these and no my girls don t like it but they know right now we are not their friends see number 4 4 be a parent not a friend there will be plenty of time for friendship later right now i am their mom charged with their care training and protection their father and i will answer to god for how we parented them 5 be willing to pull the plug cancel the account 6 this is a hard one ask other adult friends parents to tell you show you contact you if they see your child doing questionable things on line that you may have missed this one is hard but as iron sharpens iron 7 encourage girls to use on line activity to bring glory to god yes have fun post fun pictures be silly but keep it clean if it doesn t pass the p4 8 check then it doesn t need to be there monday morning s discovery of the door being open was scary walking through the house i made a mental list of what if s it included the stray cats wondering in my house the coyotes we know roam the woods around us random people walking up and down the street my imagination was in overdrive we had left that door open and exposed our family to who knows what tuesday s morning dream was a check asking me if i was confident of the condition of my children s hearts their spiritual heart so tuesday morning at breakfast i made each person in my house look me in the eye and answer some questions they kind of giggled at me but could tell the urgency i felt interestingly this passage was in my last blog post in july i questioned using it again but god keeps saying use this so here is i peter 1 13 15 esv therefore preparing your minds for action and being sober minded set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of jesus christ as obedient children do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance but as he who called you is holy you also be holy in all your conduct posted by ocean mommy at 9 02 2013 12 39 00 pm 2 comments wednesday july 3 2013 reminders from a 14 almost 15 year old i knew this day would come i just didn t expect it so soon the day where my teenage daughter would render me speechless over the last several days we have had opportunity for some great conversation chunks of time spent simply chatting about anything and everything under the sun part of our conversation has been about purity it stemmed from some discussion about social media and the crazy stuff girls post there i will admit i came into the conversation with my mom answers and opinions all are based on what i feel like god has clearly stated in the bible and some are personal convictions yes i know social media is not mentioned in the bible but gossip slander sexual sin those are and those things well sometimes social media is a breeding ground for those things during our conversation on keeping our hearts minds and bodies pure this child drops a concept on me that caused me to question who the adult was her comment was this mom i need to check my notes but at d now one of the speakers taught us that purity is not a place we just arrive at purity is a direction purity is a direction oh mercy my heart skipped a few beats and i got excited because that statement opened the door for some of the best conversation we have had on this topic for the sake of my memory and the simple fact i have another child a year away from the teen years i m jotting down some of the things we said and because i love a list as much as my husband loves a spreadsheet i making a list 1 purity is a direction 2 according to andy stanley in the principle of the path direction not intention determines our destination 3 often times purity is a second by second choice to put one foot in front of the other and flee or run for your life from things that do not line up with philippians 4 8 things that are true honorable just pure lovely commendable excellent worthy of praise 4 purity is more than not having sex oh mercy if you know me you know this is where i pick up a pillow and hide this involves many banned words in my vocabulary god s idea of purity includes our minds our words our thoughts as well as our actions and once again the child spoke a word even grown adults need to hear posting your have naked pictures on facebook or instagram with a seductive body position and look on your face is something my guy friends and my dad do not need to see put some clothes on biblically speaking she means do not be a stumbling block 5 contrary to what our peers may believe or say god is for good sex here we go again good sex well that happens when a man and woman have committed to each other and to god anything happening outside those boundaries is not good it s like craving mexican food you have a choice go for the instant gratification of the taco bell which is across the street or you could wait and drive 15 20 minutes and have on the border or aubella s there really is no comparison taco bell is a cheap imitation of the good stuff 6 people who tell you choosing a life of purity is easy are liars this is not easy especially in today s world where we are given entire tv series based on scandals mistresses and pretty liars as entertainment options in my opinion we are no longer shocked nothing seems to make us blush that concerns me god s word tell us in luke 6 45 that for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks what we allow in is what will take root and eventually come out thus the reason we line it all up with philippians 4 8 p4 8 it all proverbs 4 23 says we are to keep your heart will all vigilance for from it flow the springs of life i must say here that all of us make mistakes we all have compromised in the area of purity at some point in our life as we said earlier purity is more than not having sex it s our thought life our actions our words one of the most amazing