Friday, June 1, 2018

Life's Basic Training

Home is like a training camp. 
It is your testing ground.
Here’s where all growth has its start,
Because of those you are around.

All is tailored just for you —
Events and interactions,
So you can live the bigger life
With kindness and compassion.

If we can’t live in harmony
With our own flesh and blood,
We’d only fool ourselves to think
Strangers we can love.

If we don’t share in basic things,
We’ll pass the poor right by.
Lord, form the heart of Christ in us
So we won’t fail next time!

We’d be a sorry tale
And far from saintly matter
If God did not equip us 
So we’re more than just an actor.

-- Charity Lacroix

Scripture Quotations: 
"And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way:bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God..." (Col 1:10)

"We ought always to thank God for you, brothers, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love every one of you has for each other is increasing." (2 Thes 1:3)

Related Poems:
The Meaning of Life

Related articles:
Loving Deeply
Faithful in the Little Things
God's Amazing Plan for Your Life
The Day of Small Things
God's Way to Greatness
The Woes of Christ

Attribution notice: Scriptures taken from The Holy Bible, NIV, copyright Zondervan.

Author's note: The poems in this blog were written by my children, ages thirteen through nineteen . The Why This Blog post explains how the Lord inspired these poems in answer to a prayer during illness.  I also recommend visiting my children's blog, A Brush with Life, where you will also find beautiful art they have drawn for the glory of God. You can access my complete blog directory at "Writing for the Master. Now I'd like to ask a very important question.

Do You Want to Know Jesus?
“Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.’” (Mar 1:14b-15).  He preached that we must repent and believe.

Please see my explanation of this in my post called "Do You Want to Know Jesus?"
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Len Lacroix is the founder of Doulos Missions International. He was based in Eastern Europe for four years, making disciples, as well as helping leaders to be more effective at making disciples who multiply, developing leaders who multiply, with the ultimate goal of planting churches that multiply. His ministry is now based in the United States with the same goal of helping fulfill the Great Commission. www.dmiworld.org

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