grateful for His guidance...

This morning He woke me...
a couple of hours earlier than usual...
guiding me to prepare... get ready...
for what He'd called me to do...

At first... hesitation...
thinking it way too early...
but things to do were on my mind...
not causing anxiety...
just present...

I tried to go back to sleep for a bit...
but when He awakens you...
you... are... awake...

As the day wore on...
now entering into evening...
I really haven't felt the effects...
of a very early morning...

Grateful for His guidance...
even when He wakes me early...
because when we follow Him...
He'll provide all that's needed...

Amen...

I will praise the Lord, who counsels me;

even at night my heart instructs me.

Psalm 16:7

grateful for grace...

Began the morning... feeling like... a disappointment...

No one had voiced a complaint...
nothing specific came to mind...
just an overall feeling...
I disappoint...

Then I remembered... freedom...

In Him... I'm free from oppressive feelings...
free from others' expectations... leading to disappointment...

Taking hold of my freedom... I went about my day...

As the day progressed...
I did disappoint...
mainly myself...

One error after another...

A call to a customer...
Sorry... your order won't be ready tomorrow...

A text to my partner...
I messed up...
need to reorder... buy more...

By the end of the day...
I find myself... grateful for grace...
grace from a customer...
grace from my business partner...
and the freedom... to receive... grace... in Him...!

So we praise God for the glorious grace

he has poured out on us who belong to his dear Son.

Ephesians 1:6 NLT

remains...

On a day where He's seemed fairly quiet...
I find comfort in the fact... He remains...

Of old you laid the foundation of the earth,

and the heavens are the work of your hands.

They will perish, but you will remain;

they will wear out like a garment.

You will change them like a robe,

and they will pass away,

but you are the same,

and your years have no end.

Psalm 102:25-27 ESV

He remains... 

near...

forever...

unchanged...

Grateful... He... remains...

grateful... for the fullness of His grace...

At the end of a long day...
filled with blessings...
challenges...
errors...
arrogance...
love...
and encouragement...
I find myself... grateful... for the fullness... of... His... grace...

For from his fullness we have all received,

grace upon grace.

John 1:16 ESV

grateful for His grace...

Grateful for His grace...
which He pours out impartially...

For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good,

and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

Matthew 5:45 ESV

Praying... I can do the same...
be as gracious to others...
as He is to me...

The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly,

along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

1Timothy 1:14

This week's readings for The Journey...

Monday                   Exodus 29

Tuesday                   Exodus 30

Wednesday              Exodus 31

Thursday                  Exodus 32

Friday                      Exodus 33:1 - 34:28