Praying is one of the things I struggle with most; which is silly b/c it is actually an easy thing to do. You can pray anytime and anywhere so why is it something I don't do? Why is it something I have found so difficult to turn into a habit? My family typically prays at dinner time, we have a "Prayer Dice" that we roll to see whose turn it is to pray. We have the kids follow a simple format having them first address God, then thank him and finally they lift someone up in prayer by asking God to bless that person. We are good about doing it at dinner, at home, but why don't we pray when we are out? Why don't we pray at breakfast? Why don't we pray at lunch? I don't know why, but I do know that I want it to become habit, so that is what we will focus on this week is praying. My plan is simple and that is to pray and to pray a lot. I have decided that we will take the time to pray at meals, even if we are out of the house. I am also going to pray w/ the boys every time we get out of the car. I think that will be an easy time to remember to pray-- at least I am hoping. We will just pray a quick prayer, thanking God, asking him to be with us and blessing someone. I am hoping that by doing this it will help my children learn to turn to God at all times, and to be thankful for all that He has provided for us, and to lift others up in prayer-- even people we don't know. Also by doing this I hope that I will be successful in drawing closer to God and to just remember that he is with us always.
Monday, August 12, 2013
Prayer
Praying is one of the things I struggle with most; which is silly b/c it is actually an easy thing to do. You can pray anytime and anywhere so why is it something I don't do? Why is it something I have found so difficult to turn into a habit? My family typically prays at dinner time, we have a "Prayer Dice" that we roll to see whose turn it is to pray. We have the kids follow a simple format having them first address God, then thank him and finally they lift someone up in prayer by asking God to bless that person. We are good about doing it at dinner, at home, but why don't we pray when we are out? Why don't we pray at breakfast? Why don't we pray at lunch? I don't know why, but I do know that I want it to become habit, so that is what we will focus on this week is praying. My plan is simple and that is to pray and to pray a lot. I have decided that we will take the time to pray at meals, even if we are out of the house. I am also going to pray w/ the boys every time we get out of the car. I think that will be an easy time to remember to pray-- at least I am hoping. We will just pray a quick prayer, thanking God, asking him to be with us and blessing someone. I am hoping that by doing this it will help my children learn to turn to God at all times, and to be thankful for all that He has provided for us, and to lift others up in prayer-- even people we don't know. Also by doing this I hope that I will be successful in drawing closer to God and to just remember that he is with us always.
Thursday, August 8, 2013
God's Calling
Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding ~Proverbs 3:5
A couple of months back I was sitting in church (I was impressed I was there that day since my husband could not make it and I was left to get the boys there all by myself-- I take them places all of the time, but for whatever reason flying solo to church w/ two crazies in tow feels near impossible) and I felt that familiar tugging on my heart. It was God and he wanted to tell me something. I was tempted to check my email to see if He finally listened to my plea for Him to just email me His plans for me. I would find doing His will a lot easier if I got the step by step directions in written format. I knew there would be no email so I tried to listen w/ my heart and figure out where He was leading me. Basically He was telling me it is time. It is time to do all of the things I had envisioned I would be doing as a Christian, as a wife and as a Mom and the time is now-- and He wants me to share my journey out loud. I don't know exactly where He is leading me, but while looking for a verse to use as a foundation for this first post I kept coming back to this one, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding." Proverbs 3:5. I guess for now I will just trust in His plan and follow the tugging on my heart.
and lean not on your own understanding ~Proverbs 3:5
A couple of months back I was sitting in church (I was impressed I was there that day since my husband could not make it and I was left to get the boys there all by myself-- I take them places all of the time, but for whatever reason flying solo to church w/ two crazies in tow feels near impossible) and I felt that familiar tugging on my heart. It was God and he wanted to tell me something. I was tempted to check my email to see if He finally listened to my plea for Him to just email me His plans for me. I would find doing His will a lot easier if I got the step by step directions in written format. I knew there would be no email so I tried to listen w/ my heart and figure out where He was leading me. Basically He was telling me it is time. It is time to do all of the things I had envisioned I would be doing as a Christian, as a wife and as a Mom and the time is now-- and He wants me to share my journey out loud. I don't know exactly where He is leading me, but while looking for a verse to use as a foundation for this first post I kept coming back to this one, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding." Proverbs 3:5. I guess for now I will just trust in His plan and follow the tugging on my heart.
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