Text: 1 Cor 13:6
Love does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth.
Last time through I wrote:
"Day 34 (10th Jan )
"Love celebrates godliness.
"What examples do I set?
Do I model & live a life that is pleasing to God? How do I lead my family?
"Does my home life honour or dishonor God?
"Am I spiritually responsible?"
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The challenge to me today, actually it has been for many days that I have been working through this one, is to be godly myself, and to encourage godliness in my relationship and in our home.
Rejoicing in the truth. The truth is that Jesus Christ is Lord. So that means honoring Him and seeking to encourage respect and honour for Him in our family. I am challenged in my own lifestyle, my prayer life, and in the example I set.
Once I set that example, I think fairly well. I still had plenty of faults, but I led my family more strongly and clearly as a Christian man. I prayed with them, taught my children to love to worship, and never missed church. My example has been less than that in recent years, and I repent of my slackness. I truly want and intend to be the godly example I should be, that my wife and family need me to be.
I have been trying to work on this recently. I desperately want to be a good man whom my wife and family can respect an follow. I equally desperately want to be pleasing to my Lord and Saviour.
