Revival

We just ended our revival last night with Rev. Tim Rabon. I have to say, when you have to sit in a service with a 3 year old that wiggles around, you tend not to get as much out of the service. However, last night spoke to my heart and we even sat on the front row with Kylie! Rev. Rabon preached on holding the line for the future generations and how we are allowing the devil to neutralize us and he plans on having a hay day with our children. At the end of the service, he asked me if Kylie would let him hold her, and I thought, "oh dear! she's going to embarass me and scream her head off during the most important part of the service!". I handed her over and she went to him (probably in part because she was ready to go to anyone to get off that pew!lol). She did reach for me and say "i want my mommy" , but overall she did well. Preacher Rabon went on to say, "we need to live right for Kylie....for her generation". Because he was holding MY baby, it made it very personal for me. It would be in a large part, my fault if she turned out bad. I don't want her to see anything in my life that would cause her to mess up or go the wrong way. Kylie and I went to the altar and prayed and I prayed out loud in front of her for the Lord to help me be a good mommy so that Kylie would grow up and love Him as much as daddy and I do. She was very still and quiet, and seem to listen to my prayer very closely. After we got back to our pew, we sat there for a few seconds and she said "mommy, I love you". It was the most sincere "I love you" that a 3 year old could muster. I could have cried right there in church. It just reminded me, that I have something so much bigger the ME to live for. I have 2 little parts of me that are watching my every move and that trust me to lead them in the right direction. I've decided that being a parent is not the biggest responsibilty in the world. Anyone can be a parent. Being a Godly parent, that is willing to lead by example, and give their children every possible opportunity to do right is the ultimate responsiblity.