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Rekindled Spirit Day by Day
There are some days I wake with fervent passion for the tasks that lie before me in educating my children. Those days are the easier ones. ..the days when things seem to go well all day. We get a lot accomplished at these times, and we seem to enjoy what we do. Of course those days are not an every day occurrence. Some days when I wake up I really don't want to get out of bed, and I certainly don't feel passionate or enthusiastic about what lies ahead. Then there are those days when I get upset because someone spilled the milk all over the freshly mopped floor. It is inevitable that these things will happen at some point and time. Do they really matter in light of eternity? No, but my attitude may. If I don't have that rekindling of my spirit before I meet my day I won't be fully prepared to meet the days events with the proper perspective. These are the days that I need a rekindling from God the most. I need this every day, but on the days when it's a little harder to get going I really need that extra touch from the Lord. He knows what I need, and He is always there to meet me...but I have to be there to meet Him as well.
Meeting Him with an open heart, ready to receive what He has to offer me is where I must begin. I cannot go half heartedly. I cannot go with an agenda. I cannot go with restrictions or limitations. I must go fully relying on Him, trusting Him, and knowing that He will give me all that I need. My journey begins with a prayer.
“Teach me today Lord. Show me the things You have prepared for me today. Help me to see and understand, then help me to apply all that You teach me. Help me to not focus on what may be tomorrow or next week, but help me to focus on today. My life is Yours, my heart is Yours. Use me as You see fit. 'Create in me a clean heart, and renew a right spirit in me.' ”
Only then am I ready to meet Him. I meet Him in His word, His love letter to me. I've never had anyone write me such a loving letter as He has. Each word was written with me in mind. Each morsel is part of His special plan for a special time in my life. His words are words of comfort, rebuke, affirmation, love, sorrow, rejoicing, instruction, devotion, rest and rekindling. At the end of my reading is a time of thanksgiving. Thankfulness for the words I received that reaffirm who I am in Him, and thankfulness that the Word of God has the power to change my life for that day. I don't have to struggle with getting on with the day, because I can walk in His power. As I sit in the stillness and quietness of Him I ask Him to help me walk in His ways, to exemplify Him in my speech, thoughts, actions, attitudes, and to love others as He loves me. Then I am ready to go into the day that He has given me with a fervency and passion for what He calls me to do. I can do this knowing that these precious children in my home are a gift from Him, that He loves them with an unfailing love, and that He has entrusted them to my care. I can then go into the day with joy knowing that I can make a difference in the lives of these precious souls, and they can in turn make a difference in the life of someone else. For the Lord has rekindled my spirit.
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Posted by Jen Schmidt
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