Hello Family,
Blessings, love, and peace to you and your family.
Blessings, love, and peace to you and your family.
Oh, what a precious gift I had when I would get up early every morning around 3:00 AM. I would pray and read the bible, do laundry, cook dinner, clean or whatever needed to be done in the house. Early morning was my time. I could think clearly. It was quiet and peaceful. I could get some things accomplished before the family got up. I would be on a roll.
Well, situations changed, people changed and I changed. After getting up automatically at that tiime (for years) I just got tired of getting up at what some would say is such an ungodly hour. I fussed and complained; God why do I have to wake up at 3:00 o'clock in the morning while everybody else gets to sleep in. I'm tired of getting up so early. I want to get up when everybody else gets up. I want to have a normal sleeping habit like most other people. I don't like this at all. I bet you can guess what happened. It was taken away. No longer would I wake up at 3:00. My prayer life changed, my life changed and I changed and it wasn't for the best. It was a problem and God being God, knew everybody else in my house would up. There was always distractions and noise. It wasn't the same, the silence and the quiet was gone. I said one day, after I realized the error of my ways, "Lord I want that time back. The quiet, peaceable silent time that I would come before you." The next morning the Lord woke me up at 4:00 AM, (I really do think God has a sense of humor). I went to the bathroom, got back in the bed and I said, 'Lord I'll start tomorrow. Oh, how wicked is the heart, how weak is the flesh. Lord help my unbelief. I thought, I know you will restore me to where I once was and even more so, because now I will appreciate and realize what I had. I decided, that I would get up every morning at the time that I wanted to, which was 6;00 AM, when some other people in the world may be up (not realizing what a special thing I had). Well guess what. I struggled to get up at 6:00 even 6:30 and wondered, Lord what's wrong with me? I couldn't get up without a struggle. So I said again, 'Lord what is wrong?". It dawned on me I was trying to wake myself up and had rejected God's tender finger waking me up to spend quiet time with Him and to get my day started with peace and quiet. I didn't realize what a precious gift this was, God waking me up to spend time in His presence. The saying goes, you don't miss your water until your well runs dry and my well was truly dry. When I realized what had happened I tried to get it back, but I couldn't. God had to bring it back. I have a new hunger and thirst for God and His righteousness and a deep yearning to do what's right and pleasing in His sight. I'll see where this leads since I'm ready and SO WILLING to get up early to spend time in the presence of Almighty God. God I'm ready for the intimacy, wisdom and love that you will share with me now. Thank you for your grace and mercy. Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct thy paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes; fear the Lord and depart from evil. Proverbs 3:5-7
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Waking up to day.
Your total goodness, mercy love, joy, peace, grace and Your patience with me Drive, being driven and pushed. The journey, insight, my place here on earth and the mission/assignment you have before me. Wisdom, knowledge, abundant life, fun, laughter, and exercise (for the body and mind). My voice, my singing voice, my story and my song. My husband, mom, dad, children, grands, great grand, sisters, brothers, nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins, friends, pastor and church family, Gifts, talents, inspiration, determination and not yielding to temptation to eat (at times and certain things), Overflow, blessings, income that's helping and blessing other and employment, Stir Your Soul 2, (my next book coming this summer, hopefully in July). The precious time in the morning in your presence, answers to questions, provisions, direction and protection. Food, water, fruits, vegetables, nuts, legumes, bread, rice, milk, sugar, honey, wheat, oats all foods. Clothing and shoes. Air, air conditioning, heat, oil, gas, for the car and stove, Transportation and feet, Electricity, lights, A body and the use and activity of it, heart (for pumping blood and loving), eyes to see, hands to do millions of things, a brain to process life, situations and events. Ears to hear and to hear what you are saying to me. A nose to smell, knees and elbows to bend and to have flexibility Life and the life of new things. Death and the death of habits that are killing me. Books, Your Holy word the Bible, music and poetry, Schooling, lessons learned, blessings others, demonstrations of l love in the world in the midst of the coronavirus, Lord you provide and deliver so many blessings every single day and I want to say thank you for them all. Amen Are you a liar?
You know you are, Your family and friends know you are, And anybody that meets you, know you are after speaking to you and being in your presence any length of time. Do you tell white lies? The ones that seem to be okay in the eyes of society Or do you tell such huge fibs that there is no way it could be true in the ears of the listener? On the other hand, your truth is so far-fetched, miraculous, strange and unbelievable that your audience know for sure you are making it up. They don't believe you, but you really are telling the truth. Do you think it's okay to lie as long as it's one of those white lies? Do you think it's okay to lie as long as you don't get caught? What do you say to your children about lying? Were your mom and dad liars? Which is where, you picked it up from now you are passing it on to your children. Do you think everybody lies at some point? Do we have any honest Abes or saints walking around who will get extra wings and more jewels in their crowns for not lying. Do you think we all lie by default? You may think you are an honest Abe or a saint floating around here on earth, but I need for you to reconsider your stance and view on lying. My mom would get on our cases for what she called acting out a lie. Not saying a word, but acting like we were in truthville when we were nowhere near it. Here's a short list of things you may tell white lies about when questioned: Did you finish your homework? Does this dress make my butt look big? How did you enjoy dinner? How does my hair look? Did you like the gift that I got for you? Your set may be different, but you get the point. Do you tell white lies, outlandish ones or malicious lies that hurt and destroy lives? Would you say you're not a liar and that you always tell the truth? or are you somewhere in the middle? It's an interesting topic, but one that we all need to take a look at. A lie is a lie. Regardless, of where we are on the lying scale, if we do it intentionally or not, it is wrong to lie. Are we all liars by default? Liar, Liar More puzzles from our puzzle journey that we started during the Coronavirus shut down. This 1000 piece puzzle titled ITALY took us 11 days to complete. This one was the most difficult so far. DOORS OF THE WORLD This puzzle was tricky with so many red doors. It was 1000 pieces and it took four days to complete. RIG VIEWS |