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Sunday, December 26, 2010

The Day After Christmas - And a rambling I go

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I had to let myself have a few weeks to take care of the business of Christmas and the business of work. Now that it is behind me, I feel like I can better get my mind more gathered. Next thing up of course is the business of the new year. Ahhh yes the new year. What does that mean to you?

I don't know what the new year means to me exactly. I could have been thinking in a new way because I am getting older. I have noticed that time just buzzes on by at light speed lately, and I often feel like I am not going in the direction I should be. Many things have plagued my thoughts. This is not necessarily a bad thing. Sometimes you need some good ole crying jags in order to get your mind set on some change. This is not to say that my life is miserable. It isn't. I just feel that for maybe too long I have been standing still rather than moving. I also feel that if I am feeling that way then maybe just maybe I am standing still. THAT is inexcusable to me. God has given me many gifts and it is high time I use them. Of course I also have to figure out what they are. Don't laugh. I kind of don't know.

Anyway, this is what brings me to writing today. I have had thoughts and it is time for me to gather them up. There are things that I intend on accomplishing this year, and I am going to hold myself accountable by typing it all here. I could start a new blog for it, but really there is no reason to do that. This is after all my life's blog. When I started it, I was starting a new stage in life that of being a wife. Time to see what else is involved in this new life. :)

Tomorrow I will start posting my count down to the New Year and new lil me. :) Yep...I may be 43, but I can have a new lil me any time I darn well please.

Before I go, I would like to post the verse that has been spurring me on as of late. I found it a while back while reading a fabulous devotion. It has stuck with me, and I would like to share it with you. The devotion was about over thinking things which is one of those things I can be really great at. I worry myself to pieces and to many a sleepless night, and the fact is that I simply do not need to do this. I need to pray about what is getting me and give it God. During the month of December, my mind was full of worry over finances. Not my own finances though that is certainly floating around there, but the finances of the company I work for. I also worry about my position in my company. It is a great place, but sometimes I feel like I am just doing a job and not necessarily working in the gifts God has given me if that makes sense. Anyway, all t his worry was keeping me up at night and making me miserable every morning. Then I read a devotion by Rachel Olsen via my emails from Proverbs 31 ministries. This verse was prominent.


Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Philippians 4:6 (NLT)

It really was as if God was tapping me on the shoulder and telling me it was all going to be okay. I liked it so much that I immediately typed up the verse and now keep it in my purse. It is really amazing how God's word can apply to your every day life. If you would like to check out that devotion, here is a link to it: Don't Overthink It. Here also is a link to Rachel Olsen's blog in case you want to check it out, and I entirely encourage you to do so.

While typing this the internet went out and so did my train of thought. It flew...BAM...right out the window. Still I want to share one more thing. Yesterday after the presents were unwrapped and the ham was cooking in the oven, I was feeling a little stressed. See, my husband wanted to get me one last gift which was a computer program. This program is something that I have wanted for quite some time, and I was especially excited about this treat. The internet had other things in mind. For some reason everything was going wrong when it came to downloading so I had to just deal. I took a moment to journal. I was reminded that I spent the morning with my family, I spent the morning with presents, and goodies, but I had not spent the morning with Jesus. I realized that I needed to drop it all and pray and spend time with Jesus.

I prayed, read my Bible, and I journaled a note to my Lord. I thanked God for the gift of His son, and I thanked Him for sending His son in a most humble and not for nothing...weak way. I thanked Him for blessing me from birth. Truly I am blessed. I could have been born in a third-world country and live in a shack. It is truly a gift from God that I am so fortunate. It could have been so different. Again I thought about how I want to take a new look on my life and live for God. I want to follow the plan that He has for me. I prayed about that. I prayed that God would open my eyes to the gifts He has given me and asked that He help me on that path. After this, the internet came back on.

After this time with God, I didn't try to download my present. Like I said, the internet did come back on. We didn't mess with it though. We watched the new Veggie Tales movie "It's A Meaningful Life." It was sweet and exactly the kind of entertainment you expect from Bid Idea. It showed even my adult self that God loves me for the person I am and He has a plan for me. A simple story that has been outlining exactly what I have been thinking about perhaps even ruminating about. It also used one of my favorite verses Jeremiah 29:11 which is a verse I have kind of claimed as my own:

"For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope." Jeremiah 29:11 (NLT)

I have a future and a hope. :) God has plans for me. I don't need to know them. I just need to seek Him and basically get out of His way. :)

Lastly (because I have really gone on much too long already), I thought it might be nice to add the song "Meant To Be" by Steven Curtis Chapman which is featured in the new Veggie Tales movie "It's A Meaningful Life." Seriously between my own nostalgia (Veggie Tales was my son's fave when he was little) and the message, I was a teary eyes little so-and-so by the time this song played. Lyrics below if you want to check them out too.






Long Before You Drew Your First Breath
A Dream Was Coming True

God Wanted to Give A Gift To The World
So He Wrapped It Up In You

Every Step That You’ve Taken
Every Move That You Make
Is Part Of His Plan

You Were Meant To Be Touching
The Lives That You Touch
And Meant To Be Here
Making This World So Much More
Than It Would Be Without You In It

You Were Meant To Be Bringing
The Gifts That You Bring
And Singing The Songs
You’ve Been Given To Sing

You Are Perfectly, Wonderfully,
Beautifully Meant To Be
You Were Meant To Be

Long Before You Took Your First Fall
You stumbled to the ground
God started telling the story of you to the angles around
Every failure and victory
Everything inbetween
Its all in his hand

You Were Meant To Be Touching
The Lives That You Touch
And Meant To Be Here
Making This World So Much More
Than It Would Be Without You In It

You Were Meant To Be Bringing
The Gifts That You Bring
And Singing The Songs
You’ve Been Given To Sing

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