Well, my life has certainly not turned out to be anything I thought it would be. I used to always think that the perfect life would be two kids a good job and a suburban house. Working in some type of law enforcement position is what I thought I would do. Well none of that has ever been true of my life. I now have seven kids, yes I said seven and I don’t live in a suburba
n type house. I do however have the perfect job, not one might I add that I thought I would ever do. I am a pastor of a local new testament SBC church. You see I figured out one thing a long time ago, you have to play the cards your dealt, and you never know what the dealer is going to give you the next hand. The dealer is God mind you. You have to understand that God really does know what is best for you. Trust me I know how hard it is to be able to wait on God. We as humans want everything now and want what we think we need. My seventh child was born on Saturday. It seems like everything was going fine for the first few hours and then the dreaded news that Rainen would have to go to the NICU. Is this a blessing or something else that seems to be going wrong. You see we only have a Ford Expedition that seats eight people. He makes nine. I want to stress out and try and figure out something. Talking to my wife she says remember the many times God has provided. My friend called me earlier and shared the same thing with me. I would like to say to those who read this that God is always on time even if it is not our time. If we can trust Him for our salvation let us trust Him for our needs.
emy has decided to try and destroy the very framework of what God has established. We find parents and children at odds with each other. You now have the same sex marriages, and then you have the people who don’t even get married figuring it is less to have to deal with if things go bad. God created marriage to be between one man and one woman for life. People now days get to the point sometimes that they don’t even want to fight for once they believed they couldn’t live without. I am not saying that our children are not important. But your spouse has to be the second thing in your life. After all who is going to be around when the kids grown up. I can only imagine how hard it is to live in a blended family. You have people pushing and pulling from all sides. Please understand me when I say that if our enemy can destroy the marriage the home will also fall. You see kids tend to fall into the same cycle that their parents went through. Not all kids follow those steps but it does happen. People please hear my plea when I say that your marriage is worth fighting for. I have been down the road when I or my wife were prepared to walk and God put people around us that wouldn’t let that happen. If our marriages fail our houses will fall and then our society will crumble after that. It is time that we the people of God stand up and fight for our marriages and partner to fight for others.
Thoughts from Pastor Toney 