Happy weekend to you! We are packed and ready to go to WI and prayers are appreciated. Taylor runs a coffee shop and we want to eat where she works and get a feel of their Christian community. Yesterday we went next door to Assisted Living to pray for our former neighbor who will soon be home with the Lord. What a great day for her!
Haven’t we all thought at one time or other of what people will say about us at our funeral? What would they remember about us that stood out to them? Would they say that we loved well or that we served with compassion or that we worked hard? What things really matter? It is something we all need to think about lest we live lives devoid of purpose, becoming apathetic, distracted or even bored. How much better if we focus on what is important: putting down roots of faith, nourishing our souls, prayer and time with the Lord, work, loving relationships, etc. In other words, really living, not just going through the motions of empty routines.
We were meant to live each day with the awareness of the Lord’s presence, listening to what He has to say to us, letting Him love us and direct our lives. In prayer we give the Lord our focused attention and even our minds become renewed. At the end of the day, it’s good to think back to the times we experienced God’s grace, and also the low times where we failed, asking for His forgiveness and then for His help living well tomorrow. We all need to have a day of rest, a Sabbath rest, and choose to even put aside our phone and breathe in fresh air to our souls. We will find we are actually more productive and creative after taking day of rest. Life is not a treadmill and we need times for restoration.
Let us think of how we want our lives to be formed, giving time and attention to what is most important and how we would like to be remembered.
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