How's Your Spirit Today?



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Yesterday a friend of mine put something on "facebook" about seeds. 

 "Your mind is a garden, your thoughts are the seeds,

     you can grow flowers, or you can grow weeds." 

 Thank you Kristi!

As you can see by the picture above I do like flowers.  My thought for today's was spoken to me by our Father, I was standing in the kitchen, preparing the coffee and just having one of my conversations with God, and I was asking Him, Father, what direction this morning...and you know some mornings I feel like What am I going to say to people, but this morning it was literally a conversation with God, we talked about a few different directions.  But this is the one we agreed upon...So how is your spirit today.  Are you reaching as the flowers are in the garden above?  Are you reaching for the Son?  Or is your spirit more like the next picture?



Room for Company!



Not mine...I can remember when I was a child, we would go to Deer Camp, up above State College, PA, in the Bald Eagle State Park.  Oh what wonderful memories, but I really didn't like going to the outhouse.  It was really smelly! And not something I was at all used to doing.  I never had outdoor plumbing.  Although I know that my husband did when he was very young.  They had running water in the house, just not a potty.   I really hope that your spirit isn't in the out house!



Climbing the Hill, Hand in Hand



My spirit is more like this, constantly climbing the hill towards God's House...That is where I will someday be and although I am constantly walking uphill, or so it would seem, my Lord is with me all the way. 

The reason for life feeling like we are constantly walking up hill is that we are constantly fighting the flesh and the onslaughts of the devil.  We as Christians, are pretty much constantly under attack.  But I have found that my life is less stressful and less painful, as long as I constantly have Jesus with me.  I have been having a bit of difficulty with my back and I have asked God to remove me this from me and it has lessened.  However I want it gone.  A friend of mine said that sometimes our infirmities are because we are under attack. Or because there will be some Glory that comes out of this for the Lord.  When I am at church and fully surrounded by God's love my back feel s fine!  I am trying to figure out what I have in church that I do not have when I am out of church.  I still love God just as much when I am out of church...I will have to work on this with God, but for right now, I am okay, I can deal with this little bit of discomfort, it isn't as bad as it was.  Thank you God.  To God be the Glory, in all things.  Because our God is so great and awesome and worthy to be praised. 

This picture of the two boys is great, it express how we can walk hand in hand with the One who protects us in all things, if we will but let Him.  God wants to be our protector, as is this big brother to the little guy.  So keep climbing the hills of life and as long as you are walking with our Heavenly Father, you will be able to rest at times, and then keep climbing, always walking towards our Father's home.

Yup, it's time for the rest of the morning ritual...and then out the door to work...go be a blessing... to someone...anyone...they don't have to know who blessed them that can be between you and God.