This week Laurel Wreath is hosting New Year’s Meditations. I wasn’t sure I wanted to participate but as I began to reflect on how much God has blessed me this year and what I want to do for Him this year, I thought of Laurel Wreath’s invitation.
My prayer is that God will bless each of you richly in this New Year. Since I’ve been blogging for a year now, I want to thank each of you that has encouraged me along the way either through prayer, encouraging words or just stopping by to say Hi. It has blessed me beyond measure~my cup runneth over.
For my immediate family, I would like to know for sure that each member has a personal relationship with Jesus. Although, if I’m not sure, it’s OK because no one knows the heart except God.
With His help I pray that I will be a Godly wife, mother, mother-in-law and grandmother. That is more important to me than anything else. I need His help because I am so easily pulled away by selfish things~like blogging and photography~not that these are wrong. I want to be sure that none of these interfere with my walk with the Lord. The purpose of my blog is to lift up the name of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and if at any time I stray from that purpose, I pray that one of my dear, Godly blogging friends will hold me accountable.
It is also my heart’s desire to be spiritually fresh. We live in a stale and arid world and can easily become that way too. God wants us to be a beautiful garden in the middle of a dry desert. Isaiah says, “…you shall be like a watered garden and like a spring of water whose waters fail not.” (Isa. 58:11) Yes, we will still experience trials and difficulties but our walk with the Lord can remain fresh. For me, I will not only stay in His word but study it on a more regular basis.
Finally, I would pray that if there is a lost soul who “happens” upon this blog, there would be something here that the Holy Spirit would use to stir in that individual’s heart to seek the Lord.
Beckie, Thank you so much for writing this. I hear your heart on family members salvation. I have some in my family also.
It is easy to be pulled away by “time sucking” fun things as I call them. I pray the Lord gives me a balance also.
Happy New Year. I am blessed by your blog.
Laurel
PS you link on my blog leads to the photo blog, not sure if others will know to come here =) But I sure love the picture of the new baby.
Thank you Beckie for sharing your thoughts on Laurel’s challenge for the new year.
You are right – we are sometimes wandering in directions that might be interfering with Him. I am with you that I will seek Him first to arrange my live.
I am blessed that God has crossed our paths last year. I am looking forward to where God is leading us in 2007.
Happy New Year, my friend.
Blessings to you this New Year in Christ! Love your blog and enjoyed reading your encouraging post. THanks for the comment over at Windows!
In His grace,
Vicki
A lovely post.
My Monday Memories this week are about the Supremes–sort of.
Happy New Year.
Your website is so pretty. I know how much trouble you have had getting it this way…well it was worth it! I am so glad that I can now comment!! What a great post too!! I posted a couple of blogs today. I don’t know if you know but my dad ended up in the hospital yesterday in a very bad way with pneumonia (they are in Arizona). I am so happy that they got him there so quickly. He is doing much better now!! Thank God for my brother and my mother’s quick thinking. Take care and hug your granddaughter for me..Sandy
It’s so easy to lose “balance” in todays busy world. Sometimes that things that are the most important get pushed behind. I hope you and your family have a blessed and joyous New Year!
I suppose like in all things we have to keep things in balance – not to blog just as we shouldn’t watch TV, hang out with friends, sleep, work to the detriment of our families.
I pray that these blogs will be used for God’s glory over the coming year. His word will not be returned empty!
What great goals. I like your openness to being held accountable regarding the use of our blog. Salvation is so important . . . there are family members and friends I would love to see come to (or return to) Christ also.
What a wonderful thought provoking post! Thank you! Also thanks for the nice comment you left me!
Many Blessings to you!
Thank you for sharing! Blessings in 2007.
First and foremost, thank you for stopping by my Front Porch and leaving such a lovely comment. I ordinarily do not participate in memes, or if I do, I don’t put my name on the Mr. Linky…but Laurel is a dear friend who always encourages me to step beyond my comfort zone…and I am glad she did…blogging and photography..sounds like my bio
am on my way to check out your photo blog…glad we met!
Beckie,
This one thing jumped out at me when I was reading your post.
“It is also my heart’s desire to be spiritually fresh.”
Spiritual freshness is essential to us continuing to grow in the Lord. If we are stagnant, then we cannot produce that fruit for Him. Thanks for reminding me of that! Happy New Year!
This is refreshing. Nothing is more important than our relationship with God and like you said, no one knows another’s heart but God.
Blessings!
THIS is on my list too! Study more… listen better! Try harder! Lovely meditation Beck!
very interesting, but I don’t agree with you
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