As we wind down from 2012, a year which frankly speaking, as there is really no other way to put it, sucked big time for our family, I am praying and hoping for better days ahead. I know that there will be better days ahead because the Lord assures me of this (Jeremiah 29:11). He is constant on His Throne and He overshadows His dear ones with His constant love and protection. He has gotten us through another year. He has held us together and He has provided strength, grace, and mercy in times of need. He has supplied our every need in one way or the other. His ways are NOT our ways...nor are His thoughts our thoughts.
I also know that there will be better days ahead because it is the Cash motto, "Better Times Are Comin'" and, I, am a Cash......through and through. I am also assured of this because it honestly cannot get much worse. So, things have got to be looking up. Good things are coming. I now have three jobs. That of wife & mother to 7, and that of an adult literacy tutor/community outreach specialist/ recruiter-trainer in Fredericksburg, Va. My roles have expanded and life has become a delicate juggling act. I'm constantly torn between my home and my job, now. I'm enjoying the work and the people whose lives I touch I am enjoying getting out of the house and learning about people and their disabilities and their unique experiences, and how maybe I can help in some small way.I also miss my youngest two babies (and ALL of my children) so incredibly much and stay concerned for them as Daddy tries to hold down the fort with so much on his plate, that he has never done before these last two years. Don't get me wrong, he is a super daddy and doing well in his role. It's just that he is NOT a mom, and we moms can get sort of "controlling". I also firmly believe he needs a job and soon. We have prayed and prayed and prayed, and sought and sought and sought. The plan he had for insurance sales did not come to fruition for him. That is another story. But, this is a new story...this is a NEW YEAR that is coming. And, "to whom much is given, much will be required." (Luke 12:48) It is my earnest prayer and hope to be a good steward of all that God has given to my husband and I. Please join us in prayer that he will keep us humble and seeking after His will, rather than our own. It has been *such* a confusing and exhausting journey - especially these last 3 years. Death of a spouse's parent, job loss, births upon births upon births for many years, home relocation due to finances x's 5, and then finally setting down roots, for what? To be uprooted again?......financially??.....spiritually?? emotionally?? relationally??.....physically?? No, in all these things we are MORE than Conquerors, my friends..... The Lord has not placed us here to abandon us now. Instead, He is calling us to get our house in order. He has great plans for us. He is preparing us for a greater work. He has given us MUCH and now He is requiring much. To God be the glory!! This is a year of blessing and reward. This is a year of victory. For from Him and to Him, and Through Him - all things consist and have their being.
.......I have many prayer warriors and friends, and I am thankful for each and every one of you....please know you are in my daily prayers and thanksgivings as well.....
.......to whom much is given.....MUCH is required..................Here's hoping you all have a very prosperous and blessed 2013 and check back to see if I've rambled anymore...enjoy!! TGBTG!!!
The verse you are
referring to is found in Luke
12:48, but it should really
be read in the context of verses 42-48:
"And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season? Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath. But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken; The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. And that servant, which knew his lord’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more."
The main idea here is that we are accountable for the knowledge, resources, abilities, etc. that God has blessed us with. If we have been given much, then He expects that much more from us. The good news is that all of these blessings come from the Lord and He realizes that humans are not perfect and that we can't do anything right without His help (John 15:5), but we can do all things through Jesus Christ as He strengthens us (Philippians 4:13). So let's ask the Lord to give us His wisdom and Spirit so that we can be faithful stewards over what He has entrusted to us. "And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming."(1 John 2:28)
"And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season? Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath. But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken; The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. And that servant, which knew his lord’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more."
The main idea here is that we are accountable for the knowledge, resources, abilities, etc. that God has blessed us with. If we have been given much, then He expects that much more from us. The good news is that all of these blessings come from the Lord and He realizes that humans are not perfect and that we can't do anything right without His help (John 15:5), but we can do all things through Jesus Christ as He strengthens us (Philippians 4:13). So let's ask the Lord to give us His wisdom and Spirit so that we can be faithful stewards over what He has entrusted to us. "And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming."(1 John 2:28)
