14/01: Maybe Later
Category: Encouragement Cafe with Luann & Friends
Posted by: Luann
The road to mediocrity is paved with 'good intentions'. I'm tired of living an average, good enough life, aren't you? My friend Lysa TerKeurst talks about this in our P31 devotional today.
We all have good intentions. Many of us start strong but somewhere along the way we trip and many times we get back up! We knock off the dust and keep going. But just like my bookcase shelves, the dust sometimes accumulates and soon I become accustom to it! I fool myself into thinking those shelves aren't really white, they are off-white and no one but me will notice anyway.
God tapped my heart today with Lysa's devo and said, "Hey honey, that's you." Got to say, I'm not thrilled when He does that! He is so persistent! Even though I give up on myself over and over, He has never lost sight of what I will become! He is going to keep nudging me, reminding me, applauding me when I walk wisely and confronting me when I don't. Man He is a good dad!
As much as I hate to admit it, I need the discipline. Recently I had to laugh when I visited my expectant daughter who was ready to bring baby number 4 into our lives. They are such great parents and have taught their children good manners. However, Rachel, the 18 month old is their only girl and let's just say she had enjoyed those 18 months to the fullest. She captured everyone's heart and had her brothers, daddy and mom right in the palm of her tiny little hand.
I watched her get away with things the boys would NEVER been allowed to do and I grinned. My daughter and her husband said, "What?" when they saw my amused face. I said, "You're in trouble. This little lady will have her world knocked on it's ear when this baby arrives." They looked at each other in stunned realization then back at me and in unison said, "We're in trouble."
We don't see it sometimes, the need for discipline. Especially when things are flowing along smoothly we get the false impression that we got this thing called life down! But God is NEVER done working on us! He has so much He needs to teach us and we aren't ready to learn next year's lessons today, but we are perfectly placed in our circumstances to learn the lesson He has planned for today.
You ready? Me too. Come on God, create in me a new heart, ready to learn and obey.
Join me for a powerful weekend event January 29-30 in Greensboro, NC. Get all the details at www.EncouragementCafe.com
We all have good intentions. Many of us start strong but somewhere along the way we trip and many times we get back up! We knock off the dust and keep going. But just like my bookcase shelves, the dust sometimes accumulates and soon I become accustom to it! I fool myself into thinking those shelves aren't really white, they are off-white and no one but me will notice anyway.
God tapped my heart today with Lysa's devo and said, "Hey honey, that's you." Got to say, I'm not thrilled when He does that! He is so persistent! Even though I give up on myself over and over, He has never lost sight of what I will become! He is going to keep nudging me, reminding me, applauding me when I walk wisely and confronting me when I don't. Man He is a good dad!
As much as I hate to admit it, I need the discipline. Recently I had to laugh when I visited my expectant daughter who was ready to bring baby number 4 into our lives. They are such great parents and have taught their children good manners. However, Rachel, the 18 month old is their only girl and let's just say she had enjoyed those 18 months to the fullest. She captured everyone's heart and had her brothers, daddy and mom right in the palm of her tiny little hand.
I watched her get away with things the boys would NEVER been allowed to do and I grinned. My daughter and her husband said, "What?" when they saw my amused face. I said, "You're in trouble. This little lady will have her world knocked on it's ear when this baby arrives." They looked at each other in stunned realization then back at me and in unison said, "We're in trouble."
We don't see it sometimes, the need for discipline. Especially when things are flowing along smoothly we get the false impression that we got this thing called life down! But God is NEVER done working on us! He has so much He needs to teach us and we aren't ready to learn next year's lessons today, but we are perfectly placed in our circumstances to learn the lesson He has planned for today.
You ready? Me too. Come on God, create in me a new heart, ready to learn and obey.
Join me for a powerful weekend event January 29-30 in Greensboro, NC. Get all the details at www.EncouragementCafe.com
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