Let it start with my husband & my babes...

Monday's are my favorite days, they are our day off and I love them! It's our day to go on family adventures, go for walks on our property, get house projects done, bills; you know, the everyday family household things. I look forward to it every week. Yesterday was one of our at home, family walk and productive days and it was great! Got the garage and shed organized. Finished going through the kids gazillion toys and redistributed to children's rooms and bagged up for Goodwill, wonderful! But before all this, we took advantage of the beautiful weather we finally had and went on an adventure walk with our babes. As we were walking, D & I were finishing a conversation we had gone to bed on the night before. He said to me, "receiving truth well is a lot easier in theory!". I laughed and replied, "all truth is easier in theory!". Sunday he spoke on receiving truth as a good thing and resisting the urge to defend ourselves because it's a sign that we are truly loved, by God and others. He also began talking about the need to speak the truth out a loving heart. This morning the Lord led me to reading Ephesians 4 and the part that stood out to me were verses 1-3 "As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace." and I felt the Holy Spirit say to me "and let it start with your husband and your babes." I never want to get stuck with truth in theory because there truth is "easy". But rather, my prayer today is, Lord, let it start by my practicing being 'humble and gentle' with Dustin and my kids. That's where the rubber meets the road! Here is where reality is. Lord, help me today. I know You will because You are that good!