Your Kingdom Come

So yeah... I've been married for almost 5 months now. Feels heaps longer than that! Rob will say though that it feels like it's been round about 5 months :P

We are very settled in now. So settled in that the our house is often very messy because we just chuck things down. Though every now and again we do a big clean and the house looks like brand new which is always exciting. I reckon we (meaning all people) subconsciously messy their houses so that they can then clean it, and then get that sense of satisfaction and accomplishment from putting in the hard work. Our place is quite messy at the moment. We'll probably clean it on the weekend. I just got out the leaf vacuum and cleaned our patio - it's leaf spotless now! Looks so good. Go me!

I'm such a handy wife! I can pull out the leaf blower, stack a dishwasher, vacuum inside, organise the house, wash clothes, hang clothes, collect clothes, fold clothes, iron clothes, cook, recycle, empty the rubbish, de-soap-scum the shower... the list goes on! I guess though most wives do that. In a matter of fact, Rob can do all that too! He's a handy husband.

I've also been learning the flute. Just because there was a flute in the house and I thought it might be cool. I watched some videos on youtube and now my embouchure is almost spot on every time which means that notes come out - it's amazing! I can also play the F major scale and I'm practising tonguing now. Man you need a lot of air to play flute. Youtube tells me that when you play flute, half your air is wasted because it just goes over the hole. So I've got to get bigger lungs or a stronger diaphram or something.

Rob and I have been doing this Moore College diploma in Biblical studies external course. We just got to Turramurra once a week for a 2-hr evening lecture. Our subject is ministry. It's been pretty good. We learned that ministry is about the gospel, it's about loving others, it's about creating unity in the body of Christ, it's about community, etc.

There has been one big thing from this course that has challenged me. Our lecturer was talking about the Lord's Prayer, and specifically the line "Your kingdom come." When we pray that line we are praying for God's kindom to come which is a good thing for Christians and something to look forward to. But also, we're praying that Jesus would come back and judge the world - meaning that some people, some of our friends and family, will be condemned. Which got us thinking... do we really want God's kingdom to come soon when some of our loved ones aren't saved yet? So how does this affect our ministry - well it makes our ministry more urgent! And it reminds us of our goal in ministry. Now everytime we say the Lord's Prayer in church, I'm reminded to keep on persevering in my ministry to my non-Christian friends and family, and to make use of every opportunity that I have. It is hard to bring up the gospel in random conversations, but lately I've been finding that opportunities have been springing up all the time. Thank God that he is merciful and loving and cares for his people. Gotta keep on trusting and praying to him.

So yeah... I hope that prayer "your kingdom come" challenges you to think more about your ministry to your non-Christian friends and family, because after all, we are all called to be ministers in our lives. It's not just our 'ministers' at church on Sunday who are called to do it.

Well this has been a bit of a different spiel from normal...

From Car-O-Line