Sunday Scripture

I almost forgot to post my Sunday Scripture!  It's been a crazy week!  I also almost forgot to file my mom's unemployment weekly claim.  She would have HURT me!  I have been so scatterbrained the past week, I have no idea why. Mommy brain to the max!

Here is my weekly scripture, and it's kind of in line with last week's.  We are talking about serving around here.  It seemed fitting since we had our trash pick-up job I mentioned previously yesterday.  The kids were all excited because I talked it up all day.  We got there and they promptly hopped on the hayride instead of helping with trash.  It was cool because I was kind of worried about the 2 hour time slot.  After about an hour of walking around and a visit to the petting zoo, they joined my sister and I for our trash gig.  Luckily my sister Madison had offered to help with the kids while Amanda and I did our trash job, in case the kids weren't cooperative.  It really helped they had that hour to see the sights, then they could focus on the task at hand.  I put gloves on 3 sets of little hands-Carson's, Emilynn's, & Hunter's.  That is no easy task I tell you!  They don't quite understand how to put just one finger per slot.  Anyway, they got trash bags and quickly got to work.  I don't think you'd find more enthusiastic trash picker-uppers on the planet!  It was like Christmas when they found a piece of "glitter" as my kids call litter.  I have to say, they were the cutest little things walking around picking up trash.  I'm not even a teeny bit biased y'all!  :-)  More importantly, they learned to serve others and they did it joyfully.  I can't even tell you how important they felt and I have to say, I always try to include my kids in whatever things I'm doing because they ARE a very important part of our family and they ARE able to help.  I need their help.  They do age-appropriate chores and they can do quite a bit.  (more on chores later).  My point is, I think it's important to let kids help, even when it might seem easier (and almost always faster) to do it yourself.  I even took all 3 of my kids with me the week I had to clean our church.  Our church has volunteers clean the church.  I signed up for nursery (or so I thought), but apparently had Mommy-brain again and accidentally signed up to clean the church.  I had a serious moment of panic when it was brought to my attention what I had done! I had to do it, and I didn't have a sitter so I took them with me. It worked out okay, Emilynn helped entertain Henry in the nursery while Carson helped me clean. I think we ALL felt a sense of accomplishment after that! Believe me, I read sign up sheets carefully after that! Anyway, I think it's so important to teach our kids to serve, and teach them early so it's second nature. Kids of any age can do SOMETHING! Here is my scripture-another of my favorite. We actually have a plaque of this in our home.

  Joshua 24:15 "But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourself this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the god of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord." 

Who do you serve? Do you serve the Lord, or worldly things?