Excitement!

Okay so today is just one wonderful day! If your frown is turned upside down, than I hope I can share my day and maybe turn your frown right side up.
I've been tired these past few days so I planned on sleeping in past six at the latest. Well my body wouldn't let me sleep fifteen more minutes, I was up and ready for a cup of coffee. The best part about this morning, was that I didn't have to get dressed.  That's right, I didn't have to follow the big and small hands on the clock, I didn't have to count down the minutes before my next task. It was GREAT!
So here I am getting my coffee, still in my pajamas and my hubby is clearing off the table in our dining room, which we don't use because there is a lot of stuff in this room. So, he clears off the table and we begin finding all the edge pieces in the box of 1,000 mixed pieces. It was GREAT! Then we started talking about things we did growing up. I jumped up to get my iPad and searched YouTube for "Conjunction Function" and  "Little Lulu."  Do you remember these oldies but goodies shown on Saturday mornings? It was GREAT!. Before we knew it the clock showed 9:30am. I wanted to go back to sleep so bad, but I couldn't. I was so hungry I had food dancing in my head. So I got up.
I stayed in my bed clothes until 12:30 or later in the afternoon. Oh, I cleaned my teeth, washed up a bit, but it was so good to just relax and take time for me.
How hard is it for you to relax and take some time for just you? It is important for us to take care of ourselves once in a while. I know we have children and spouses that need us to care for them. However, if we don't stop once in a while to smell the roses, we become worthless for others. Even God was our first example of relaxing, He called it the Sabbath. I think it's no so ironic that Saturday and Sabbath are so closely related in words. I knew growing up that my parents didn't do the same things on Saturday as they did on the other days.  They didn't call it anything different than "Saturday."
I wonder what it was like for people that are older than I am who really rested on Saturday. I wonder if they worked REALLY hard during the week, just so on Saturday they could "veg" out. I feel so relaxed, with some care of the world, but not like I do during the week.
I noticed I wasn't taking good care of me. I was running here and over there, I would make sure all the laundry is done by evening, and I made sure dinner was ready at a certain hour. It was too much for me. So today, I decided to tell my body to sit down and be quiet. I decided to do what I wanted to do because I was in need of some TLC. I had to give it to myself; that TLC. It feels pretty darn good.
If you are rushing to get things done, watching the time clock to get your stuff done, and in such a driven mode that you can't see past your nose; it's time to relax and rest.
Want to know where to read a little in depth on resting try Hebrews 4:1-13. It is a good book to read from beginning to the end.

~Enjoy your day off and remember to take precious moments for yourself!

Truth vs Blame

I remember sitting at the kitchen table with my dad who was trying to help me with my math homework. I have never forgotten two things he taught me. First, use graph paper it will keep your numbers lined up and second, the distance between two numbers is a straight line. The latter of the two has been repeating in my thoughts like a broken record. Why do we go through life taking detours and going the long way around situations sometimes? Jesus says we submit to His ways and He will make our paths straight (Proverbs 3:6).
He tells us how he gives peace not as the world gives but as He gives.
Yet, we travel our own broken paths that wind, have sharp curves, hidden driveways, and lots of obstacles in the way.
My broken paths  have been crooked and caused a lot of hurt that requires healing. So what do we do to get the path straight? Well I  think Proverbs said it all....first submit. The next step is going to be for us to  confess our faults to ourselves, to God, and to someone we trust.
 This is going to require some action on our part such as facing the truths and being completely honesty! The light of God's truth will heal us, but we have to be willing to allow Jesus to be the light that exposes the dark. Stop the blame game. We cannot find peace if we continue to blame others or ourselves. If we do not face the truth of our secrets they isolate us and prevent us from having intimacy in all of our relationships.
Freedom is found in Christ from the bondage of sin. Obedience to the Lord is a new concept and means fellowship with Him. You cannot spend time with Christ and expect your life to remain the same. No, you experience freedom and love in that freedom of the broken roads.
Having faith in God can accomplish the impossible.
By accepting God's forgiveness we can start living in that freedom.
Ready to make a life changing action?
Are you ready to face the truth? Ready to stop blaming others and yourself?
The answer is in forgiveness.

Romans says, there is therefore, now no condemnation in Christ Jesus who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

There is freedom when we become ready for a lifestyle change.  Maybe your ready to face the truth and stop the blame game. Have a little talk with Jesus and make things right in your life.

~Be encouraged  It Only Gets Better!