Make a u turn

Our Daily Bread
My best friend and I have several jokes about the different GPS devices that we use.  We have a dedicated GPS device that we usually use.  We have the Hyundai Blue Link service that can be used at times.  We have at least two maps apps on our phones that we can use.  We sometimes let them compete to find the best directions!  ha!

We agree that hearing the words "recalculating" or "make a uturn at the next intersection" are annoying.  It means we messed up by not following the instructions we were given.  Yikes!  Sometimes I just shut it off at that point because I don't want to hear it yacking at me about my mistakes!  Wow, how does this parallel with our Christian lives?  There are many times that we know the right direction.  We veer off course for what seems like a good reason only to ignore the Holy Spirit when it says "redirecting" or "make a uturn at the next intersection".  Like our regular GPS, we need to put aside our pride and follow the right path.  It is the best thing for us to reach our destination!

Lord, thank you for direction through your Holy Spirit.  Please help us follow the directions we are given!

Wellness Wednesday
Fill 'er up
I was talking with some friends last night about renewal.  There are soooooo many things in this world that feel like they are sucking the life out of us.  Could be work or relationships or parenting or aging parents or health.  The list goes on and on.  We posed this question to each of us: what renews you?  What activities do you do to help renew your strength.  I used the analogy of finding the source for your personal "well", from where you draw strength to live your life.

We heard many different activities.  Reading.  Prayer.  Shutting off from other people.  Knitting.  Exercise.  Attending movies. Seasonal hobbies like gardening.  The trick in the American culture is to find things that truly renew you instead of suck even more life out of you!  We have a tendency to play at our work and work at our play!

I encourage you to write down the things that renew you.  Make some of those activities a priority each day or week.  Renewing enables us to be the kind of Christians that we need to be!

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To be such a strong and vital organ, the heart breaks so easily. Ms. Inez used to say, "one of the many great mysteries of life is there is no love in this world without an equal amount of pain." What is the alternative? To never love anyone or anything? I love deeply, therefore I hurt deeply