Showing posts with label meditation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label meditation. Show all posts

Friday, May 21, 2010

Looking Ahead

With the end of the school year only a couple of weeks away the kids and i are anticipating all the activites planned for this summer.
We will be starting the season with VBS and church camp. Then there is art camp, field trips and play dates with friends. There other activities we hope to participate in like reading programs, movies at the drive-in and bike rides in the park.
While these things are all good and i am really looking forward to all of them i do intend to start each day in quiet time and prayer. In the hours that the children are in VBS and other endeavors i plan to take advantage of the peace and quiet to spend time in meditation and reflection.
I am missing creative time as well. So much of my time in the last year has been spent running and doing. So little of my time has been spent just listening to God. It is time to slow down and change that. God is the One who inspires creativity and gives peace. Time without Him saps creativity and destroys peace.
What i desire more than anything else right now is to spend my time drawing closer to God, enjoying my relationship with Him and with others He has blessed my life with. In doing these things i know it is going to be a really great summer and an awesome time of growth in Him. I pray that i will stick to this plan and continue through every season of my life.

Friday, May 8, 2009

More

Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prohecies. Test all things; hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-22

It is only the beginning but it is enough to make me want more. More of God and His Word.
I have been praying that God would help me to hide His Word in my heart and this week i have seen Him do just that!
These verses from 1 Thessalonians seemed so easy to memorize. After a few minutes of repetition and writing it down on paper, it was imprinted on my heart. Since then i have been meditating on what these words mean and how they apply to me.
I will save that for another post. Until then i pray that whoever reads this will meditate on the words for themself and if you would like post your comments. I'd love to hear from you!