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Be careful little eyes what you see!
Be careful little mouths what you say!

Be careful little feet where you go!

Be careful little hands what you do!

Ever sing this song to a little one and wonder what it is they are taking in? Those that have children or have taught bible class, know that children take it all in and before long are coping. We have two little girls that have helped us see how our behavior and actions affect them. My four year old is a master at playing house and before long has any little boy in the area taking care of her baby doll. I know she has learned this by watching me care for her baby sister. That makes me think what else is she seeing me do and coping.

3 John 1:11
Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but what is good. Anyone who does what is good is from God. Anyone who does what is evil has not seen God.

If you Give a Mom a Muffin

If you Give a Mom a Muffin




If you give a mom a muffin,

She'll want a cup of coffee to go with it.

She'll pour herself some.

Her three-year-old will spill the coffee.

She'll wipe it up.

Wiping the floor, she'll find dirty socks.

She'll remember she has to do the laundry.

When she puts the laundry in the washer,

She'll trip over the boots and bump into the freezer.

Bumping into the freezer will remind her she

Has to plan for supper.

She will get out a pound of hamburger.

She'll look for her cookbook (101 Things To Do

With a Pound of Hamburger).

The cookbook is sitting under a pile of mail.

She will see the phone bill, which is due tomorrow.

She will look for her checkbook.

The checkbook is in her purse, that is being dumped

Out by her two-year-old

She'll smell something funny.

She'll change the two-year-olds diaper.

While she is changing the diaper, the phone will ring.

Her five-year-old will answer and hang up.

She'll remember she wants to phone a friend for coffee.

Thinking of coffee will remind her that

She was going to have a cup.

She'll go to get a cup of coffee,

But her kids will have eaten the muffin that was going with it.



Does this sound like a typical day in your house (with or without the kids). If you are not caring for children, then you may be caring for a husband, work, or school. The list never seems to end. We must remember Matthew 6:25"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 26Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?" No matter what is going on in your hectic busy schedule, know that the Lord loves you and will care for you!



Additional reading: Matthew 6: 22-34, Luke 12:22-31

Sunday was Mother's Day. A day which all over mothers were honored. If you fell in this category you were probally showered with cards, flowers, and extra love. Maybe your children even were extra well-behaved. Your husband might have taken care of the dishes that day, without being asked. Well according to Exodus 20:12 and later in Ephesians 6:1-3 we are told to "obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. "Honor your father and mother"—which is the first commandment with a promise— "that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth." So, make sure you are giving them (moms and dads) the extra bit of love and respect they deserve, not just on appointed holidays.

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Welcome to the Lighted Path's Blog page. My name is Amanda O and I will be writing the blog. I hope that what I say is helpful, insightful, and encouraging! I welcome comments, so please don't be afraid to share yours.

Last night at our small group devotional, the topic of hospitality came up. Right away the gears in my head started turning and I thought of ways I could be more hospitable. Instinctual, maybe because I am a woman, wife, and mother, I thought of food. One of my ways is to open my home to new couples for a meal. However, during the discussion we all learned that hospitality was not limited to just food.

Romans 12:13 commands up to "Share with God's people who are in need. Practice hospitality." The word "hospitality" in Greek is "philoxenia" [fil-ox-en-ee'-ah] meaning "love to strangers." We are also told in Hebrews 13:2 "Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by this some have entertained angels without knowing it." A prime example of this was in Genesis 18 when Abraham took in three strangers who in turn were angels. Lot also took in strangers in Gen 19 and protected them from a mob.

How do we show love to a stranger? Christ answered that in Matt 25:35 "For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in."

Please share with me the ways you have shown hospitality. We can all use some good ideas. If you have not before, I encourage you to find a way to be hospitable to the strangers in your life.

God Bless!