Sunday Thoughts

I've been spending time each day on a couple of Lenten devotionals this Lenten season. I haven't done that for a very long time. I was encourage by a few friends to so do and it has made this time before Easter more meaningful for me.

Matthew Kelly has some great thoughts. I didn't buy his book, but I am following him daily on the internet. I quite like his instruction, his thoughtfulness and his delivery.

On of the lessons that hit home this week was one on being spiritually healthy. We spend a great deal of time on our physical health, but do we always work on our spiritual health? The days can slip by and we find that we haven't really worked on becoming healthier spiritually.

One of the ways we can get stronger in our spirit, is spending time every day in prayer. It sounds so easy, but unless we really establish the practice, we don't become spiritually healthy. I have been working on this during Lent and following a program keeps me on track.

Matthew states that the 4 questions we want to be answered are:

Who are we?
What are we here for?
What matters most?
What matters least?

He challenged his readers to think about yesterday and use those 4 questions. Interesting, huh?

By spending time in prayer with God, He will help us to understand these 4 questions. It will happen.
Take the time to pray, listen to God and follow. 

Sunday Thoughts...the season of Lent.

Spring is coming, Easter is coming and the season of Lent continues. How are you doing preparing your heart for Easter? It's so easy to get caught up in "life" and the business of it all!

I was just thinking of some positive ways to keep my heart right this coming week to help prepare myself Easter. I'm keeping this simple today, but here's some ways I hope to show Christ living in me. I picked one thing for each day this week:

Ask a retail clerk how her day is going!
Hold the door open for someone.
Check on an elderly friend.
Call a friend...instead of sending a text.
Pray for those in your neighborhood.
Send a snail mail note to a friend.
Give someone an extra hug.

Are you up for the challenge?

Sunday Thoughts

Good Sunday morning blogger friends. It is the season of Lent for those of us who are Christians. I love this scripture verse not only for it's reminder to do what is good, but for the promise it holds for us too.

This week, I am going to remember not to "tire of doing good". It's really not hard to do good, is it? It makes me feel happy. Focus on your many blessings and see how easy it is to do good with a thankful heart.

God has work for you this week...open your heart.

Sunday

Happy Sunday. Good sermon this morning at church with lots to think about going into a new week.
For my Christian blogger friends, I hope you are making good progress during this season of Lent.

The Season of Lent

Today is the first day of the Lent and is also called Ash Wednesday. When I was growing up, we went to church and had a little cross from ashes put on our foreheads. We often gave up something for the entire season of Lent until Easter.

As an adult and a Christian, I now look at this time a bit differently. Today is a time to think about how I want to prepare myself for Easter. The world we live in is so busy and moves so quickly, the days can slip by and I am often standing there wondering what happened to the day? So instead of giving up something (there's nothing wrong with that either), I am going to really work on having a devotional time every morning. It's a good and positive way to begin each day. Life it short~enjoy each day you are given and try to make the most of it.

To those of you who share my faith, I hope you take some time today to think this over.