Monday Opportunities!

A word of encouragement this Monday morning! I know it's hard to get out of that warm bed on a cold morning and run out the door to crowded schedules. It's hard to say "goodbye" to the weekend and know it is five long days until it returns. But I know that today is before me filled with possibilities to share the love of Christ with someone....anyone! There is a day before me to embrace all that God has for me! I can choose this day to be different, set apart to do the work of my Savior. I have the amazing opportunity, today, to give my life to God as an offering to be used for his glory!

Wow!

When I look at this day in that light, it makes me excited to head out and experience all that He has for me! I don't want to fit in with the world; I want to stand apart for Christ! I don't want to complain my day away. I want to give praise to God! I don't want to focus on the challenges in front of me. I want to rest in HIS peace. I don't want to live a stagnant life. I want my life to be a pleasing aroma to my God!

That's right..... I want to be ready for all that God has in store for me today!

I love this encouragement from Paul here in Romans. Read and be empowered today in the strength of God Almighty! Blessings on this Monday morning!

"So here's what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don't become so well adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You'll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you."


Romans 12:1-2 (MSG)

A Morning Tizzy

Caleb “overslept” this morning. By overslept I mean 8 minutes and keep in mind that he is homeschooled so he didn’t have to rush out the door. But it was a big deal to him. He likes to get up at 7:00, when we require it, and immediately come downstairs to eat breakfast with me and do his Bible study. Because he went to bed a little later last night, I gently went to his room to wake him a little after 7:00  (7:08 to be exact) and a few minutes later I heard him barreling downstairs was in the kitchen in teary-eyed because his day had been all messed up already. Bless him!

I hugged him tightly and reminded him that this is not how we start our day. He didn’t have to be in a rush and begin his day in a tizzy. So, I sent him back to his bed to stretch a little more, thank God for another day to praise him, and then he was to walk calmly back downstairs as he took some deep breaths. His return downstairs was much better than the first entrance. Lol!  I gave him another tight hug and we shared some scripture together about being anxious from Philippians 4:6-7.  What a blessing the Word of God is! As I spoke the Word of God over my son, God used it to calm my own heart and bring such encouragement to my soul! That is my God! He takes teachable moments that I meant for my children and uses it also on THIS child! J

I don’t know where you are tonight. Maybe you are in a tizzy about something or feeling anxious yourself. Take a few minutes and pray this scripture out loud and let God’s Word calm your heart and mind! You won’t regret it!

Blessings tonight, sweet friends!

“Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”

Philippians 4:6-7

The Best Is Yet To Come!

Happy Monday!

It's raining and nasty outside and I would love to stay in my nice warm bed BUT God has a plan for me today outside my four walls. Today I choose God's plan!

Look for ways to make a difference on this Monday.

Don't be a crowd follower...be a CHRIST follower!

Don't let the rain get you down...praise HIM through the storm!

Don't worry about the day...trust the ONE who holds this day in his hands!

Don't let others pass you by...shine the light of CHRIST to all you encounter today!

Don't miss an opportunity to speak God's praise...lift high the name of JESUS!

Don't let God's Word sit closed on the shelf...open it, read it and let it move in your heart!

Don't feel discouraged today by the chaos around you...remember, in Christ, the BEST is yet to come!

“What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived” — the things God has prepared for those who love him"


1 Corinthians 2:9 (NIV)

"For nothing will be impossible with God.”


Luke 1:37 (HCSB)