Hey friends, how are you? How was your week? It has snowed almost everyday this week, hey,.. but who’s complaining? Well, maybe I’ve ‘spoken’ to the Lord about this a few times, welllll…maybe more than a few times, but today, I’ve decided to take a deep breath and enjoy the scenery. I may even put on my snow boots and go outside, just to walk in the snow! Maybe today, I will realize that I’ve ‘spoken’ enough about the snow and today, choose to enjoy it. Just maybe, I will do something different…
Can you believe we are halfway through November? Wow! We might as well begin preparations for Christmas and the New Year! Have you already decorated for Christmas? Usually the girls and I do this, but I am thinking to taking on the task a tad bit earlier, like this weekend! Although I’m not sure I can do everything in one weekend, unfortunately, I won’t be home on Saturday. Time just simply flies by so quickly.
If you knew your last day on earth would be December 31st what will you choose to do differently? Will you choose to make the next six weeks count? If you knew you will be required to give an account for the choices you will make in January 1, 2020, how would you choose to start today? If there is even a 1% chance that the Bible is true, that there is a heaven and a hell: that both the righteous and the unrighteous will be judged by a Holy, Perfect God, would you be willing to make some changes in your life? Don’t wait; the future brings with it too many insecurities and uncertainties.
Today is a new day. Today is a good day for do-overs. What a blessing it is that we serve a forgiving, gracious and merciful God. He gives us new days to begin again. We ask for forgiveness, we ask to be restored, renewed, re-energized, and re-vitalized.
Why is my heart so prone to wonder, Lord? Why am I so insistent on pursuing things that are temporary? Why do I find it so hard to trust you with the people and things that matter to me? I know You are better at protecting and providing. Sometimes, I find myself giving them first place in my life. Why do I struggle to totally commit to You? Could it be I am attempting to be holy without You?
People need the Lord. What will you choose to do differently today?
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Very thought provoking post. These are good questions to ponder. 💕
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Praise the Lord!
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Nice article! It seems I always have something I need to fix about myself, another one of those “besetting sins” Each time I make progress on one, I realize another. I’ts like Paul wrote about: the very thing I know I need to “not do” I find myself doing.
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I join you there, every time I think I’ve overcome something, I find myself right back there, Lord, help me
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Your Questions moved me so much I re-blogged them on my page and gave you the credit with a link to this article. You can find my post here: https://hisencouraginggrace.wordpress.com/2019/11/16/how-will-you-plan-your-days/
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Praise the a lord, Kate. Thank you 😊
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You speak so much truth ❤️. A good question to ponder as well, how would I live if I knew these next six weeks would be my last? I hope to make them count!
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Amen 🙏🏽 and I join you on the journey of making time meaningful
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Yep, I struggle to give people to God too. I’m pretty certain He can do a much better job with them than I ever could. 😊
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I know 😔😔 as a friend once said, if we actually said the words of actions out loud, perhaps we would obey faster
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None of us knows how much time we have left in this life. It is so important to be right with God by trusting Jesus as our Savior. It is also important to live each day for him after we come to know him.
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Amen 🙏🏽 time is never ours, no matter how much we actually have, it’s never enough because time is unpredictable and unreliable. Each day is a gift from God
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Living each day with a clean slate. And it doesn’t depend on how I view it: I ask the Lord daily to bring to mind what I need to confess. He’s better at seeing me than I am. 😊 I give it to God, and He gives me blessings.
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Amen 🙏🏽 most times we think we always better or doing better than we actually are in the sight of the Holy God, but each day comes with fresh grace and mercy and forgiveness when we repent
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On tine word today sister! Thank you!🥰
I wish you could send some snow our way lol 😂
Girl I put my Christmas up November 1st, ‘tia the season🎄 I haven’t done my tree yet just everything else.
God bless you, stay warm and build some snowmen ⛄️ for me💗
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Girl, you don’t want my snow, maybe just for Christmas and then you will quickly send it back to me 😂😂😂 and now I’m off to my decorations 😂😂😂
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Great post sis. My girls do the Christmas decorations but we don’t do it until 1week before😂
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Hey my friend, how are you? I can’t that long 😂😂 I’m going ahead without the girls
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I need the Lord! Each and every day! Thank you for sharing.
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Amen and amen 🙏🏽 and that’s how it should always be
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Amen Brenda! Powerful truth and a powerful prayer! Today is the day of salvation for sure! You must have received some of our snow. It snowed a few times in October here, but then it was back to 60s and 70s. It is supposed to be 66 here today and in the 60s all weekend into next week. I’ll definitely take that over the single digits we had in October. 🙂 That’s funny about Christmas decorations. Our kids have been asking me to put up lights on the house and they already want to get the tree. Might have to do something this weekend. 🙂 Have a blessed weekend!
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Okay 👌🏽 that all the confirmation I need; my Christmas tree is definitely going up and decorations to follow 🥰 time is always a commodity we think we have more of than we actually do; now is the time
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wonderful reminder to not take tomorrow or next year for granted.
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Amen and amen 🙏🏽 not even tomorrow has been promised to us; each day is a gift from the Lord.
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Definitely needed this reminder today 🙂 I am working on all the things you mentioned…and it always helps to hear it again, and again, and again! God Bless! I think the snow is here to stay 😉
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About the snow, I must say, I’m a tad, tad, bit disappointed 😔 but I am going to be thankful, in spite of my circumstances. Hearing it over and over again is good for us, we are quick to forget 😄😄😄
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