As God's Spirit is daily reminding me and drawing me more and more into this new adventure of making everyday count, I have had so many words written and spoken urging me into a focus on doing things that will eternally matter. I hope to finish Randy Alcorn's book, Heaven, and review it soon...but, for now, I can't help but share how in less than half of its pages I am challenged to become primarily Heaven minded.
I have to admit, I've been fighting with God over something too. I may share that later...for now, it's settled...and Praise Him...He won...but I'm still processing and probably wouldn't make much sense if I attempted to put it into words. At the center of this battle has been one theme, "Are you going to do what I say matters (being Heaven-minded) or are you going to listen to the voices of the culture telling you to follow them?"
I learned a long time ago, you can't mix God's ways and man's ways. My heart's desire is to follow God's. So today, I did a simple, yet profound for me thing. I set aside the computer for about 30 minutes...stopped indulging myself in me time and went outside with my eight year old, Leah. She was bored and honestly, a little annoying...and then in my head it just "clicked". I could continue to offer suggestions at which she balked...or I could go outside, lay on the grass on her Daddy's quilt and do something that regrettably, I've never done with her before...watch the clouds roll by.
Before I thought of taking pictures, we saw a rhino, Mickey Mouse, E.T., Cleo the poodle from the Clifford TV show, and Sid from the Ice Age movies. I leave you with some pictures that we took.
It was a good day...one that mattered!
I have to admit, I've been fighting with God over something too. I may share that later...for now, it's settled...and Praise Him...He won...but I'm still processing and probably wouldn't make much sense if I attempted to put it into words. At the center of this battle has been one theme, "Are you going to do what I say matters (being Heaven-minded) or are you going to listen to the voices of the culture telling you to follow them?"
I learned a long time ago, you can't mix God's ways and man's ways. My heart's desire is to follow God's. So today, I did a simple, yet profound for me thing. I set aside the computer for about 30 minutes...stopped indulging myself in me time and went outside with my eight year old, Leah. She was bored and honestly, a little annoying...and then in my head it just "clicked". I could continue to offer suggestions at which she balked...or I could go outside, lay on the grass on her Daddy's quilt and do something that regrettably, I've never done with her before...watch the clouds roll by.
Before I thought of taking pictures, we saw a rhino, Mickey Mouse, E.T., Cleo the poodle from the Clifford TV show, and Sid from the Ice Age movies. I leave you with some pictures that we took.
It was a good day...one that mattered!
A taco! I know, not very original.
A colonial mole, wearing a tri-corner hat, carrying a walking stick in front of him.
(We were becoming more imaginative with practice!)
A swimmer, cutting through the water, his face turned toward us and his arm, on top ready to come up over his head.
And this one? This one was just cool!
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