Sweet or Salty

Have you added any sugar to your coffee this morning? I did. Yet, when I read my Bible, I found that I should be more concerned about salt.

Mark 9:50 Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.

Over the next few posts, we'll look at the characteristics of salt. Today, at Sunday dinner, when you salt your mashed potatoes or green beans, consider what salt does for you and come up with your own parallels. Enjoy this day that the Lord has made!

Farm Chicks

Have you heard about Farm Chicks? They are quite a team. They are having a surprise give away, so go check out the website and enter. Anything they give away will be great!

Thankful for Accountability
Today I was reminded that time flies! January is over! I kept thinking that I would write down my goals for 2009 sometime, but kept putting it off. Now it's February and I still haven't written down my goals. If only procrastinating were a worthy goal...I digress. So now, tonight, I have decided to write down some of my goals for this year.

Finish reading the New Testament. (I'm still in Matthew right now).
Read more to my children. I'd like to read one book a month to them. This may not sound like a huge goal, but it is a great improvement from nothing.
Declutter my home, one room at a time. You can join Crystal at moneysavingmom.com for an in depth discussion on decluttering.
Attempt to get a children's musical published.
Be more hospitable. I am making an effort to have friends and family over for dinner more...at least once a month.

As I go through the year, I plan on revisiting these goals with you so I can be accountable. I need this. I am looking forward to a "lovely" February. But if I am not careful, it will fly by and I will not accomplish my goals. So let's pray for each other. Let's encourage each other to work hard adn not wasted the days away. We must redeem the time!

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Where Do I Go From Here?

After the recent snow, my girls and I made a snowman... a very cool snowman, if I do say so myself. The branches we used for his arms were covered with ice and suffice it to say, one arm just wasn't very sturdy. It was rather limp. So we just let it hang there, looking somewhat lifeless. Meanwhile, the other stick-arm pointed due south, as if the snowman were trying to point to a warmer, better location. After a few days, we noticed that our cool snowman started leaning to the right. Just for clarification, he was pointing left, but leaning right, obviously confused. Sadly, he only lasted one more day before finally collapsing to the cold, hard ground. For some reason, this scenario struck me. I thought of the verse in Proverbs 3 that says "lean not unto thine own understanding."So many times I am like this snowman. I read the Bible or hear God's Word preached and I realize that I need to head in a certain direction. I may even point that way. But yet, I don't take that first step. Instead I start leaning the opposite way. After of short time of leaning on my own understanding, I wind up confused or even worse...flat on my face. This is not my heart's desire. I want to trust in the Lord with ALL my heart. When I do, I eliminate a lot of headaches.
Posted by Ann at 5:58 PM 0 comments
Labels: direction, snowman, trust, understanding, winter