July 31st Daily Reflection

How cool it is to be completely uncomfortable about something or a situation and going to the Lord with your uncomfortableness and having him welcome you into his arms without judgment! Another moment of heaven on earth! 

July 30th Daily Reflection

After a very peaceful weekend, reading this devotion continues the reminder that we we should look for God's blessings, sometimes in the most unusual places. It's at times of peace that we need to be even more aware of the Lord's blessings, taking time to fully appreciate it!

How are you appreciating the Lord's blessings while at peace?

July 29th Daily Reflection

Staying close to the Lord, making your life line so short that the moment you start wandering away, you get a tug to return. I have noticed that it is really easy for me to stay close to the Lord during good times and bad times, it's those times when things are status quo, calm and nothing crazy or exciting is happening that I drift and without a life line, I might drift so far that when I need him, it takes longer to return. I find that when I drift, I take longer to offer up thanksgiving praises or seek his guidance to right a wrong I have done. Living a life close to the Lord is experiencing heaven on earth! How long is your life line?

July 26th Daily Reflection

Relax and let the Lord lead us thru life! Smiling because I reaping the blessings of adhering to that directive. I have found making plans to the extent that it establishes guard rails is all I really need and the Lord usually works out the details in a manner that showers me with blessings beyond belief. How is your trust in the Lord impacting your planning?

July 25th Daily Reflection

Today marks a year since I have been blogging about Jesus Calling Daily Reflection and I smile when reading today's devotion because what I got a year ago is not the same thing that I am getting from the reading today. It is amazing that you can read the same book, passage, devotion over and over and depending on where you are in your life, you get different meanings sometimes vastly different ones! I will spend my day looking for all the messages the Lord is sending me because I know that he is always guiding and consoling me and it is up to me to look and listen. How are you using your day to find the Lord's messages?

July 24th Daily Reflection

Being thankful opens up the line of communication with the Lord and if you are in constant communication with the Lord, all you see are his blessings which puts you in a state of thankfulness. Now the question is which comes first, being thankful or being in constant communication with the Lord? I believe that since it is most difficult to be in a constant state of thankfulness, that is where one should focus their energies. Where do you think one should start?

July 23rd Daily Reflection

Sometimes we look at our lives and are overwhelm by the things happening and we let this feeling of overwhelm-ness get the better of us, however, if we stop for a moment and offer up a pray of thanksgiving for the source of overwelm-ness, we open our heart to see the light of the Lord and the darkness that accompanies the overwhelm-ness is removed. I experienced this, this pass weekend and the excitement I felt after praying made my moment of overwhelm-ness disappear. I was also able to see I was feeling overwhelm because I was more concerned about looking good than be authentic in what I wanted to do. Being able to get back to my authentic self was part of the excitement. I smile when I think about how easy it is for the Lord to fix everything as long as we remain in a place of spirituality and not be concerned about worldly things. How are you keeping the light in your life?