Heaven's Praise - Week 4, Day 1 'Through the Daily Grind'

[Maggievt]

Central Passage
John 9:4
Luke 2:49
Ephesians 2:10
Acts 6:8
Luke 10:38-42 *
Galatians 6:9
Psalm 127:2
Isaiah 40:30-31

My Daily Response

My Daily Meditation

[Maggievt]

Central Passage
WOW. What an important passage for me to read today. I fatigue much easier now and I am trying to get used to that - but, even today, I am fighting a virus because I overdid. I need to recognize the rocks and do away with the pebbles and the sand. I no longer have energy for those. This is a great analogy, because I can gauge my activities in that way - water? Rock? useless time waster or Kingdom effort?

My Daily Response
Heck of a list. Much sand on it -

My Daily Meditation
Oh, Lord, I thank You so much that You are always ready to energize me, to renew me. You constantly have to wait while I go off on my little tangents, yet You are ALWAYS there when I come back. You always give me that mercy and grace. Let this week be about recognizing YOU as my rock and let me put that before sand, which will easily wash away....Amen

[Wannabe a Worshiper]

Central Passages

This lesson is all about prioritizing our lives. Determine what is most important, what we can delegate, and what we can do without. As usual, this is something I can and must do, if I wish to hear those words, "Well done, good and faithful servant."

My Daily Response

Unlike most people, my life is not crammed to overflowing with things that have to be done. I work only one job; I don't bring my work home with me. My children are grown and gone. I pay someone to take care of my yard. So, I have time to do what needs to be done, and time to add things that should have high priority in my life.

What I do, is spend too much time on FB, and a few other sites, and I spend a couple hours most evenings watching mindless tv. (I don't watch the shows that have content that will pollute my mind; just mindless stuff on HGTV, DIY, and the Food Network; which I sleep through most of. )

So I need to spend less time on the computer, less time sleeping with the tv, and more time in prayer, worship and Bible study.

My Daily Meditation

Hebrews 12:1-2 talks about setting aside the "encumbrances"-- the unnecessary things we fill our lives with, and fixing our eyes on Jesus. I need to spend more time with my eyes fixed on Jesus and less time with them fixed on the unnecessary.

This Sunday coming, I am leading worship (traditional and contemporary services) and teaching Sunday School to 4th-6th graders, so much of my wasted time is being used profitably. I need to fill up the weeks to come with things as important as these.

Lord God, I confess that I waste a lot of time that could be spent building my relationship with you and learning to use my spiritual gifts as I should. Increase my consciousness of time wasted; make me into that "new creation" for whom all things are new.

Tom

[Maggievt]

I hear you on the computer and mindless tv - I have become much more full of intent this past week, because I 'don't want to be caught asleep'.
I find one of my issues with 'busyness' is seriously 'whacked' - being 'unemployed' and trying to wait while whatever is my next direction becomes clear makes me work too hard at 'contributing'. That is part of why I reorganized my time and priorities this past week. Tasks, such as reading for a yearlong worship intensive I am taking, and service, such as music lessons for my former school students, where people pay what they can afford, as well as volunteering as the Admin Assistant for my Church have become what I am focusing on. I am sure part of my flailing with time these days is because I still don't 'have my house back' - quiet time is really hard to come by and I have been trying to be okay with that. How I can twist this life on earth up!