Felt the need to flip Marks Bible open before going downstairs. It’s like I was reading 1 Kings 1 for the 1st time, yet I know I read it last July. Excited to look back on my own and explore with Pam, but wanted to note first key thoughts:

• Never let guard down against temptation and sin
• Can never be superficial with God
• God fearers can be leaders and suffer with family relationships
• Moral and spiritual character take YEARS to build and require patient discipline, especially with children!
• Do NOT let service to God take so much time and energy we neglect other GOD GIVEN responsibilities
• Setting limits for children allows them to develop necessary restraint
• Huge reminder that good comes from evil through Bathsheba. Adultery, as bad and wrong as it is, still leads to Bathsheba becoming the mother of one of Israels wisest kings and ancestor of Christ!’
• Gods forgiveness of sins is complete when we completely turn to Him.
• Thinking of this example shared at Kendra’s funeral and how the key takeaway was to mourn and move on, smiling. We can’t be glad something happened; we can be joyful for the good which comes from it.
• Every feeling and important note is something shared with Pam this past week. All so intricately woven…two eyes from two sisters are meant to discuss
• See what is different between Marks Bible study notes and mine, as well as Difference in Pam’s version. Focus on reason God wanted me to flip in front of Mark, with his Word.

Father God, thank you for loving us so completely. I praise you for reminding me to focus on all you have entrusted to me, including my children and our business. I feel you speaking and convicting me, even when my flesh is weak. You are empowering my spirit to see your desires for me, including encouraging me to share my convictions with Mark. Oh, please let the Holy Spirit guard, keep and empower Mark when he leaves for Texas in a few days. Please use this mission to draw him to you in new and amazing ways. Let Josh see and feel you in every person they encounter. I trust the calm you out in my heart that despite it being my worst month for him to go anywhere; it’s is YOUR timing and my role as wife-mom-your daughter is to support him with YOUR word. Oh, Father, I can only praise you, in tears and humility ! Just typing those words, I recall another flip last July and relating so strongly to Paul—another sinner called in a different desert. He served with tears and humility and it resonated deeply enough you claimed it on my heart. Jesus wept. I am beyond grateful you are showing me my inner-Paul, my growing Jesus and better ways to be consumed by you while serving other responsibilities in my life. Thank you for your son, Jesus, and all he did at the cross. Thank you for my family and. Lessings and for showing me that serving them, served you. Please keep me focused today to accomplish your will on every area of my life. In Jesus name, I pray. Amen