A quote by Karen Lamb:
"A year from now, you will wish you had started today."What, in your life, comes to mind when you read that? Like millions of others, it may be to work on your diet and exercise. But there are many other things we keep putting off for "one more day." We wait to be more generous until we have more to give. We wait to begin a Bible study until we are invited to join one. We wait to start that ministry that has been on our hearts until we have more time.
Have you ever attended a worship service where the worshipers "speak in tongues?" I used to think that the words were supposed to come out of their mouths completely involuntarily... as though they had been "possessed" by the Holy Spirit. But I once heard someone describe it, saying that one has to "allow" it by opening their mouth and speaking what comes to their lips. The one speaking in tongues has to cooperate, it doesn't happen completely spontaneously.
God guides us and nudges us all the time. But like the one who speaks in tongues, we have to cooperate. God won't work through us unless we move our lips, or our feet or our hands. Perhaps someone will invite you to a Bible study if you make it known that you are looking for one. Perhaps you will discover you have enough money to be generous if you simply begin to be generous. Perhaps you will find the time for that ministry if you take the necessary steps to begin it.
Think about the things in your spiritual life you have been wanting to improve. A year from today, will you be in the midst of something exciting, or will you be wishing you had started a year ago?
Carpe Diem! Sieze the day!
Father,
We know you will not make over our lives unless we give you permission by cooperating with the leading and nudges you give. Help us to be willing to do something different today in cooperation with you. Amen.
Joys: Sleepover with Cecelia; Sweater and boots weather; the taste and smell of coffee on a chilly Fall morning
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