Sep. 20, 2006 - Early Mornings, Sourdough Bread and Colossians..
I don't know what's with me this week, but this is the second time in 3 days that I've woken up and been wide awake very early. I'm talking 3:30am one morning and 4:00am the next! I have always enjoyed getting up before everyone else in my family. It's really the only time I have to myself throughout the day and I am able to meditate on scripture and just collect my thoughts. But by waking up this early I have also been starting some projects that I need to get done and boy it's feeling pretty good! I'm kind of enjoying it as a matter of fact.
This morning with the extra time I am going to start a batch of sourdough bread. This will be my first attempt at making "real" sourdough. My starter has been sitting on my counter for a few days "starting" and it looks good and I think it is ready to be used. I proofed it last night, so this morning I will attempt to make it into a loaf of bread. I'll report later how it worked!
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I have still been studying Colossians this week and I never really got into it like I am right now. I am really enjoying meditating on it and God is revealing things to me left and right! The verse I want to share with you is from Colossians 1:28,29. It says "We proclaim Him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ. To this end I labor, struggling with all His energy, which so powerfully works in me." As a homeschooling mom it's my job to seek God's wisdom in my daily life and teach that wisdom to my children. My ultimate goal is that they become Christians who live a life for Christ and seek His will and follow the path He has put down for them.
Verse 29 is a scripture I have been clinging to for the past several days and when things feel too tough for me to handle I repeat the verse over and over to myself. I love that when I am laboring and struggling through my day that HIS ENERGY, which is POWERFULLY working in me helps me to go forward and work towards the goals I have set for myself and my family. It has really inspired me to press on and not give up because sometimes things seem too overwhelming to me. I have always called myself a "defeated perfectionist." This coming from the fact that I see how I would like things to be done or handled, but don't believe that I can do it in the perfect way I would like, so I just don't try. I defeat myself before I even try it! I know this isn't the way God wants me to be, but honestly I have never been able to get out of that mindset. This verse has given me the strength to look past my feelings of defeat and move forward knowing that it's not my energy or power that will help me, but it is all God's energy flowing through me and helping me to far exceed my expectations or goals. God is so good and He truly loves me and wants the best for me and He wants me to be my best!
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Sep. 20, 2006 - Untitled Comment
Posted by si344
Good morning! Wow that is early! But yes, we can get a lot done while the little ones are still asleep! I am on the same page with you...it is by His strength and I must rely on Him for everything. Trusting that He is in control is what I lean on every day for my life and for those I am praying for. He has a plan and we don't know what it is...but we will just trust Him and let him handle the parts we can not handle and just continue to walk in Him. Have a blessed day. Thank you for visiting me today:)
