Heavenly Storehouses

Recently, I took Smith and Zaisy for a hike. One of the first interesting things we came to was a pile of rusted metal with the remains of what appeared to be a car all twisted up inside. It was sad.

This season of life has been extremely unique for our family. I've read lists of regrets that people often have at the end of their lives. They wish they would have spent more time with their kids when they were little. They wish they would have burned their keepsake candle when there were still others around to enjoy it with them. They wish they would have lived for the day instead of spending so much time worrying about tomorrow.

At this point in our lives we don't know a lot to be for certain, but we do know that God has called us to go to Mexico. We don't know why we're still here, but we do know that God is more interested in the journey than the destination. Some of the lessons we've learned over these last several months are priceless. They could never be taught in a school. I will caution you however, if you ever read, "The Breaking of the Outer Man, and the Release of the Spirit," by Watchman Nee, and you invite the Lord to break your outer man and release your spirit...He will do it. It's not fun, but the fruit is delicious.

I've never been a huge proponent of home-schooling, mainly because the examples I had of home-schooled kids growing up were pretty sad. One of our home-schooled friends became a master of making absolutely anything out of cardboard and duct-tape...however, I don't think he ever learned much more. But as we spend time pouring into our kids each day, reading the Bible with them, discussing different scientific theories, and so on, it's been such a joy to be on the offensive for once. We're realistic in knowing that this season won't last forever. Soon we'll be on the field and busy...but we're really trying to soak it up now.

We're trying to live life without anymore regrets. We're trying to get to a point where we know how to use today's provision for today and stop worrying about the fearful tomorrows that never really come. We're trying to soak up all the joy and laughter that our children have to offer today, knowing that soon they'll be grown with families and concerns of their own.

Like that pile of a car we saw on our hike, everything that you can buy with money, everything that we spend so much time working for and investing in...will one day burn up. We're learning to invest in the Heavenly storehouses where our treasures will never be destroyed.