W00ts and OOps

Posted on | September 21, 2008 | No Comments

OOPS! I forgot to post for Thankful Thursday

W00t! We had enough places to sit for the ladies who made it to the luncheon today.

OOPS! I left off part of the directions to my house on the luncheon invite (MY bad!)

W00t! We still had lots show up.

OOPS! I think I ran out of ice.

W00t! <this is a big one, folks> My oldest picked up in the back yard, put away books and toys in the living room, mopped the living room floor and swept the stairs for me, all WITHOUT being asked. Tell me: does he rock or does he rock???

OOPS! Don’t you dare think I am responsible for NM’s behavior, God is!

W00t! My hubby and boys enjoyed time together at soccer games, picture taking, going out to lunch and then watching a movie. My hubby rocks.

OOPS! J still didn’t play, but he did enjoy watching his brother’s game. I wonder if we should still keep him in?

W00t! One of the nicest, sweetest things I’ve heard said to me today about our home: “…I love your house, it’s like a big hug!” AWWWWW.

OOPS! I have to admit, the luncheon was a reminder to me from the Lord. When we moved in—and I still tend to feel this way—I had trouble accepting the blessing of this home as “too much” for me. I was reminded today it’s not just a blessing for me but others, too, so I should just sit back and enjoy and say “thank you, Lord” as often as I think of it.

W00t! So, thank You, Abba, for your gifts! I hope we get to share our home again soon.

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Today, Edith shared a great message from Psalm 27:4 which says:

One thing I have desired of the LORD,
That will I seek:
That I may dwell in the house of the LORD
All the days of my life,
To behold the beauty of the LORD,
And to inquire in His temple.

David, a man after God’s own heart desired one thing: the kind of closeness with the Lord like you get from living, conversing and hanging out with someone. That someone of course was the Lord.

We came away with this to think about: what is your “one thing”? What do you desire the most?

Me? I have to be honest and say what one thing I want and what one thing I do are completely different. I want, want, want closeness and intimacy with the Lord, the kind that David had when he, annointed by God as king, refused to hurt Saul when he had a perfect chance (1Sam. 24). He even felt guilty that he dared to cut Saul’s robe! I do want to listen as closely to the Holy Spirit as David did.

What I do? What I crave, things that distract me from what I really want.

For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice. Rom. 7:19

Well, I’m pretty messed but this I know: Jesus loves me and He promised that He’s not done with me yet. Slooooowly what I do and what I want will begin to look more alike. I sure wish I had to patience to wait for that to happen.

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