Challenge

So, how did it go? Did you take me up on my challenge? Did you find a time this week that you could devote to communicating with God?

Yeah, I didn't either. And I think it stinks. The "busies" of life get in the way all too often. Why is it that I can have a great morning with the Lord and I can be diligent in His Word (some mornings, not every , mind you). I can ask for patience and wisdom throughout the day and I can believe that He will grant it. But by the time lunch rolls around, I've taken it all back upon myself and I'm running aground. I have verses posted all over my kitchen--strategically placed so that when I'm doing a task or looking for something, His Word will hit me first. Have they been there long enough to have blended into the background and I dont' notice them now? Maybe I just take His Words for granted?

This post must be short as the day is whizzing by already. But my challenge isn't for a week this time and it isn't for those reading (although you're welcome to join if you'd like). My challenge is for today. No, my challenge is for this morning---that I wouldn't let the morning take over my focusing on the One who created the day.

Psalm 113
The LORD Exalts the Humble.

1Praise the LORD!

Praise, O servants of the LORD,

Praise the name of the LORD.

2Blessed be the name of the LORD

From this time forth and forever.

3From the rising of the sun to its setting

The name of the LORD is to be praised.

4The LORD is high above all nations;

His glory is above the heavens.

5Who is like the LORD our God,

Who is enthroned on high,

6Who humbles Himself to behold

The things that are in heaven and in the earth?

7He raises the poor from the dust

And lifts the needy from the ash heap,

8To make them sit with princes,

With the princes of His people.

9He makes the barren woman abide in the house

As a joyful mother of children.

Praise the LORD!