What's Your Assingment?

Every day I have to consider my agenda in order to prioritize my day. Do I need to work, do laundry, or run errands? But how often do I ask for God for my assignment from Him? I remember in school my teachers used to give me homework every day and I would work hard to complete it but too often I ignore the homework that God gives me. Instead of waking up in the morning and saying "Father, what do you want me to do today?" I think, "All right what's my plan, and I make my schedule but I forget about the most important part of my day! What God wants me to do!

So here's a challenge, for myself as well as you. When you wake up in the morning and planning your day, or when you're working at your calendar and planning your week or month remember to pray. Remember to ask God to show you the assignment He has for you, every day, week, month and year.

All you have to do is ask.

Mistakes

A couple of days ago there was a tragic accident not far from where I live. Six young people crashed coming around a corner, one young woman was killed. She was only twenty years old. The driver was the oldest and he was only twenty-five years old. The youngest kids were just sixteen. They were kids, the driver was drunk, he made a stupid decision. Two of the kids made a stupid decision when they chose to ride in the back of the truck but that's just what it was, a stupid decision, a mistake.

Most of us assume that we'll have time to learn from our mistakes. We assume that life won't end while we're driving home, that we won't suddenly find ourselves standing before the Lord's judgment seat. I don't imagine that young woman, so young, was expecting to die on her way home that day and I don't imagine that anyone else in that car ever imagined that one stupid mistake would ever lead to such a tragedy,

But the thing is that life can end that quickly. You can be hit by lightening while you're out on a walk, an icy road can send your car into a tree, a heart attack could take you to eternity before you even know what's happening.

Please understand my friends, I'm not trying to be morbid but I want you to be prepared. Are you ready for what happens after death? Are you ready to meet your maker? In John 14:6 Jesus said "I am the way, the truth and the life, no one comes to the Father except through me." Have you met Jesus, have you confessed your sins and accepted Him as your Savior? Are you ready if your car crashes tomorrow? If you're not you need to be.

If you need someone to talk to about more then this please feel free to leave me your email address in a comment below and I'll be sure to contact you more about salvation.

Monster in the Woods

You know God blesses us in so many ways every day, sometimes our blessings are sunshine for our potluck or rain for our garden, sometimes blessings are hard to find but other times they're very, very, obvious. The other night was one of those obvious blessings for me with a conversation with a three year old.

This adorable little blonde I sitting across form me at the dinner table and with conversations flying around us she managed to get my attention to tell me her story.

"Miss Katt."

"Yes Ellie?"

"I saw a monster in the woods."

"You did?" Trying to hide a smile I nodded, "When was this?"

"I walked into the woods and I saw a monster," she told me, matter-of-factly.

Amused I couldn't help but smile this time, "Oh... and what did the monster say?"

"I said 'hi', and he said 'Hi Ellie, you better go back to your mommy now or I'm going to eat you.' So I came back."

Hahaha I have to admit that I couldn't help but laugh at this adorable little girl so calmly telling me all about her encounter with the monster. I have no idea how a three year old managed to come up with a story like that but somehow she did.
And the fun didn't stop there! With stories like that the kid's going up to be a writer!
So whether it's a kid's monster in the woods, the smiling clerk at the grocery store, the wacky weather, or the song on the radio remember to look for the Lord's blessings in your everyday life, you might be surprised at where they show up.

Pal

My nieces were visiting for a few days and the three year old is this adorable little girl with quite the imagination. One day I'm in my room and she comes in and starts playing with my dog's toy. A little confused I watch her for a few minutes as she throws the toy a few feet away then runs to pick it up and throws it again.

Finally I say, "What are you doing E?"

"I playing with the doggie!"

Now I'm a little confused because my dog isn't in the room. "The doggie's on the porch honey."

"No Auntie," she says, "My doggie!"

"What doggie E?" I finally ask, still having no idea what on earth this child is talking about.

"Pal!"

"Who's Pal?"

"My doggie!"

It took a while but I finally figured out that Pal is her imaginary dog that she was playing with, tossing the toy for and then having to go pick it up herself because obviously the pretend do isn't very good at playing catch.

So encourage your kids imagination because you'll be the one who gets the rewards of watching how they use it.