Monday, January 30, 2023

(Temporary) To-do List/Must

The gray, sunless stretch of weather continues!!
sometimes it seems to threaten to seep into our spirits😏😐




Do you ever wake up feeling defeated before you begin
a new day, a new week, as struggles and battles seem to hit 'repeat'?!!
Call on God, call on a friend, 
call on a mother, spouse, sibling
but whatever we do, let's not try to do it alone!




Do you ever wish for a life without care?!!
(I confess, sometimes I do! But,
a life without cares would make us 
pretty careless and self-reliant, wouldn't it?!

On the other hand, sometimes we can create cares
 by being careless and self-reliant!
Here is the balance challenge:
To not become complacent,
 yet, to not become discouraged
as we shoulder the yoke of faithfulness!
 The only way to accomplish this requires
constant refueling in God's company/His Word!

(To keep our eyes on faith's prize is impossible
if we love the world...more)

1 John 2:15-17 (BSB)
Do not love the world or anything in the world.
 If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 
16For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh,
 the desires of the eyes, 
and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world
17The world is passing away, along with its desires;
 but whoever does the will of God remains forever.

Happy Monday!
Let's make the most of to-do lists 
not simply with what we have wherever we are,
but with Who we have wherever we are,
 (if we have believed in He who is able!)
💓🙏

this hard-to-do to-do list kind of unfolded as I contemplated
what to write about, as I weighed wishes and wants with what is, etc.
Some successes, no matter how hard-fought 
seem to evade, maybe because we're not ready for it yet!


...to loathe the pride that lurks inside accolades of success
To hunger for still waters and green pastures of His Word
While feasting on a five-star meal of hope with thankfulness 
And to pray without ceasing, leaning wholly on the Lord

To love our neighbor as ourself without selfish reserve
To be more kind and patient where we all have much to learn
Where only by God’s favor we have more than we deserve
A glorious inheritance that we could never earn

To fight against desires that wage war against the soul
To count spiritual blessings and to covet more and more
Its measure, life’s true treasure beyond time’s transient toll
When at last, we will see what now we are yet striving for

To make Heaven our goal, so that we labor not in vain
To remember, the garment of the soul will soon decay
And what once seemed so far off and arduous to attain
Will be an everlasting crown that never fades away

© Janet Martin

1 Cor.9:24-27 (NIV)
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run,
 but only one gets the prize? 
Run in such a way as to get the prize.
 25Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. 
They do it to get a crown that will not last, 
but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.
 26Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly;
 I do not fight like a boxer beating the air.
 27No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave 
so that after I have preached to others,
 I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.









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