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Sunday, October 23, 2011
Saturday, October 22, 2011
it has been awhile
So, it was recently brought to my attention that I have not written anything here in quit sometime. You are so correct! There is a simple explanation for that...YIKES life got out of hand. It started with the Relay For Life season in April and May and ended with me deciding that ACS and I had two different views on how to best work towards a cure for cancer so I parted ways. Shortly after that parting I returned to retail. I worked one day at my new position with Lucky Brand and then Willie and I traveled to Romania with four youth boys and 2 youth girls and two pastors and what a life changing experience. To put it in any other way then God changed us and blessed us by placing Romania in our hearts and we left part of our hearts behind. There will be a blog on that eventually. So we were gone for two weeks and upon our return Willie received a promotion, the kids all started school and I went to work at the new job in retail and started back to school. All is going well and I am finally feeling a balance in our life. Besides the craziness that has been going on in our lives I have been looking for a different blog site. Why? You may ask. Well, here it is the truth I like to write my stuff in a Word document and then cut and paste it and I am unable to do that here. I do this to ensure I am able to save it to a thumb drive for later use. I have found a site that I can do that so I will give you that address when I move over there.
I am going to start a new daily ritual that will ensure that I spend time with God each morning and also find time to work on my writing. Throughout my adult life God has always placed on my heart that I need to give 10% of my income back in tithe to the church that I am currently attending. He has also reminded me that I need to spend time with him building our relationship and well let’s just say I find it easier to give him my money then my time. So, here it is I want him to help me get to the place of writing a book and get frustrated when I feel the urge to write before I need to leave for work or when I am exhausted and want to sleep. Then it dawned on me do I really give him any part of my day that is exclusively his to do his work through me. The answer is NO! So, he chooses the times for me I feel as a reminder that he still desires me to write but that I am too "busy" for him. UGH! I only work part time and yet I still have not given him my first in time. I am stepping out and saying again here I am God all of me do what you will with the talent and desires you have given me. Please join with me in prayer to keep him first in all I do.
I always wonder how is it that we can be on time to work or show up when we are needed, we have time for a friend who calls in distress, time to watch that latest TV show, time to read meaningless stuff, time to talk on the phone and even time to do nothing but yet there is not time in our day to sit down with our Creator. We have time to sit down and talk with the God who chose to create us in his image to do a good work for him yet we choose to do “work” over just taking the time to get to know him and what he wants for every part of our lives. My problem is when I pray for him to reveal his plan to me he gives me a look about the same size as a grain of sand and what do I do, I run and try to build a sand castle worthy of his praise with that one grain of sand instead of waiting on him to bring me the remainder of the sand that I will need to do it in such a way that he is glorified. Control is what that is all about, I choose the things I think I can control to do and then try and blame God for the things that don't seem to be falling in to place. Wow, life is sure about learning. Every day I learn a little more about myself and a little more about what God is all about and yet there is so much more to learn. Your way Lord is the way I want to travel, your how, when, where and why are what my focus needs to be to really see all that you have for me instead of just that grain of sand. Let’s get this thing going.
I am going to start a new daily ritual that will ensure that I spend time with God each morning and also find time to work on my writing. Throughout my adult life God has always placed on my heart that I need to give 10% of my income back in tithe to the church that I am currently attending. He has also reminded me that I need to spend time with him building our relationship and well let’s just say I find it easier to give him my money then my time. So, here it is I want him to help me get to the place of writing a book and get frustrated when I feel the urge to write before I need to leave for work or when I am exhausted and want to sleep. Then it dawned on me do I really give him any part of my day that is exclusively his to do his work through me. The answer is NO! So, he chooses the times for me I feel as a reminder that he still desires me to write but that I am too "busy" for him. UGH! I only work part time and yet I still have not given him my first in time. I am stepping out and saying again here I am God all of me do what you will with the talent and desires you have given me. Please join with me in prayer to keep him first in all I do.
I always wonder how is it that we can be on time to work or show up when we are needed, we have time for a friend who calls in distress, time to watch that latest TV show, time to read meaningless stuff, time to talk on the phone and even time to do nothing but yet there is not time in our day to sit down with our Creator. We have time to sit down and talk with the God who chose to create us in his image to do a good work for him yet we choose to do “work” over just taking the time to get to know him and what he wants for every part of our lives. My problem is when I pray for him to reveal his plan to me he gives me a look about the same size as a grain of sand and what do I do, I run and try to build a sand castle worthy of his praise with that one grain of sand instead of waiting on him to bring me the remainder of the sand that I will need to do it in such a way that he is glorified. Control is what that is all about, I choose the things I think I can control to do and then try and blame God for the things that don't seem to be falling in to place. Wow, life is sure about learning. Every day I learn a little more about myself and a little more about what God is all about and yet there is so much more to learn. Your way Lord is the way I want to travel, your how, when, where and why are what my focus needs to be to really see all that you have for me instead of just that grain of sand. Let’s get this thing going.
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