O Come Let Us Adore Him...

I know better.

A busy day always goes better when I take the time to start it with time with God, 

reading His Word and praying.

Yesterday, Saturday, I had some chores I wanted to get done,

some errands to run,

some Christmas baking to do.

I got up and dove right into the busyness, 

telling myself I would have my time with God later.

I got done with my stuff at 10 pm and took a hot bath and went right to bed,

disappointed in myself for letting my own agenda crowd out my time with Him.

This afternoon, following church and lunch and a baby shower,

I had another list of things I wanted to get done,

but this time I chose the best thing first!

He's worthy of my time, my adoration, my everything.

I'm so thankful He doesn't shun me when I mess up,

but the minute I turn to Him, He's there waiting for me.

I don't want the busyness of the season to rob me of time spent with the Reason for the season!

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Since 2009 I've been counting my blessings thanks to the prompting of Ann Voskamp.

 I continue to count my thanks

piling up gratitude day by day

in my little green journal.

(and capturing some of my blessings via my camera or iPhone)

#5505-#5529

12/8/14-

-spending some time with our youngest daughter and her boyfriend

-soup simmering, the Christmas tree and candles glowing, reading my She Reads truth devotions

-going to get a coffee and driving to the river to watch the Christmas ships with my hubs

12/9/14-

-because of Jesus I stand before Father God chosen and blameless

-a beautiful big bluejay

-youngest granddaughter, who's getting too big for it, napping in a nest of blankets in the playpen

-a fun evening taking the two youngest granddaughters to the penguin movie and out to dinner at Chipotle

12/10/14-

-some time to write

-our youngest grandson's giggles

-the way my oldest granddaughter likes to help organize things, (she helped me organize all of our dvds!)

-falling asleep earlier than normal after two days of watching the grands

12/11/14-

-going on a run, 

(in spite of not feeling well, thinking it might make me feel better, but now I know it was a God nudge!),

 right when the neighbor lady a couple blocks over was out checking her mail,

stopping to talk to her and her starting to cry telling me her husband was just diagnosed with cancer 

and so I asked if I could pray with her and she gladly accepted

(will you please pray for S and her husband G 

and for me as I want to be an instrument of God's love to them during this time)

-staying home with a migraine and just resting for the rest of the day

-no power outages or damage to our house in another bad windstorm

-the hubs telling me our church prayer meeting went great inspite of a power outage at the church

12/12/14-

-an encouraging time at our Minister's Fellowship International lunch

-a beautiful day and no migraine so I could enjoy it!

- a wonderful time with my husband at the concert with the Northwest Gospel Choir and the Oregon Symphony

12/13/14-

-a cozy fire in the fireplace

-the good feeling after getting a bunch of work done

-baking Christmas cookies

12/14/14-

-the sweet reassurance of God's presence

-going out to lunch with friends and our middle daughter and her family

-spending time with Jesus

gratefully yours,