Wow, another Monday...zoom, zoom, zoom, they days just keep on flying by! I am beginning to believe that the old saying "time flies when you are having fun" is the truth:) As I have gotten older the days seem to have gotten shorter...so many times in my youth I would wish the days away...it seems like now at 50 my wishes are coming true...UGH, slow it down some:)
As I sit here this morning, enjoying the chill in the air, enjoying the trees swaying gently to a lovely little breeze that is blowing, eagerly awaiting the sun to come gleaming over the mountain and anticipating the sound of the trumpet belting out "call to work" at the base just across the way...a chorus of a variety of birds happily chirping a song and watching as a cotton ball cloud or two are engaged in a two-step across God's blue sky, I love my life, I love my family and I love my friends...thank you for always being there for me, to listen to my rants, to leave such kind words as comments and for taking time to show you care! God is amazing, he knows just what we need and when we need it, sometimes we feel the need for it sooner than he allows but it always comes just in the nick of time! Thank you Father God for loving me:)
In prayer this morning, I was intent in praying for each of you, asking God to bless this day, to clear the path for you so that nothing or nobody got in your way of achieving your goals, I asked him to move any mountains that might be in your path, to calm any seas that might be raging in your world, to flatten all hurdles and allow you smooth sailing:) I know that you might think you will encounter circumstances that might block your path...but not today, God will have your back so keep on keepin on!;)
I always ask God to show me what he needs me to do each day, to lead me into a situation that will test my faith and allow me to show him that I stand in his shadows, that I honor him in all events and that I be allowed to feel compassion and empathy. He has never let me down, even on the days that I do not get a clear need handed me, on days when I do not see a "person flash" as I call them, explanation...person flash....when I am praying and the image of someone comes into my head, I take that as a person that I need to make contact with that day, as a person who might be in need of a friend, in need of special specific prayer, in need of a little closer visit from God. This happens most every prayer I have and I always follow through in making contact and telling them "I CARE" He has never guided me wrong! Today in my quest to honor Heavenly Father, I once again asked him what he was in need of today, what I could do to honor his name and to share his love, I continued on in prayer and I was overcome with the feeling of "sharing" I had to think about this for a few after I closed my prayer, sealed it with love and lifted it to Jesus for delivery. HMMMM, "sharing" I began to understand and felt so very humbled, when I speak of him in my blog each morning when I pray, when I think of each of you I share, I share with you the feelings I have about him, I share with him by asking special mercies be given each of you! The only way his word will get to others is though us, the only way people so desperate for hope and faith can understand is through us, the only way we can help people to know him is by our mouths and our actions. Today I stand ready to bear my testimony, to share with someone who needs visuals to know his love is true, to share my love for him and to pray fervently for anyone who is feeling lost and alone! God's love is pure, it is unconditional and he needs for us to be examples of just that, join me this day in SHARING how much he means to you, allow others to see that his way is the only way and that we as Christians stand tall and strong in his army, we will not be defeated and there is always room for more soldiers:) God, bless my friends here today with the ability to open their mouths and share your word, to share their love for you and to know that there is a person right there among them that is desperately seeking you, allow them to be the vehicle that drives them to your arms and that delivers them into your lap. Father allow us to be examples of you in all that we do today...allow us to curve our tongues if we begin to slip into gossip, allow us to take a deep breath and feel empathy for the person stepping on our toes, allow us not to lash out in anger but to pray in sadness for those who have intent to distrupt our harmony...I ask these mercies in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
Look around you today, there is someone God is trying to touch, he is trying to touch them through you, feel his promptings, follow his lead and be obedient in his needs! Love in Christ to each of you....
"No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day."
John 6:44 ESV
"And, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace."
Ephesians 6:15 ESV
"As he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
2 Peter 3:16 ESV
"And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation."
Mark 16:15 ESV
"Because of the service by which you have proved yourselves, others will praise God for the obedience that accompanies your confession of the gospel of Christ, and for your generosity in sharing with them and with everyone else."
2 Corinthians 9:13 NIV
