Psalm 127:1

Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who built it.


The theme of this psalm is that life without God is senseless, and that everything in life needs to have God as the foundation.


Thoughts for the day...
Church-hopping.  That's what Lisa and I have been doing since we've been married.  We have visited dozens upon dozens of churches, and there's always something that we don't like about it, and we move on to another church.  A couple of times we have found what we think will be our church home, and we've attended a few times, but for some reason or another, it just doesn't work out, and once again, we move on.  After reading today's verse, I felt like God was whopping me on the back of the head to get my attention and telling me, "Cut it out!  Just find someplace to go and worship Me and have fellowship with other Christians.  Be the leader of your family, lead Lisa and Landon, and help your son to know Me!"


God is at the center of our marriage, and He's at the center of our family.  We pray with Landon before meals and before bedtime.  But Lisa and I have talked about not giving him exactly what he needs, and that's a church family.  This fellowship is what God's family is all about, yet in his first year of life, we haven't had a church family.  Raising Landon right is both Lisa's and my job, and I think we're doing really well so far.  But raising him to become a Godly man, that's my job, and I'm failing him.  A family without God can never experience the spiritual bond He brings to relationships, and I need to man up and make sure that my family is fully experiencing God in our lives as one.


My Prayer
Father, please forgive me.  I know that I've failed in many areas of my life, but I refuse to fail on my family.  Father, please help me to stop making excuses for not going to church, thinking of lame reasons why a church doesn't work for us, and all of those things that are setting a bad example for Lisa and Landon.  I'm so sorry I've not lived up to what You expect of me, but I am going to try harder, because I am not being the Godly leader of my family that you've called me to be.  It's not fair to Lisa or Landon, and he cannot grow to be a Godly man without me setting a good example.  Thank You for the wisdom of Your Word to help me see that today, and thank You for the strength that I'll need You to give me.