Water wears away stones. Job 14:19

"Everything that has value is worth intentional, daily commitment and obedience."

When reading this week's Faith to Faith blog from Women of Faith this sentence really stuck out to me. I kept reading it. Shelia Walsh wrote about how all good things take time, she references Job 14:19 "Water wears away stones." then she talks a little about where do we want to be in a year's time. We have to go somewhere, we have to change, none of us get to stay the same as we are today. One day at a time our actions and choices shape who we will be one year from now.

--You can read the full blog post by clicking on this link: http://blogs.womenoffaith.com/blog/2010/01/all-good-things-take-time/

With that in mind, I want my choices and actions to be intentional. I don't want to just let the days and months go by and let who I am on 1/11/2010 be someone I don't want to be. Who I am today and in the future is definitely of value. So again "Everything that has value is worth intentional, daily commitment, and obedience." There's no better time than now to start being the person I really want to be, there has to be a first step sometime. I know I will fail and I won't always be the joyful, kind, caring person I want to be, but that's no reason not to start each day with that intention and trust in my Father and His Spirit to guide me and form me to be that person a little more everyday.

So today I am going to begin with prayer to ask the Holy Spirit to bring me joy and love and guide me towards the person He wants me to be, both spiritually and relationally.

Above alllllll else

God has been doing a lot of work on my heart lately. It is amazing to me how he knows exactly what I need to hear from Him. It seems like every time I have a trouble, all I have to do is open His Word and He finds a way to speak to me, draw me closer to Him, and guide me towards His Kingdom.
Last week I read a facebook post from LifeChurch.tv it said "Matthew 6:33 says we are to seek God first before everything else (money, clothes, food, needs) and when we do He will give us what we need. How in the passing of the moments of your day, do you keep God first?"
It really made me think about what I do each day and if those things seek God or not. Well for most of them they don't. Then this week Pastor Craig talked about creating Margins in our lives. So I one area I believe God is wanting me to delete to create more margin is facebook and twitter. I tend to get a little obsessed. . . Not as much during conversations or dinner or anything but every time Jacob and I are driving somewhere I am on my iphone creeping on facebook or twitter. How is that seeking God first? I could be having a meaningful conversation with my husband during that time we have to spend together but instead I am more worried about peoples posts. That is ridiculous and not how I want to spend my time. My excuse is that I am "bored" but during those times of "boredom" I can be seeking God and what He wants me to do with those moments, I can be reading His Word, talking to Him, spending quality time with my family, many other more important things than facebook.
So this week I am only going to check mine once a day, if that. I want to seek God and His Kingdom above all else this week, even above my new blog :)

Getting started...

Well this is my first post. . . Not sure what I am doing on here yet.

Today started out frustrating. I got up three times last night with Presley, she sure gets hungry a lot during the night these days. But she made up for it when I peeked in to check on her this morning and she was wide awake and had gotten her bottle that she had left over from the night and was just eating it and smiling from ear to ear :) Her smile makes every second of lost sleep worth it! I love her more than I ever could have imagined was possible to love someone (besides her Dad). Then I was a tad frustrated when I arrived at church ready to serve and there wasn't really a need for me. . But during my quiet time I realized that it is awesome that our church is blessed with so many great volunteers and it is nothing to be frustrated about! God reminded me of what the important things in my life are and the many many blessings He has given me and instead of letting some of those very blessings frustrate me I should remember "All things work for the good of those who love the Lord and are called according to His purpose." Romans 8:28 I love how He is a constant teacher and always refining me to be more and more like Him!

Now I am getting off so I can play with my little Princess and think more about how I am going to make more "margin" in my life this week :)