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Exceedingly More

You get some great, amazingly fantastic news. What’s the first thing you do?

Wow! He did it once again! Each time I am blessed with exceedingly more than I ever dreamed! I always become overwhelmed with extreme gratitude. My heart immediately longs to tell God how thankful I am for his love and goodness.

20Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, 21Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen. Ephesians 3

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The Greatest Leisure of All

What do you enjoy doing most in your leisure time?

I dreamed when I retired my husband and I would spend our leisure time camping in the mountains of North Georgia and North Carolina.

Instead we are caring for my mother who has dementia. So leisure time doesn’t involve traveling in our truck with a camper but, I travel wherever I want to go through reading.

Reading is the greatest leisure of all! I don’t have to pack or shop for the trip. I don’t have to remind my husband twenty times to make sure he does this or does that! I don’t have the hassle of booking a spot at a campsite then finding out when we get there – ”Oh, We don’t show a reservation for you!” Then there is the fuel cost – Geesh!! Just imagine how much more money I can waste on crafts and grandkids if we don’t have to spend a thousand dollars on fuel!!

My momma worked hard all her life. She cared for both my Daddy and my only sibling until both passed away from different battles with terminal illnesses while I was raising my family. So I do not have any animosity or bitterness about caring for her.

We don’t get any leisure time except every Thursday when a paid sitter comes and stays with Momma so we can run errands and go to lunch together. But, when I walk out to our front porch sit in my swing and begin to read I travel all over the world. My mind steps out of reality into a wonderful adventure and for now that is enough for me.

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Me or Us?

Everything can’t always be about what you need or want.

If you are married, sometimes you have to pray and ask God to help you see what is going on in your spouse’s life. How can I be a blessing to them. What do they need from me? How can we be successful and fulfill God’s purpose for our family together.

If you are a single parent, what does your child/children need? Realize your children will only live with you for a short time. If you live to be 70, which is not old at all in today’s advance world of medicine—your child will only be with you 18 of 70 years. Make the most of that time. You will have plenty of time for you. The time you invest in your child will be a blessing.

If you are single with no children. Do you have parents, brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews, neighbors or friends who could be blessed by you? Like Paul, where are you suppose to be?

Your life is a gift don’t waste it only thinking about what you want.

What has God purposed for your life?

Jesus came to be a servant.

42 Jesus called them together and said, “You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. 43 Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, 44 and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all. 45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” Mark 10

Are you willing to push me aside to do what is best for us, or others?