INSPIRASUNS

It’s been a busy week at work, so much so that I am trying to figure out where the week went. When you combine that with settling back in at home, I guess you could say I’ve been a little out of sorts.

This morning as I sat and spent time with Father I’m embarrassed to say that I wasn’t as focused as I should have been. I admittedly was going through my to-do list for the day, I was thinking about things around the house, I wasn’t thinking about Father and my relationship with Him. As I often do, I asked what message I could share for Him today in this little blog. I didn’t hear anything, nothing came to me. I said a few more prayers, asking for guidance in my day, and came in to try and put some thoughts into this little blog.

At my desk, I continued to draw a blank. My mind went here and there, but still nothing. Finally, I stopped, relaxed my shoulders, closed my eyes, and said, “Father, please, help me to have you first in what I do today. Refocus me on what is important, my relationship with You. What message can I share for you today”. What I heard almost instantly was, “I need to be in your heart”. Ahh…that was a subtle reminder 🙂 .

Why is it so easy to get distracted, to lose focus on our relationship with the Lord? I guess it’s because we think about ourselves first. Well, that was me this morning at any rate. I was thinking about what I had to do, and what my to-do list held. I was thinking about me, not about Him.

If I have Father in my heart, truly in my heart, then I can’t help but put Him first in all that I do. He will be the first thing I think about when I wake up, and the last when I close my eyes at night. And…when I do that, everything else will fall into place. When I try to do things alone, when I have the Lord as an afterthought, well, that’s when I find things more difficult, or worse yet, I feel lost.

Thank you Father for the gentle reminder again that You are always here. Help me today to have you first and foremost in my heart.

Have a good day friends, take a moment as you begin your day to close your eyes, relax your shoulders, touch your heart with your hand, and feel the presence of our Lord in your life. Keep Him there, and keep Him first.

Ephesians 2:8
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,