One Day

I love to write. Sometimes life takes over, and I stop writing. Sometimes I just feel I need to stop putting my thoughts down for reasons only I would probably understand. It's been 2 years since I've put fingers to keyboard (instead of pen to paper!), & I have missed it. I have missed putting my thoughts down as I've noticed it really does help me process life in general. I've written some long status updates on Facebook! And so, I start again! Still taking one day at a time. The Lord gives us each one day. He does not promise tomorrow. He gives us TODAY. How will I live for him today? What will I do for him today? Truthfully, in God's Kingdom I don't think there's room for procrastination when it comes to telling others about Christ, and yet we all procrastinate in that way. I know I do. I tell myself, "oh, I can talk to that person about Christ tomorrow." or "I'll be kinder to her tomorrow, I just don't have the energy today....

We've moved to a new state, house and job. There's clearly a lot going on. There have a been a lot of change. This move has been wonderful. We LOVE where we are, we LOVE our church, all 5 of us are making friends. God is good, and he has blessed us richly. And yet, things are not good. In the past month I have been having lots of panic attacks. On one occasion I called 911 to get to the ER to make sure everything was OK with my heart (David was away at a men's retreat...). I'm not sleeping well at night, I have very low energy, and quite frankly, I feel like I'm a hot mess. Right now we don't know what's going on. Right now we have way more questions than answers. Right now we're relying fully and totally on the Lord. Right now we're taking one day at a time. I am meeting with a sleep specialist to see if I might have sleep apnea--our family doctor seems to think this is the root cause of everything. We're praying the Lord gives the doctor ...

I'm going to have my Wednesday posts be those that bring worship. They will consist of a verse from the Bible, or a song, something I saw, or a thought I had, etc. Anything that has caused me to pause and worship the Lord. In the hustle and bustle of our days I think we forget that God created us to worship him. And, he has given countless things to worship him. I don't want to forget his goodness to me. I don't want to forget that if something isn't going well there is still reason and cause to worship the Lord. Today I want to share with you a song that I love.  Give Me Jesus  is a fairly old hymn. It originated as an African-American spiritual written during the time of slavery in the Untied States. It's been made popular by  Fernando Ortega, as well as others. This song has done a lot to show me that no matter what, I need Jesus. I've posted a video of the song below the lyrics so you can hear it. The words are simple and yet so powerful.  GIVE ME JESUS...

As I think of everything that we have to get done, and all that HAS been accomplished already in this process of moving, I was encouraged and challenged this morning by what I read in Scripture. I want to share it with you because I can't say it any better, obviously... Psalm 37 "Trust in the LORD, and do good (vs 3a). Delight yourself in in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart. (v 4) Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him..." (v 7a) I've also been reading/praying through Beth Moore's Praying God's Word Day by Day . Today matched up what my other readings were saying. Here's what I read today: We tend to run to God for temporary relief. God is looking for people who will walk with him in steadfast belief. (Beth Moore) At this moment, Father, I am choosing the way of truth. I want to set my heart on Your las (Ps. 119:30). I want to choose the way of truth the rest of my days. Test me, O Lord, and try me. ...

I was having a discussion with my good friend about being on time. She said, "You are about my only friend who is always on time, or early. I just don't understand how you do that!" And, I gave her my ways, the things we do in our family to be on time. It was perplexing to me to think this was even something unfathomable to another person. I mean, it's just not hard. To me, anyway. That night I was thinking about it and realized she does something that I find unfathomable. She, and most of my other friends, can eat 1 or 2 pieces of chocolate, or 1 brownie (or a bite of brownie) and be fully satisfied. I. Can. Not. Do. This. I do not understand how a person does this! How can't your chocolate craving be satisfied until the bag of Hershey Kisses is gone, or the XL candy bar is devoured, or the pan of brownies is eaten? I do not understand. And, because of this not understanding, I am over 200 lbs and find myself needing to lose weight. I think this is why God ...

Weeds. Blech! I hate to weed. We have lived in our house for almost 5 years now, and I don't believe I have EVER seen flower beds as riddled with weeds as ours are. I'm serious. It's a constant fight to keep them at bay. I have tried weed killers, both chemical and all-natural. We have done mulch, I have tried staying on top of them by pulling them as soon as I see them. But, they just keep coming. It drives me nuts. About 1/2 way through the summer I just stop. I stop pulling, spraying, mulching. I get tired and stop. The truth of the matter is, that I have often wondered if when I stop is that when I'm about to get ahead of them? I don't know. I haven't continued past that point yet! I stop. I stop all of my efforts. I let the weeds win. You know what happens? They take over. The thistle and crabgrass is especially bad and they infiltrate every blasted nook and cranny. Soon one can't tell where the weeds are and where the good plants are. They're the...