Devotions

So I did devotions with my kids tonight.

Wait... Sit back down... Stop cheering... What I told you may be true, but it's a lie. I don't want you read it and get the wrong impression. We are not a family that is calm and collected. We don't pray quietly together for hours on end. In fact we don't pray much at all. Devotions tonight were an exception, not the norm. We prayed for about ten minutes and one of my children (whom will remain nameless) spent the entire time throwing bags of diapers at the others. Now you're getting a truthful picture of my life. And if you aren't yet thinking it, I'll just come out and say it-- I'm doing a pretty piss-poor job of raising followers of Christ.

So with all that in mind, I started our devotions with this question: "What is a Christian." Honestly I didn't think they would get it. But the answers came quickly. Lots of good thoughts about serving God and the like. Other childish (in a good way) thoughts like going to church. But my favorite answer was this one: "A Christian is someone who is like Papi Nick." Good answer, but how do you know that I'm a Christian? "Because God told you to come to Haiti, and you did." Even better answer :)

But I feel compelled to say that I believe very strongly that what I HAVE done doesn't make me a Christian any more than what SOMEONE ELSE HAS disqualifies them from being a Christian.

What I do today, right now, is the only indicator of my relationship with God. And if that's the case, I've got a lot of work to do.

So here's to all of us that have a lot of work to do: John 14: 27

PS. If I don't post this as is, I won't post it at all.
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