I am reflecting this morning as I enjoy my Grande Coffee of how thankful I am for the Love of my Father in Heaven. I am thankful His forgiveness, for His grace, His invisible hand that guides me, His healing touch, His provision, and His correcting hand.
But what stands out to me this morning that I am very thankful for is how He is the Cornerstone of everything in my life. There is not an arena in my life, that if aligned up next to the Cornerstone, that will be headed in the wrong direction. So many times I feel like I know best and it might be close, but if only one or two degrees off of the Cornerstone, eventually, it will be very noticeable that my plans were flawed.
My prayer today is that I would line up every area of my life with the Cornerstone of Life and find the blessings that are found within. In doing so, I also pray that others may be able to follow my example and be encouraged and blessed. I never want to be guilty of leading others down a path that is only one or two degrees out of line.
When is the last time you stopped and said thanks for all of your blessings? As I sit here and watch Catherine sleep, I am reminded of how much God smiled upon me when he allowed me to be her life/soul mate. There are so many ways that she meets all of my needs. I am truly grateful not only to God for blessing me with her companionship, but also for her.
I don’t know about you, but there are times that I am not so pleasant, in fact I am sure there are times that I am down right hard to live with. But Catherine always seem to know just the right thing to say.
Father, thank you so much for Catherine. Thank you for giving me something so precious. Please give me the wisdom and insight to show and treat her with the honor and respect that she deserves.
May I encourage all of you to take time to tell those that are most important to you, how much they mean to you. It is so easy to take for granted or go way too long between the times that we remind those how much we love them.
Last night on the way home from my oldest son’s football game, I pulled up to a stop light and looked over and there he was driving our other car. He had his girlfriend and her little sister in the car with him. I leaned over to Catherine and asked, “How is it possible that two spring chickens like us have a son old enough to be driving?” I still can’t get over how fast our boys are growing up.
I am reminded about how every moment matters. We all need to take advantage of every moment with our kids. I know the day is coming where we will look over into the next car and there will be one of our boys and he will have his wife and children in the car and I will lean over to MeeMee (Catherine), and ask, “How is it possible for two young adults like us to have grandchildren?” The days are fleeting and I want to encourage myself and all of my friends to not waste a day with our children. By the way, if she is MeeMee, does that make me PeePee? I hope not.
Sorry it has been so long since last post, I will try to do much better.
I continue to be amazed at how faithful God is. I see him answering prayers more and more often these days. I don’t mean to say that I see God doing what I pray for Him to do, I just mean that I see His hand on things more often.
When we were in China last month, I was so excited that He allowed Catherine and I to be in the “Birthing Room” when 2 people prayed to receive Christ as their Lord and Savior. Prior to the trip, I prayed that He would save souls while we were there, but I had no idea He was going to start the first day. That night after we all celebrated and cried for joy, I laid in bed and confessed my lack of faith. I realized that God was capable of doing things much larger than my expectations. That is no new revelation intellectually, but it was practically. God was going to accomplish His plan with or without me.
Here is my desire: I don’t want to be found lacking in faith again. When God lays it on my heart to pray for something, I intend to fill my words with more faith. I don’t think that they have been hollow words, but thank God, they will have more faith in them from now on.
Challenge: My friend, if you are facing something that might seem too big for you and even too big for God. Don’t give up! If it feels like Pharaoh’s army is behind you and the Red Sea is in front of you, don’t forget that the Lord is with you.
May God keep you and bless you and turn His face toward you.