January 21, 2010

• I'm Still Here

  Well, I'm still here.  Yesterday didn't kill me.

  Jesse got home very late, just after I had gotten in bed to read.  We went to sleep some time after midnight.

  Today is another day and my attitude is a different attitude. 

  When I went to bed, I picked up a little book I started January 1st.  I guess you'd call it a daily devotional type of book.

  These were the words that popped out (remember my ugly day yesterday???):

  For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if you through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.  Romans 8:13

  (oops! I thought to myself) 

  The devotional started out saying:

  "It is a fact that our old man has been crucified with Christ, but it must be remembered that we are still living in our old bodies subject to habits and appetites which were formed by the old man.  All of these are to be dealt with, and each one must be put to death.  There is still a vast field in which we are to win victories.  We can add nothing to that which the Lord Jesus did on the cross for us, that is a finished work into which we are to enter by faith, but in the realm of habits which we formed before we became Christians, there is without doubt much land to be possessed.  These habits must never be confused with the old man which was crucified." (L. L. Legters)

  (double oops! I thought) 

  Did I get angry yesterday during school and give my children a "speech" in an angry voice?

  Yep. 

  Did I act like Luci, during one of her fits, and lower myself to that same behavior level?

  Yep. 

  Do I know better than to lower myself to such an emotional level that I screamed?

  Yep. 

  Did I pray first, before my emotions got out of control?

  Nope. 

  Did it even cross my mind to ask, "What would Jesus do?"

  Nope. 

  Did the words of my devotional jump out and grab my very soul and spirit and correct me?

  Yep.

  Does God give us the grace to wake up the new day with a fresh slate and correct our errors made yesterday?

  Yep. 

  Am I going to choose to follow God's example?

  Yep. 

  Thank you Lord for grace, healing, and a new morning each day. o/

   

  Little Bit still needs a bath - his last bath was a week ago, but he smells like mud and rain (i.e. stinky dog).

        

  I'm going to take that bath I missed last night.  I'm going to give LIttle Bit a bath.  I'm going to bathe my spirit and renew my mind.  I might even play some music (Christian) while I bathe and meditate on the words.

  Then, Jesse and I are going to the girls' appointment and, at the same time, I'll see my old doctor (insurance will pay for him, now) and have a general physical.

  After that?  Who knows.

  But, today is a glorious new day (and our taxes say we have a fat refund waiting for us!). 

   

  Thank you God for still loving me after yesterday!

   

   

  Be Blessed

   

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