Taking time to reflect and rest.

Today we took some time to just have a fun day with our family.  In our walk with the Lord it is the same we need to take time to stop, reflect and rest.  Rest is important to help us process are progress and also to help us readjust our focus.

You are Cared For

One of the hardest things I have had believing is that people and God care about me.  In my life sharing my fears, needs, concerns has not always been easy for me.  For me sharing and not having anyone do anything positive or see any change in a situation made it difficult for me to stay positive and I developed a very negative outlook.  God has been arranging my circumstances and the people surrounding me to show me that He sees and knows and is moving in unexcpected ways to meet these needs.  We all have a basic need to know that we are accecpted  so many times we look to people rather than God to meet this void, which only last for a time and still leaves us empty and wanting and needing more.  God alone can fill this void.  I am beginning to see how He uses people, and situations around us to show us He is with us.

More on consistency.

     This last week, I have had to be out of my house for a few days for appointments.  As I have been over the previous weeks working on developing consistency in doing little household chores everyday whether I felt like doing them or not because I knew they needed to be done.  I have learned that there is freedom in my thoughts and I am much more relaxed knowing that I don't have to rush around to make everything look nice because it is already done.  We may not always see in the natural with our eyes all the changes that are taking place some of the changes take place in the mind in the area of how we think  about these tasks.  Our negative thoughts will produce negative actions and cause us to put off what we need to do because we think it can wait till later and a lot of the time later never comes and it builds up and becomes a even bigger problem.  Thinking of all that I will be able to do with the extra time i have when i take the time to just do the little things consistently brings such freedom and relief and releves a lot of pressure I needlessly put on myself.  I am amazed at how one little thought can affect our whole day and our outlook.