Random thoughts

Good Morning everyone...
Strange how quickly time can move.
I remember when the kids were little and the days seemed to go on forever, but the years went so quickly.
Now, even the days are moving fast, so the years are slipping through time even faster.

I love technology because of what it allows us to do.  I love being able to "see" friends, family and coworkers in other states through Skype. 

I love that I am able to connect with people and work from anywhere, not just my desk and my office.

I love the ability to unite people in a group on facebook to encourage, lift up and spur one another on.

There are so many benefits to these advances in technology.

But as I read this morning in A Holy Experience,
"When one consistently chooses cyberspace over holy space — life becomes a hollow place.....Whether you have much or little, the truth will just tell you plain: the only wealth you’ll ever have is God.



I want to appreciate what technology can do for me to improve my walk with God without allowing all of the glitz and glamor, high tech and savvy gadgets to distract me from the quiet place where I make the most important connection, get encouraged and spurred on, "see" Him for who He really is and unite with followers all over the world and throughout time...





Have you connected with God today? 

I have my morning routine....up at 650, turn on computer, hug the kids, check my emails and my facebook messages, check the PD site and welcome new jewelers, check my plan for the day, make coffee, kiss the kids goodbye and then the house is quiet....
and my spirit is called...

this is the time for me to retreat to my prayer space and connect with the Source, my Strength, my daily and eternal Savior.

...and yet....sometimes I don't.  I don't even really have a reason.  I just don't.
That makes me sad. 

But  I am also grateful because the Spirit that calls to me every moment and especially every morning keeps calling even when I don't come.  He keeps wooing, keeps asking, keeps tempting us with Himself.  He allows my safety nets, my temporal securities to waver and crumble out of His deep love for me.  He knows that He is the only One that can sustain me and keep me safe.
His love allows my false cornerstones to crack and shift so that I am reminded that there is only one foundation.

I am grateful for the challenges we face because I always draws me closer.  I am grateful for the abundant blessings of health, family, marriage, friends, home and grace because it reminds me that our God loves to be extravagant with His children!

This has been a particularly difficult month for me.  There is no reason to go into any detail about the events because the reason behind those events is more important.

When we take our eyes off of our blessings and look at what isn't working, what we don't have and how hard our life is, the power of God shrinks and the importance of the life and its struggles magnifies.

When we focus on Him and look only at what is....we begin to see the gifts of life rather than the challenges.  All is gift.  I have no problems.  At least none that are worth losing joy over....and those I do have- I know that when I stay connected and plugged in to the True Source, He is leading me through them to a better place.

For today: have you taken time to reconnect and plug in to God?  Why not?  make a list of the 20 things you are most grateful for and see if your outlook improves.  Just being able to see this screen, read these words, connect with the internet, understand this language and comprehend this message and be invited by grace to turn to Him....that's 6 gifts right there...
keep going.  What else can you thank Him for as all good things come from God.  Take some time today to do that.  We always ask God to bless us, keep us safe, bless our time together, our meals, our loved ones...but how often do we thank Him for the continuous, sustaining Love we have every moment of everyday? 
Enjoy this blessed day!