thinking about the new year... making plans to be better this year..
thinking of all my blessing... and I count each one of my family as the blessings in my life..
Jason and I are planning on trying to read the Bible every day this year. Pray for us, so that we will remain faithful. I hope each one of you will choose to spend time in God's word, and grow closer to Him this year. We love you!!
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Remember: This world (with its cares) is not our home. We are just passin through. But along the way, we want to encourage and bear your burden with you.
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This is a worthy goal. I too, want to do as Psalm 1 says: "His delight is on the law and on the law does he meditate day and night." I think I like to be a daily Bible reader, but then I read just to check the box of having read rather than soaking in the passage. I must put forth better effort.
That is what I have vowed to take on this year as well. Rex reads the OT monthly and the NT weekly, hence his knowledge of the word. I'd like to work up to this! I am reading along with his blog Daily Bread. He did it last year, and I got in on the NT. So I am going back to the archives and reading along a year later.
I also want God to make me aware of opportunities to serve him this year. I get so bogged down in life that most of the time I am on auto-pilot. I don't want my walk to be that way. I want to be deliberate in my service of him and resolute in doing his will.
As much as I REALLY HATE to admit this, and considering how much I have avoided it in the past, I think I can see myself settling down. I have always wanted to go see the world and not miss out on any adventure because of being "tied down" so to speak. So I would ask for prayers that God would provide in that way for me in 2009. Ask and you shall receive....seek and you shall find....knock and the door will be opened. So I am asking....EEK!
just now learned about this blog. thanks, leslee for setting it up. i am working on being more grateful this year. recently, i read an article about gratitude being a "parent virtue" in that it is able to spawn other virtues....patience, peace, love, joy, compassion, etc. sarah's observation about her friend reading the nt weekly and the ot monthly and his knowledge has challenged me...i need more knowledge/understanding.
Sarah, does settle down mean "thinking of sharing my life with someone" or does it mean "find a niche to fill"? You are doing beautifully as a minister of the LORD to your school, family and church. I'm so blessed to be in your sweet presence.
Frieda, to answer your question.....I am not sure what that means. I am certainly warming up to the idea of my own family, but at the same time I love my independence and time to myself. I am really not sure how to reckon the two. I do good to take care of just me and Addy.
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