Wow, this one was powerful. Make the rest of your life about this~ BOOM!

If ever there was a day I need this message, it was today. It's been a very long week, with hard decisions requiring a lot of emotional fortitude and I'm exhausted, physically, emotionally and spiritually. I just wrote in my journal this morning that I wanted nothing more than to crawl up on Papa God's lap and put my head on his chest and listen to his heartbeat. T be a child is a wonderful thing... Filled with magic every day, new wonders to discover and always a parent there to sooth, cuddle and rescue when needed. I'm so thankful for a God that loves me like this, who wants me to run to him and waits to comfort me. Today I'm doing that and will rest in the reality of being a child who needs her Papa more than she admits on most days~

This is also a good example (or poor example, however you look at it) of what happens to people without good leadership in their lives, submitting themselves to godly authority and to Christ's teachings. We will all drift given the opportunity. So my questions this morning is...
Who am I allowing to lead me? Who am I leading? And am I leading them in a way that draws them closer to God or further away? Does my behavior, actions and 'tude reflect the type of leadership that will inspire people to be who God wants them to be or something else?

Nehemiah left and the people drifted back to their old ways... Are we in community with other believers holding us accountable and are we pouring into the next generation of leaders? Have we built a "wall" without any gaps (6:1) in it or are there gaps remaining that will allow for drift?

This has been a powerful study... Thank you so much!