Lead Me

On my way home after dropping the kids off at school this morning, I turn up the radio so I can actually hear the music. The Sanctus Real song "Lead Me" was playing. If you have ever listened to this song, it is pretty moving. But this morning, it hit me hard. Obviously, God was using this to speak to my heart. I broke down crying when I got home. I can't get it out of my head. When I read my daily devotional today, it went right along with the song. It says to not only talk to the Lord in the morning or your prayer time, but to remember to speak to Him all day.

Lately, we have been talking a lot about the way we have been raising the kids. We have always been pretty leaniant with them and never really paid attention to how we act in front of them. And its starting to backfire. Taytum has developed an attitude. She stomps off when she doesn't get her way and slams her bedroom door. I know I did the same thing, but I can't stand her acting like that. Then, I caught Brayden lying to me about how many fruit snacks he had. Punishing him doesn't bother him at all. So I made him write out 25 times "The Lord detests lying lips, but delights in men who are truthful. Proverbs 12:22". You would have thought I crushed all his hopes and dreams. But, hopefully, he will remember that next time he thinks about lying.

Steven and I have also decided that we need to work on our attitudes and how we act around the children. We need to lead them. I will get upset when someone skips me in the checkout line or doesn't give me the "thank you" wave when I let them in front of me in traffic. Steven has always been the softy. I can get on to the kids for something, but they know that when I got ot work, they can get their way with daddy. He has learned that he needs to lead the children, well us all really, the way the Lord expects him to.

Check out Sanctus Real's "Lead Me" here