The Commitment

Our life has been a whirlwind in the past year with many changes and new directions.  I had begun a personal journey and the momentum suddenly picked up.  Now it's taking full flight and I want to bring you along for the ride.  


My husband and I made a commitment to raise our children in the church and to practice our faith.  Not just the beautiful speech read in front of the congregation at their christenings, but a true renewed commitment to devoting our family to serve the Lord.  Something that goes beyond saying grace before dinner at home and attending church on Sundays.  To actually build a real relationship with God, through Jesus Christ our Savior,with our children.  Bringing the phrase "what would Jesus do?" into our everyday lives and thinking about the consequences of our every action, word, and thought.  


Raising children in the twenty-first century has challenges that no other generation before has had to experience.  Thanks to the internet and cyber-technology, we have to fight demons we never knew existed before, many we still don't know we're fighting.  Our children can go into dark shadowy places we would never allow them to go to in reality without ever leaving their home.  Parental control has gone from meaning having a strict hand to guide your child to a complex set of protocols that come with reports and settings and passwords.  


We have challenged ourselves to tackle one area at a time in training and teaching our children to grow into self-reliant productive citizens who know how to live in their faith and serve others.  Addressing subjects such as materialism, greed, responsibility to self, responsibility to family, responsibility to community, environmentalism, nutrition, manners, accountability, and spiritual growth are the first steps to bringing our family closer to God and a sense of fulfillment.  Imagine how we could change society if every parent could follow this same path and teach their children to live responsibly and put other's needs first. That's a world I want to live in.  I can't change the world, but I can try by teaching my children and others how to change it, creating a self-propelled wave of love and kindness.  Join my family on our journey as we hope to inspire others to love our world enough to want to change if for the better.