kingdom worker card

i dont have much to say and i dont know who will read this, but i hope someone does.
i decided to open my kingdom worker card at CIY and once i read it, compared to other cards i heard about, i thought i got it easy. my card read "lead a devotion with your family every week. pray that God will MOVE you. start with mark". tonight was the first of many nights were my family will spend time talking and telling stories and reading the bible to one another. already, ive learned much about my mom, and hope to learn more about my dad as well. my mom usually keeps me in check with my life on a daily basis but we rarely ever have talks about bible stories. the chapter i read tonight talked about jesus being sent into the desert for forty days and why God did that. he sent jesus to the desert to test and challenge him. while in the desert, jesus was tempted by satan. my mom then asked me what desert God had set in my life. i only had thoughts of hard times in school and other temptations as my desert. what is your desert? how will God challenge you and test your faith to he brink? will you be like jesus and overcome?

Like i mentioned earlier, my mom told me stories in her life when God tempted her and set her in a desert. i dont think many of you know this but my sister, Sara, was diagnosed with crohns disease when she was about 9. at the time, i was 7, she was working for a buisness named nortel (which eventually tanked), and her work engulfed her life. the only day she had off from work was sunday. as a result, my parents did not attend church. my sister was diagnosed, and my mom asked for a break from work. nortel allowed her as much time as she needed to be off from work and care for her sick child. a few weeks pass by and sara isnt making much progress. my mom decides on her own that it was time for her to go back to work for a day. the very next day, sara endures many seizures. my mom believed that this was Gods way of telling her "you did not handle your desert well and decided to go to work and willingly leave your sick daughters side". i only remember visitng sara a few times in the hospital, what i didnt know was that she left sara to go to work.

i am glad that God put that kingdom worker card in my hand. i feel that i will begin to grow more with my family and get intouch with my parents more. my relationship over the next year with them will be a major influence in my life and i am forever thankful!

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