Thoughts

Well the holiday season will officially be upon us in just a few short days! I will not lie, with the incredible lose our family has experienced this year I am somewhat dreading the holidays! But, God's grace was been with us each day, each moment that is and will be difficult He is and will be our strength! While the loss has been deep and wide...we have so much...we have kids and grand kids and each other. We have a community that cares and church families that have and are praying us through this! For all of this I want to say thank you! I have been attempting to get myself back into a quiet time like I know I need...yesterday our pastor was even speaking of that a little bit...when I need hope...I will find it in The Living Word...when I desire to hear from The Lord...He will primarily speak through His ward...when I need my faith to increase...yep...the Word...faith comes from hearing and hearing from the word of God...Romans 10:17...I have been reading in the Old Testament the past several weeks and I was reminded of a study I did many years about the tabernacle! If I am understanding it correctly, God started the fire on the altar of sacrifice and the priest were to never let the fire go out....the needed to keep "feeding" the fire...if you will, by keeping wood on it...God started a fire in my life 24 years ago...there was NOTHING I could do to start that myself...but I must feed it...through His word...don't misunderstand me, I don't believe the fire, once started by God, will ever go out (the fire of salvation). However, I do believe for my faith to increase...I must desire a daily walk....daily interaction with my Heavenly Father. That is...always will be my choice...make time for him...or not...I hate that I have to admit that to much of my time is wasted on the things of this world that simply do not matter... I, at this point in my life, have 2 generations following me...my children and my grandchildren...I desire for them to see the truths God is daily teaching me lived out in my life...for them to learn these lessons before the ripe old age of 50! With each pass day I am learning about this faith walk we call the Christian life...it is hard, it is work, it makes us stick out and be different...but never...in all my life have I experienced so worth it! The Lord gave me His all...my prayer...that I will spend the rest of my days...laying my life on that altar of sacrifice...dying to self...giving my all... Thankful for you all...happy thanksgiving!