To Be...Committed

-

December 20
It's so hard to not get caught up in the hustle bustle the world dangles in front of us this season.  It happened to me yesterday.  I was out the door early without my Jesus time. I ended up perusing the aisles of Kroger and the Dollar Store for over an hour for items for our grandchildren and our upcoming "Cousin Camp."  Then I came home and wrapped thirty plus tiny treasures for another hour.  After that the day slipped away with visits from friends, chores and changing the downstairs decor from a Christmas theme to a snowman theme.

Not once did either of my current Bible studies or Jesus Calling get opened.  Flash forward to 3:45AM and I'm up with Jesus.  Flipping back a page in Jesus Calling I found the words I needed to have read yesterday.

"Don't be weighed down by the clutter in your life: lots of little chores to do sometime, in no particular order. If you focus too much on these petty tasks, trying to get them all out of the way, you will discover that they are endless.  They can eat up as much time as you devote to them...Remember that your ultimate goal is living close to Me, being responsive to My initiatives."

Friends, my day would have looked a lot differently had I started it by seeking the Lord and being committed to allowing Him to lead my day.

"Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed."   Proverbs 16:3

"But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well."
Matthew 6:33

It is a gift from God to spend time with Him and blessings come from our commitment to Him.

Here is a sweet song by Casting Crowns Somewhere in Your Silent Night if you want to quiet your heart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT-5cP4BeoI

Popular posts from this blog

She Fought the Good Fight

-
Image
February 27 Bible Gateway's verse yesterday was: This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him . 1 John 4:9 A fitting verse for the day my everyday friend, soul sister, monster of the faith and mischievous partner in crime, Kaye, left this world behind and headed to her heavenly home. My husband was able to be by her bedside and said he knew she heard the words of our faith that he shared. Her sweet daughter held the phone up to her ear so I could say good-bye and the brightest single star you have ever seen shown through my bedroom window as she exited this earth! Yesterday, my heart literally ached so badly that I told the Lord, "Take me too!" Wouldn't she have been surprised if I had snuck up on her in heaven and said, "Thought you were going somewhere without me, did ya." When we received the call she was ready to go, I called out to the Lord for comfort and He led me to the Bible Gat
Read more

Marriage Matters #1

-
Image
One of life's deepest hurts is when the one you love is unfaithful. Forty years ago, I remember an older friend, whose wife had been unfaithful and left him for another man saying to me..."Boo, I hope you never experience having the person you love and are married to, living 8 blocks away loving someone else." Deep hurt. They divorced. The wife of another friend of ours was having an affair with a fellow church member and a neighbor of theirs who lived 5 blocks away. She moved in with this man and our friend said one evening he was walking by the house where they were living together and saw them sitting at a table having a candlelight dinner. Ugh. The torment. I've always said it would be aweful to find out the person you were married to and  loved deeply loved another.  Hmm. We are the bride of Christ.  Is He our first love? 2 Peter 2:14 says: They have eyes full of adultery, insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts trained in greed. Accursed
Read more

Are You Sinking... Being Tossed About?

-
Image
  A text came in from our neighbor recently, on a cold blustery day, when I was home with a stomach bug and awful headache. He said, "My canoe blew off our dock and has floated over to your shore."  And I'm thinking..."And you want me to do what?" I explained my husband was at work, but could help in the afternoon. I went to the window and could see the boat being tossed back and forth along our shore line. One minute it was close to our main dock and the next the winds had shifted and it was 200 feet in the opposite direction.  What I then realized is it had been taking on water. A text came again that he was in his car and driving around to our property.  Climbing out of my night shirt, I put on warm ups, UGGS boots and a hooded coat and limped outside to see how I could help. When I arrived to the shore line, the neighbor had tossed a 3 prong hook tied to a rope into the boat and was pulling it to the shore with one hand.  He had recently had hand surgery and
Read more