2015

I have sat down so many times to work on this, but every time something interrupts me and I can't manage to get back to it. So here we go, it's 2015 and January is almost over. This year is flying by and I can already tell that if I'm not diligent with my time the days and months will begin to blur together. 
Earlier this month our church did a week of early morning prayer together. We gathered together across three different campus and on-line at 6am to get together to pray for specific needs of people in our body and those loved ones who don't know Christ yet. What an incredible week it was! Joining together to get in to God's Word and to lift each other up in prayer, was refreshing and encouraging. I have been challenged to continue to get up early and to be in prayer. Life with an unpredictable toddler keeps things fun and interesting. So many mornings we set our alarms to get up early and sure enough our son decides that he needs to get up even earlier than our alarm. The struggle is for real. Making the time and setting that time aside to put God first each day makes such a difference. I know I can't be the wife or mother that God is calling me to be if I am not first grounded in Him. A verse I have been chewing on this past week is 

Psalm 119:1-2

"Joyful are people of integrity, 

who follow the instructions of the Lord. 

Joyful are those who obey His laws 

and search for Him 

with all their hearts." 

Praying scripture is one thing I have learned can be so powerful and useful when sometimes we can run out of things to be praying for. I'm praying that to be a person of integrity, someone who follows the instructions of the Lord, and obeys them.  Although we are a ways into the new year, lets not forget the things that God is calling us to. Let's throw off anything that is distracting us and let us fix our eyes on Jesus, making 2015 the best year yet. This year I am working on simplifying my life of the excess junk so that I can be more eternally focused.