I don’t know what happened last month 😳 – I missed the date to share my thoughts on Living Intentionally. But this month I made sure that I will not forget. My desktop calender has been reminding me since Saturday to write my update.
It is fun to review the goals that you might have/had for the year.
I know that I had mentioned in January that I would like to expand Laced with Grace. Although the Lord has graced us with wonderful new writers, for some reason I don’t seem to have the green light for the expansion – not yet anyway. I am holding fast on Jeremiah 29:11.
Yesterday I needed to scrap a faith-LO. Yes, I needed to. The funny thing is how fast it came together. Sometimes I need to doodle for hours to get all the elements in place, to have the right colors and photos. But that one came together in no time 🙂 . God has ways to make things clear in my head – even if it is only to create a scrapbook LO. Although “I” wanted to expand Laced with Grace, God is expanding Thankful Thursdays instead – just amazing. But why should I be surprised – God is God and His ways are much higher than my own.
The other two things I wanted to share in my up-date for this month are RAK (Random Acts of Kindness) and meeting with the Lord on a daily basis.
Meeting with the Lord every day is wonderful. Although I have read my Bible on a regular basis for years, the past six month I have been ‘tackling’ one book of the Bible each month. I am currently reading the Book of Acts. Wow – amazing what I am gleaning this time around. I had lead a study at my church on the book, but now it is ‘just’ the Lord and me. Last week I was blown away about the boldness the first century Christians had. The actually prayed for boldness (you can find it in Acts 4). Hey – maybe I should start praying for boldness?!? Today I read Saul’s conversion – just powerful 🙂 . Saul’s conversion only shows us that God can and will use anyone (even His enemies) to give feet to the Gospel.
My last point I want to share with you this month are RAK’s. You know that it is very simple to be kind to anyone around you? Although I still need to make a conscientious decision to be kind randomly (to strangers), it slowly is becoming a daily habit. Why not let someone in line at the register before you – even though you were there first? Why not let someone pull out of a driveway on a busy road, so they can get where they need to go…Just little things. It is fun – try is sometimes 🙂 .
Well, I better let you all go so you can read the other up-dates (head on over to Elisa’s Extravagant Grace) . I leave you with a passage from Paul’s letter to the Colossians.
“Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience…” ~ Colossians 3:12 (ESV)
Thank you for stopping by today. Have a blessed, fabulous Tuesday, my dear friends…
