Saturday, January 14, 2012
I had just finished breakfast and noticed a commotion outside the kitchen door. The ditch bank and the trees along the bank were alive with hundreds of blackbirds. Now they are not my favorite bird, but it was obvious they didn’t care. The blackbirds were having great fun. As if watching a wave of water coming in from the ocean, they flew to the ground and back to the trees, slowly moving closer and closer to our yard and then they were gone to another playground. I felt God’s lesson coming my way. I prepared myself to listen to Him.
We continue to have health issues. Bob has another surgery coming up this week and my back and legs continue to torture me with pain. I had complained this very morning about paying for an MRI to find out that the MRI didn’t pick up anything wrong. “Maybe it is …..” I quit listening after I had received the news. All I could think about was how I had wasted our money for a good report. Then I started scolding myself for my negative feelings, as I was reminded that people every day have tests that cost so they CAN get a good report.
That’s when it happened. In my gray, foggy mood, I saw God’s workings in nature – the dance of joy.
“Look at the birds in the air. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, but your heavenly Father feeds them. And (Helen) you know that you are worth much more than birds. You cannot add any time to your life by worrying about it.” Matthew 6:26-27
Forgive me Lord for placing the focus of my day on something meaningless. Help me to give you honor and glory each and every moment of my life. Amen
#78 God’s creation enjoying life
--Helen Duncan
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Monday, January 2, 2012
A New Year
"This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it." Psalm 118:24
The one hundred eighteenth psalm reminds us that today, like every other day, is a cause for celebration. God gives us this day; He fills it to the brim with possibilities, and He challenges us to use it to His purposes. The day is presented to us fresh and clean at midnight, free of charge, but we must beware: Today is a non-renewable resource---once it's gone, it's gone forever. Our responsibility, of course, is to use this day in the service of God's will and according to His commandments.
"Help me, Father, to learn from the past but not live in it. And, help me to plan for the future but not to worry about it. This is the day You have given me, Lord. Let me use it according to your master plan, and let me give thanks for Your blessings. Enable me to live each moment to the fullest, totally involved in Your will. Amen" (My Daily Journal with God by Mary Carlisle Beasley)
From Ann Voskamp: I open a Bible and His plans, startling, lie there barefaced. It's hard to believe it, when I read it, and I have to come back to it many times, feel long across those words, make sure they are real. But His love letter forever silences the doubts: "Before the world began, God planned this wisdom for our glory." (1 Corinthians 2:7 NCV)
Thankfulness should never end:
*I met the challenge and read through the Bible in one year.
*A new year has been given to me to grow in faith and become more Chirst-like.
*We celebrated Mom's birthday with cupcakes and talking. She was having a good day.
*My precious Aunt Marilyn Kae and faithful Uncle Spud made her day even more special.
Earline
The one hundred eighteenth psalm reminds us that today, like every other day, is a cause for celebration. God gives us this day; He fills it to the brim with possibilities, and He challenges us to use it to His purposes. The day is presented to us fresh and clean at midnight, free of charge, but we must beware: Today is a non-renewable resource---once it's gone, it's gone forever. Our responsibility, of course, is to use this day in the service of God's will and according to His commandments.
"Help me, Father, to learn from the past but not live in it. And, help me to plan for the future but not to worry about it. This is the day You have given me, Lord. Let me use it according to your master plan, and let me give thanks for Your blessings. Enable me to live each moment to the fullest, totally involved in Your will. Amen" (My Daily Journal with God by Mary Carlisle Beasley)
From Ann Voskamp: I open a Bible and His plans, startling, lie there barefaced. It's hard to believe it, when I read it, and I have to come back to it many times, feel long across those words, make sure they are real. But His love letter forever silences the doubts: "Before the world began, God planned this wisdom for our glory." (1 Corinthians 2:7 NCV)
Thankfulness should never end:
*I met the challenge and read through the Bible in one year.
*A new year has been given to me to grow in faith and become more Chirst-like.
*We celebrated Mom's birthday with cupcakes and talking. She was having a good day.
*My precious Aunt Marilyn Kae and faithful Uncle Spud made her day even more special.
Earline
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