Merry Christmas!
(Yes it's still Christmas season!)
Happy New Year!
It's hard to believe it's 2012, but it is. A friend and I were discussing the many 'obstacles' of 2011 and he came to the conclusion that 2012 will be the year of grace. Amen. Amen!
In fact, I've made the resolution to get my schtuff together this year. It just feels for the past year I've just been running through life at a pace and stride that just got me by. So this year, through the grace of God I am getting my Spiritual health in balance by devoting more time to prayer and reading, Physical health in balance by exercising and food journaling (I joined my fitness pal, and after 12 hours, I love it), and more disciplined in my spending budget. The beauty of this is that when I'm disciplined in my Spiritual life, I become more disciplined in my Physical life, and all else falls into place, thanks be to God!
As I was sitting drinking my coffee this morning I opened up my Bible for some prayer to nourish my soul and this is what I came upon: (Matthew 6:22-34)
22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy,[a] your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eyes are unhealthy,[b] your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
24 “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life[c]?
28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? 31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
24 “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life[c]?
28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? 31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Yeah, I know.
God never ceases to blow my mind and flood my heart with love.
So this is what I have decided. In the year of grace 2012, I'm striving to be a wildflower. Totally and actively dependent upon God-who will guide and provide me with the grace and virtue I need to bask in the splendor of the dignity and beauty He has created.
I will pray for you through this all, Rach!
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Absolutely perfect, Rachie :) Love and miss you...
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ReplyDeleteBonnie-thanks for the prayers! Maria-I love you and miss you so much, my beautiful sister! And Cynthia, I wish we lived closer so we could find a 'Big Bertha' and start jogging again! Here's to a beautiful 2012!
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