reminder

i have not been doing good getting up and spending time with God. i think for every day i feel i "get it right" there are at least four where i blow it. some of my problem is that i'm not sure what to do with my time, so that "excuse" gives me one more reason not to get up, "why bother if i don't have a plan for how to spend that time?" which really, now that i'm thinking about it, it's a lie satan is whispering to me because i do have a "plan" and i am fine-tuning my prayer time....i just need to be consistent.

this morning's devotional made me think that my first step of obedience to even get up can be a gift to God. i have new resolve...if you see me, ask me how i'm doing....especially as we start inching our bedtime routine back to normal to get ready for school...and i get rid of yet another excuse for sleeping in.


Author: Elisabeth ElliotSource:
A Lamp For My Feet
Scripture Reference: Exodus 17:6
Time for God

It is a good and necessary thing to set aside time for God in each day. The busier the day, the more indispensable is this quiet period for prayer, Bible reading, and silent listening. It often happens, however, that I find my mind so full of earthly matters that it seems I have gotten up early in vain and have wasted three-fourths of the time so dearly bought (I do love my sleep!). But I have come to believe that the act of will required to arrange time for God may be an offering to Him. As such He accepts it, and what would otherwise be "loss" to me I count as "gain" for Christ.

Let us not be "weary in well-doing," or discouraged in the pursuit of holiness. Let us, like Moses, go to the Rock of Horeb--and God says to us what He said to him, "You will find me waiting for you there" (Ex 17:6 NEB).

have a blessed day and restful weekend!