MY Schedule

What is your perfect day? Is the day scheduled and you know what you are doing at every given hour of every day or are you a free to roam as you see fit?

It has become that my days need to be scheduled according to what day it is. Some days we have things in the evening and if I get off kilter my day is shot. Tuesday and Wednesday are those two special days that must run like clock work. In hopes that the batteries are not running low to keep up with the pressing appointments.

Have you ever stopped to think that it's not you that runs your day? I have always known that but you fill your time with things you need to accomplish. If those things you schedule aren't accomplished how do you react? Sometimes it's the day to day things that show people how you live your life, for Christ or just act like you live for Christ.

I have had many instances in the recently that I could allow to ruin my day since I didn't get those things done or scratched off my list. Sometimes God brings the extra things into the day to make us more meaningful to others instead of what we want to accomplish. It's the other people in the world that matter not what you want for the day.

I think of Jesus as He was going from place to place as He traveled. When someone came to Him and asked for help did He say no it's not on my list of priorities for the day? No, he went or helped no matter what it was. Sometimes it's an ear and sometimes it's a "will you do", but all the time, it's we need to keep an eye open for the ones that God brings across our path to show them the love of Christ.

Remember we are to follow in His foot steps.

God bless...

Quote of Francis Frangipane

"Jesus lived for God alone; God was enough for Him. Thus, even in its simplicity and moment-to-moment faithfulness, Christ's life was an unending fragrance, a perfect offering of incomparable love to God."
— Francis Frangipane

Shouldn't God be "enough" for us? The example in Christ should be all that matters to us, being obedient to our Father in all things He asks of us. As we die to self we apply Christ to our lives and follow in the footsteps of our Savior, following Him as he leads us to sup with our Father in Heaven. Let's be the "perfect offering" to God.

God bless...

Quote from Richard P. McBrien

"Every virtue is an expression of love. No virtue is really a virtue unless it is permeated, or informed, by love."
— Richard P. McBrien

Blessings From Above

Have you ever been delayed in leaving to get somewhere and it seems the list of things continue to pop up that need your attention? What about this, the phone rings as you are walking out the door; do you answer it or leave the machine to get the message for you?

That is the way it has been today. I needed to go to a friend’s house to help her do some things. At first, I thought I would only be a little behind and that would be okay. After the phone call telling her I would be delayed I remembered I needed to make an order online so I quickly placed the order and thought I am just a few more minutes later than before.

I was getting my keys and asking if Austin, my son, was ready to hit the door when the phone rang. Do I answer or just run out the door? I checked the caller and I answered the call. Now more than 45 minutes late, I decide it is time to get on the road. I get Austin out the door, fight the cat as he is trying with all his might to get inside the house and finally the door closes locked behind me and we scramble down the steps trying not to trip over the cat at this point and into the van we go.

Start the vehicle and back up, thinking something does not feel right. We hop out of the van and I begin looking at the tires, three good one to go... totally flat! I had to make some calls and tell people I was not going to make the schedule I was already late for. They in turn had to make some calls to let others know they could not make their commitments.

I was going to change the tire and run on with the schedule but my husband said, "No just stay where you are and I'll be home to do it later." I know I can and have changed a tire but there is something more to the story, the delay.

I will most likely never know why I have been kept from continuing my schedule for the afternoon and that is all right with me. I am just glad I listened instead of doing it my way. Sometimes we have to be thrown totally off before we stop what it is we are doing.

There was a time in my life I would be so flaming mad I could not see straight but as I welcome the Lord to adjust my life I also welcome Him to adjust my schedule. God is good and He watches over us.