Join the Movement

Movement in a family with four active kids is a given.  Nothing is ever still!  There is no such thing as static, unless by some miracle of God they are all asleep, and even then, they are growing and changing overnight.  I have one who thinks he is a Nerf gun-wielding ninja, and another who is an Olympic-hopeful gymnast; then I’ve got a dancer, and the youngest “breakdances” as he plays soccer and brandishes swords.  Don’t even get me started on the sounds I hear:  screams, laughs, songs, whines, and everything in between.  This house is in full motion all the time.

But then, I guess all of life is movement. I’ve heard it said that there’s no such thing as standing still.  Either you’re moving forward, or you’re regressing backward.  When life gets busy, it’s easy to forget that we must take purposeful steps forward.  

Being intentional about where we are going is necessary.

This is especially true when we think about the direction culture is taking our kids.  It is easy for them to get swept up in the latest trends, fashions, music, and games.  There is certainly a fast-paced highway of information that is moving them toward a destination.   But is this end location where we want them to arrive?  Does society’s mainstream media and culture match the values I hold and promote the well-being of my children?

I don’t believe it does.  And I’m taking purposeful steps to exit the superhighway and pave a way for my children to follow.  I am starting a movement, charting a new course, which will arrive at the location I believe we were created to follow.  We were made for more than the superficial.  My children have value that has nothing to do with what they wear, which group they belong to, or what they own.  

We are moving toward wholeness!  We are moving toward releasing inner beauty and building core strength.  We are moving toward helping others and being a light to shine the pathway for others to follow.

Will you join the movement?

~Deedra Mager