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Making Adjustments

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I read this ear­lier and thought, how often do we allow the cares of the day to steal our joy, or for that mat­ter, God’s plan for our day? Some­times we have to make adjust­ments, which may mean we have to say no to the things God has not cho­sen for us, but in doing so, we are freed to ful­fill His purpose.

“The lit­tle cares which fret­ted me
I lost them yes­ter­day,
Among the fields, above the sea,
Among the winds at play,
Among the low­ing of the herds,
The rustling of the trees,
Among the singing of the birds,
The hum­ming of the bees.
The fool­ish fear of what might hap­pen,
I cast them all away
Among the clover-scented grass,
Among the husk­ing of the corn,
Where drowsy pop­pies nod
Where ill thoughts die and good are born–
Out in the fields with God. ”

 –Eliz­a­beth Bar­rett Browning

 

Your eyes will see the King in his beauty and view a land that stretches afar. –Isa­iah 33:17

 God bless,

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Lord — What Do You Want Me To Do Today?

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I raced through a prayer this morn­ing, which included that ques­tion, “Lord, what do you want me to do today?” even though my agenda was etched in stone.

Father, I apol­o­gize for that hur­ried prayer. Thank­fully, You got my atten­tion as You always do. As I tried to type faster than my fin­gers would per­mit. I knew that I knew…I needed to step away from the com­puter. I needed to slow down and lis­ten to the birds chirp­ing in my backyard. Why do I often race ahead with­out You when that’s not my intent? I guess the answer is not as impor­tant as the aware­ness. Thank you for get­ting my atten­tion. Con­tinue read­ing →

Can You Hear Me Now?

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I woke up this morn­ing and didn’t get right out of bed. Instead of start­ing my com­puter, flip­ping the switch on my per­sonal cof­feemaker (I’m the only decaf drinker in my home and I’ve never fig­ured out how to pro­gram the thing), and then open­ing the blinds to let the morn­ing in—I stayed in bed and talked with my heav­enly Father about some­thing some­one said to me recently.

‘God doesn’t talk to me,’ the per­son said with cer­tainty. That cer­tainty trou­bled me. I shared with that per­son what I’m about to share here.

God is always talk­ing to us, but are we listening?

Things often come in between us and His voice which cre­ate poor recep­tion, such as: spouses, kids, pets, finances, jobs, careers, desires, fears, goals, tele­vi­sion and all sorts of enter­tain­ment, com­put­ers, Palm Pilots, Blackberry’s, emails, Face­book, Twit­ter, and yes…Blogs too.

God’s word says…

“But seek first his king­dom and his right­eous­ness, and all these things will be given to you as well.” — Matthew 6:33 NIV Con­tinue read­ing →