thing about god is that he is ready and willing to forgive all we have to do is ask if you have stepped off of the path of purity it is not the end of your journey you can repent or turn from the impure ask god to forgive you i promise he will if we confess our sin he is faithful to forgive and he will clean us up and set our feet back on the path headed in the direction of purity again no condemnation my friend he loves you so much 7 purity is worth the fight and hard work and you are worth the fight to the unmarried person y our future spouse and marriage is worth the fight and hard work to the married couple your marriage and family are worth the hard work do not give up you will reap a reward 8 isaiah tells us god s ways are higher than ours when we choose to walk in obedience to what he commands there will be blessing it may be years down the road and in some cases we may not see a tangible reward until we see his face but his way is so good 9 it is important to be more concerned with your character than your reputation character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are this was a quote on a friend s facebook page they gave credit to john wooden 10 god s word is the final authority on everything when we think purity we automatically think holy here are the verses we discussed 1 peter 1 13 16 first from the new king james version therefore gird up the loins of your mind be sober and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of jesus christ as obedient children not conforming yourselves to the former lusts as in your ignorance as he who called you is holy you also be holy in all your conduct because it is written be holy for i am holy and here are the same verses from the message so roll up your sleeves put your mind in gear be totally ready to receive the gift that s coming when jesus arrives don t lazily slip back into those old grooves of evil doing just what you feel like doing you didn t know any better then you do now as obedient children let yourselves be pulled into a way of life shaped by god s life a life energetic and blazing with holiness god said i am holy you be holy this morning i was reminded of our conversation and the importance of never ever forgetting that purity is not just for our young adults it s for me an almost 40 year old mommy we lead by example to live in the direction of purity i must be in the word more than ever before proverbs tells us over and over to get wisdom insight discretion knowledge and understanding why because as i read this morning they will be life for your soul prov 3 23 and after getting them then you will walk on your way securely and your foot will not stumble prov 3 24 i love proverbs 4 4 let your heart hold fast my words keep my commandments and live oh how i pray our girls hold fast the word i pray they love it because it is the written word of their creator to them i don t want them to keep a bunch of rules out of fear but out of an overflow of love and desire to obey the one who died for them purity is a direction on a path customized for you and for me by the one who knit us together in our mother s womb you can trust that his path and plan is for you choosing the right path begins with submitting to the one who knows what s best for you better than you know what s best for you andy stanley in the principle of the path posted by ocean mommy at 7 03 2013 05 10 00 pm 1 comments labels holy living just thinking wednesday june 26 2013 raw unedited picture of my brain and it s ugly this is a raw unedited picture of my mind today this week i am alone most of the day both girls are out of town and i am seizing the opportunity to catch up on some neglected areas one of those areas was to finish a study i have been working my way through boy have i needed this time the last month has been full of ups and downs highs from incredible times of service and lows from the most bizarre situations situations that have left me face down before the lord crying out for his healing hand in the last week my phone has blown up with prayer requests ranging from tragic accidents and marriages in crisis to friendships navigating misunderstandings my heart is heavy and my mind spinning with questions particularly in one area the only thing i know to do is to go to his word i have searched the scriptures and asked god to help me understand the why of a specific situation as he promised his word gave the answer and understanding i needed but i still found myself wrestling with how christians could stoop low and especially adult christians act a particular way today he answered in a way that astounded me this quote from beth moore s jesus the one and only explained exactly what god s word had already put on my heart compromising people can t stand the site of excellence and miserable people can t stand the site of happiness not only did god use this along with the rest of this day s homework to help me understand he slapped me in the head and pointed out some areas where i was compromising and it hurt it hurt because i had not even realized i was compromising funny how sly the enemy is isn t it we stand proudly behind our church attendance position title and look soooo put together on sunday but outside the walls of our church our lifestyle really doesn t look any different than the next person we have compromised our twitter or facebook updates are asking for prayer or quoting some cute spiritual saying one minute and the next our updates and pictures are questionable and quite frankly grieve the heart of god we have compromised and not only have we compromised we poke fun of christians who have not why do we do that personally i believe it is because we see in them exactly what we know we should be doing it makes us uncomfor...