I'm delaying this entry.
I realized yesterday that Sundays should be a day of rest. The 40 days of Lent as I've always known do not include Sundays. Therefore I'm about 5 days off of the schedule. I'm exhausted and I'll save this devotion for tomorrow morning. I woke up late this morning and had to be at a work related/ GBRSHRM meeting at 7:30 a.m.
So it's early on a fun Friday, the preceding paragraph was written last night around 10 pm and I couldn't keep my eyes open. Work will be a little fun today as the Total Rewards Team plays family Fued at Lunch.
Starting the day out with prayer is a great thing. I was rushed yesterday b/c I hit the snooze button or the "alarm off" button. Thankfully Carey came in a bit early and I made it on time.
A holy moment is a moment when you are being the person God created you to be, and you are doing what you feel God is calling you to do in that moment.
I will have holy moments today. I'm excited for the day to get started so that I can have holy moments today. Perhaps I can bring a holy moment to a co-worker. I have several that need those moments. I think I had a couple this week. How sweet was it that I was told (yesterday) that I really was a disciple of Christ. I did something that I guess God was calling me to do. The statement that really stuck out to me today is this one: Offer the least enjoyable tasks of your day to God as a prayer for someone who is suffering. This person's suffering could be physical, but suffering comes in an infinite number of disguises. You may know someone who is miserable at work, you may know someone who is struggling in his or her marriage, you may know someone who has an addiction. Offer your suffering for those people just as Jesus offered his suffering on the cross for us.
I never thought of offering up a task that isn't enjoyable up to God as a prayer for someone else. What a powerful idea. Mom always says when she has to do things that may look difficult on the outside that "this is just the cross that I have to bear." She doesn't want to be a Holy example, but she is an example in a way that I can't even dream of. She's a great Christian role model in her behaviors.
POINT TO PONDER: Holiness is possible for you. (me).
VERSE TO LIVE: God's will is for you to be holy.
QUESTION TO CONSIDER: Before now, did you ever believe holiness was possible for you?
PRAYER: LORD, never let me forget that holiness is possible.
On a side note Daddy hasn't had a great week or two. We thought he had a mini-stroke last week but the doctors said it wasn't - Thank you Jesus. I pray Lord Jesus that you continue to give Mom the strength to carry this cross and to bring enjoyable moments to her life. Bless Maw-Maw and let your will be done for her life. Thank you for giving us, always, what we need. You are our strength. Amen.
Lord I also pray that we are doing the right thing an that we do the right thing with building this house. Please do not let the process or the house become bigger than us, please be with us as we make the right decisions and your will is done in this process.
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