Slackers! ;-)

Ok, My dearest co-worker is out - bun still in the oven, but not feeling well. So! The work schedule is keeping me more than busy!

It's your turn, ya'll! What are your thoughts on today's devotional? Judging by the lack of participation in the past few days, I would say you as well are too busy to remember this poor site :-P

Love you all, happy Friday! See you tomorrow!

Clean Hearts and Right Spirits

This was a good prayer for me today! I know we are to love people, but today, I was finding myself thinking of all the nasty things I wanted to say to a particular person who has been someone I have always been less than fond of. Much frustration.

So, instead, I pray to God that he will renew my spirit, and give me a clean heart of love so that I may instead focus my energies on showing His love to the one being hurt in all of this, rather than wasting negative time and emotions on the offender.

Ah yes, and it is always helpful to try and remember that "picking up staws" all day long, day after day after day, here at work, is still something to be joyful for :)

All, All Is Well

Well, I finally made it home from work at 9pm. My back is in shambles from sitting that long, and snow plows kept me up on and off from 2am. So I am tired and crabby. But I got a good parking spot, which saved on my walk in to work! But Amy reminds us not to question, and to refrain from complaint. All in all, my issues are minimal, and "all, all is well." (Especially now that I have a hot cup of coffee!)
I am greatful that I was not involved in the multitude of wrecks in the last 12 hours; that I have a car with working heat; that I still made it to work on time - and that I have a secure job! I am also greatful that I have heat! I learned yesterday that the ice storms of last week knocked out power for much of Kentucky, and my friend only got his back on yesterday at 1pm. Who knows how many others have been suffering in the cold? And apparently the roads were so bad, when people would have emergencies, the ambulances couldn't make it out there, and over 20 people died because of it. I am blessed to not be counted in those numbers; and I pray for God's comfort on those who did lose loved ones.

Free Posting

Work is crazy busy right now, so I can't get to a good post. If I get a breather, maybe I can put something. But for now, my dear family, it's your turn to post!

Giving Love

This one reminded me of the first night on the Navajo reservation. The team was sitting around that night doing our devotional. Shana came around and annointed everyones hands, and then we prayed something along the lines of "God, we give you our hands for the week. We want to use them to build this church, and to show Your love to these children." At first I was caught up in it, and started my own little prayer of "yes God! And I give my feet, my smile, my words, my everything! However you want to use me this week, I want to follow Your plan for me!" And then I subsequently broke down in bitter tears. All I could think was How many times have I prayed that same prayer? How many times have I tried to offer my life in service to Him? And how lost have I always felt? Since missionaries came to our church when I was little, the thought niggled in my mind: I want to do that! I want to give hope to the hopeless! I want to go where He leads me and let Him speak and work through me! And yet, how hypocritical it would be for me. How can I encourage someone in that relationship with God that I myself cannot figure out how to possess?

Now I know many people would tell me, "well maybe you're on His path, doing His will, and you just don't recognize it!" I hope that is the case, because for now, I feel like I'm floundering around lost with who I am supposed to reach out to. I pray most mornings for God's love to flow through me and out to the hurting families that I see all day, and I hope that there may be little seeds being planted, because I sure have trouble seeing my own fruits growing. And by the fruits can you judge the tree.

Forgive the negative rant, but those were my thoughts for today.