stewardship...

most times when we think of stewardship... we think of money... and that is valid because the handling or mis-handling of our finances is part of stewardship and we are to be a good steward of all God bestows upon us...

but stewardship is greater than that... it also has to do with our relationships... we like to think that someone is ours and that is never the case... no matter what the relationship... the other person is still God's and only given to us on loan.. and we are to be a good steward of that relationship...

we can say this is the case in marriage... the marriage is not ours, it is God's and if we do not properly manage it... God may take it from us... we are to treat one another with love and respect... wives are to submit themselves to the husband "as unto God"... women don't want to hear that... but it is in the bible, I promise you.. husbands are to love their wives as Christ loved the church and gave his life for it... if a man loves you like Christ loves the church, and you are not trying to run things... God is the head of the marriage... everything might turn out all right..

our children are also only on loan to us from God... I have a son that has so far to date... been in alot of trouble... he was raised the same as the daughter attending Spelman College... but he is different than she is... I do not love either one more than the other... my son has seizures... and one day God said to me... who are you that you think I would not take your son, when I gave my only son? and I am reminded of this from time to time and although it is very painful for me to imagine... all I can do is say Thy will be done... I have done all that I could do in my relationships with my children... I have not always done the right thing.. but I have raised them in the ways of God and I have to believe that when they are old they will not depart from them... I pray that God has decided that I have been a good steward of my relationships with my children and if He so chooses to take my son... as man took His... all I can do is pray he is saved and will go to heaven...