Good morning and happy Friday. I never realized how easily distracted I can get because of a habit. I leave work and drive the same way home every day. Just before leaving I need to make a stop by a store on the way. I just talked about it and walked out but visited on the way to the truck with someone else and completely forgot to stop by the store. I was almost home when I realized it. It's because of the habit I have of doing the same thing over and over again. Without thinking of what I should be doing, I just go along doing what I always do. Not good if I have some really bad issues. How routine are we making our Lord? Usually I sit at home in the same spot to write down the things He has put on my heart, so today I left early and went to work and done it differently. I'm gonna get out of this routine place I let myself go so that I can think more about what's going on at the moment. I don't want to make my worship and my relationship a habit in the way that I don't put much thought or myself into it. Conviction will do more for us than we know, and I know I've done just that in my daily walk. So today I'm gonna walk the long way and around the way and all kinds of other stuff and thank God each time I do for letting me know what I was doing. He doesn't want us wondering off from Him. He wants us close, but by our choice. He's already chosen us, now we need to choose Him. It'll be a little different today but it should be a great awakening for me today. So take a different way when you can and see God in a new light. Don't make Him a habit you just go through the motions with. Live for Him everyday. In love always. <>< 

Good morning and happy Thursday. We have an old wall clock that you have to wind with a key about every two to three days if you want it to keep good time. Every once in a while I forget about it and days turn into more days and then I look up and there it is, stopped. I usually find the date hand on a date two days ago. I didn't even notice it had stopped and that familiar sound of it tick tocking was gone. It really needs more attention than I give it but surely I can keep up with it every couple of days. Not really, it was stopped this morning. I know it's a small thing but I'm very anal about clocks and time in the house, (OCD),so it's higher up my list than on most peoples. But it made me wonder how much I neglect my God. I often I take Him for granted and just know He will be there and don't worry about putting in some time with Him. Well, I study a lot and talk in the mornings with Him and lead a singles group and a Sunday school class, I'm doing okay, right?  That's not it at all. It's not bad but I'm missing the point that I study about. He's about relationship and I have to do better at mine and His. He's doing His part and I'm failing at mine. One day the clock won't be ticking at all and I'm gonna wonder what I've been doing that let me forget to keep it wound up. We can get caught up in doing a whole lot of good things and neglecting to spend time, good quality one on one time, with God. Hell will be full of good people who do good things. God will bring Home those He knows. Make more time for Him, just Him and nothing else. Not just the fleeting moment between the last thing and the next thing. I'm gonna stay on top of my God clock and make sure it doesn't come to a stop anymore. In love always. <><

Good morning and happy Wednesday. I've been watching the Hatfield's and McCoy's series on the history channel. I'm amazed at how each side is able to justify killing the other. It just goes to show you what side your own helps you to see your point of view. It's always easy to make a good argument for something you believe in. You have conviction for it. You know it to be true that way until someone comes and shows you another way. Welcome to the 21st century of knowing a bunch of ways to find peace and harmony in a cruel world. People didn't and don't buy into Jesus and who He is and what He did. But never has anyone found the evidence to prove different either. They have a lot of theories though. It's easy to write history from here back. It's different when you write it as it happened and it still stands firm. But it's about the side you're on and the perspective you have that help decide your own point of view. There were people who stood behind the cross and those in front of the cross. Some saw the horrible things done to our Lord and saw in His eyes the pain. Some saw the back of cross and some nails through the wood. To get the whole picture you have to move around to see what's really gong on. What is your view and your justification for what you do in life? Have you moved around and asked others and really considered their ideas? Are you in a good place and have seen from other sides? Which ever the case, if you really go to hunting the answer, you'll find it all comes back to Jesus every time. His side and view are all that matter when it's all done. In love always. <>< 

Good morning and happy Tuesday. I hope you had a great Memorial Day. It's good to reflect on memories. It can help with the present. We have lots of mantras from war and such; remember the Alamo, more recent; Never Forget. Gone but not forgotten. Have we forgotten what was done for us a long time ago. I don't think so, but I do think we set it aside and call on it when we need it. It makes us not look very loyal to those who don't believe it anyway. How do you show your praise to God? How are you giving Him glory? Are you taking it in as your own?  Reflection on our lives helps us with how we deal with today. When we look back and see how good or bad we were giving Him the glory, then we can do a better job of it today. Besides the fact it keeps us ever mindful of what has been done for us. Jesus felt pain and anguish for he souls who would not receive Him. That the wrath He was about to bare is what would come to those who remained lost. Remember the soldiers and fighting men and women of our nation; never forget them. Be thankful for them, but never ever never forget what was done on Calvary for you and me. Look back just enough to keep a better path going forward. In love always. <><