So much to do
So little motivation
So little time
But
Strength from the Lord
Power over the enemy
A hand to hold for the road
A road map for the path
Primary Goal:
Love the Lord with
All my heart
All my soul
All my mind
All my strength
And
Love others
As myself
So…
In all I do today,
I want to be loving and act in love:
Have positive attitude
Set example to children
Be kind
Use calm voice
Be clear
Be patient
Love is
Patient
Kind
Doesn’t envy/is not jealous
Doesn’t boast
Isn’t proud
Isn’t rude
Does not demand its own way
Is not irritable/easily angered/provoked/irritable or resentful
Keeps no record of wrong
Does not rejoice in evil
Rejoices with the truth
Always protects/never gives up/bears all things
Always trusts/never loses faith
Always hopes/is always hopeful
Always perseveres/endures through every circumstance
Love never fails/ends/will last forever
God IS Love
God never fails/ends/will last forever
Thank you, God
As I was praying and asking God to help me prioritize the activities of my day, this is what came to mind:
So much to do
So little motivation
So little time
But
Strength from the Lord
Power over the enemy
A hand to hold for the road
A road map for the path
The next thing that came to mind is that my priority is to “Love the Lord…and love others.” I thought, ok, easy enough, I need to remember that in all I do today, I need to act in love. Then 1 Corinthians 13 came to mind, which defines what love is, and WOW, there is sure a lot to love. I begin to feel defeated before starting, knowing it is impossible to get it all right. Then I was reminded that love is a fruit of the Holy Spirit at work in my life. Of course I can’t do it on my own, but I’m not walking through life alone! Thank you, God, for walking alongside me while leading me and guarding me on all sides!
“One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?” “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”
Mark 12:28-31 NIV
http://bible.com/111/mrk.12.28-31.NIV
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.” 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 NIV
http://bible.com/111/1co.13.4-8.NIV
“Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.”
1 John 4:7-12 NIV
http://bible.com/111/1jn.4.7-12.NIV
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.” Galatians 5:22-25 NIV
http://bible.com/111/gal.5.22-25.NIV
So, on the list of things that need to get done soon:
Clean back yard
Clean house
Laundry
Bathrooms
Kitchen
Go through paper
Grade writing papers
Get papers to Facilitators for report cards
Prep info and binders for Gaila
Order canvas print
Schedule dentist appointments for kids
Go through mail
Budget
FPU stuff
Sweep outside walls of house
Repaint inside
Touch up spackle
Paint doors outside
Do backyard
Clear out rooms
Decide who will sell our house
Get them on board & meet with them.
Decide what we need to do
Pull back bedroom carpet & look at floor
Decide details of moving to D&Js
Write up details and clarify everything
Get a few additional opinions
Have papers signed and notarized
Bedsheets
Dinner