Keeping my eyes on Christ

It's raining here.  The sky is gray and overcast.  It"s a good day to look inside and evaluate the path one I'm taking.

You see I have had two weeks or more of challenging circumstances, and a little introspective searching is in order.  Added to the challenges I have had family and friends share their misgivings about how I am raising my son.  I've had to dig deep inside for more strength than I thought I possessed.

While considering my situation one realization came to me.  God gave me my son.  He is a gift, and I temporarily have the responsibility to "Train up a child in the way he should go."  (Proverbs 22:6)  I will stand before God on judgement day and account for every thing I ever did here on earth.  No one else will be there to explain my actions, hold my hand, and tell Him they told me what to do.

A scripture that I read recently brings everything into perspective for me.  "Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ."  Colossians 2:8  The bottom line is, I must keep my eyes on Christ!

I must seek Him in all that I do!  I care for my mother not because I want praise for being a good daughter.  Not because my efforts will gain me something in the end, but because I love her and I love the Lord with all my heart.  I teach my son because I know it will be "well with him, and he will have long life."

Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.  They are of the world; therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.  We are of God; he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us.  Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.  1 John 4:4-6

And so, I know I will stumble along any path I take, but He is there to see me through.  To guide, advise, admonish, and carry me if necessary.  I will be faithful and true to His teachings.  I give my heart and my will over to Him.  I will be filled with a desire to learn more about Him through His Word, and I will open the door for my son to desire to learn more about Him.