Friday, June 4, 2010

Expecting Great Things

So, the Christian radio station I listen to up here has been challenging people to ask God to surprise them by praying "Surprise me God." I thought "Hmm. Maybe." I didn't want to get too crazy b/c I'm still kinda working through anger and I don't want to jump into not being ok yet. ;-) Anyway, the dj asked people to call in if God had surprised them. I decided I would. I called in and talked about God finiacially providing for my trip to Russia just a week or less before I was supposed to leave and the dj ended up playing it (the edited version) on the radio. John and I were listening to it, and it got me thinking. "Why don't we expect big things from God anymore?" I started thinking of all the neat ways over the past 7 years or so that God has totally gone above and beyond to show me how great He is, and just what He CAN do.
I got to thinking about my greatest fears with raising Ally and I can trust that John and I can raise her in the way that God desires and that she will become a Great Woman of God, and that the mistakes we make will be fixable, and NOT completely dysfunctional. I've been parenting with more confidence. More serenity. Less worry.
So, what are some other parent fears you have (even if you don't have kids), and how are you expecting great things from God with your kids/ future kids?