Can you believe fall is here already? I absolutely .....LOVE..... this time of year. It marks the ....s.l.o.w.i.n.g d.o.w.n.... of the summer months, pool activities , BBQ's, and summer guests ( not that I don't just love hostessing our friends and family!). I love the windows kept open through out the day, cooler breezes, no more need for air-conditioning ( and no more fainting when you open the electric bills!). I burn the fall candle in the morning and enjoy the scent lingering through the house throughout the day. Soon, we will drive by and watch the crops in the fields around us being harvested. The weather always seems just perfect. Fall....... reminds me of "relaxing".
This weekend, I wanted to bring in all of my fall decorations and start putting them up....but never got that done. Our weekend had so much on the "calendar", that I never got my chores and cleaning done either. Or much of a chance to do my "fall relaxing"...... I start to get a little sideways about not getting those things done and having enough time for myself. Sometimes I can be so self-centered. And "sideways" does not look very pretty on me. My family doesn't like it much either. When I get like that eventually God gently nudges my heart....and reminds me that I have so much to be thankful for. So.....here is my verse for the month. A very good one for me.
2 Chronicles 23:30
"....to stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord, and likewise at evening...."
What is it in your life that can make you go ...."sideways?".....messy house? Bills piled High? Crabby neighbors? The TV on too loud?
Maybe I should set my alarm on my phone to go off twice a day, as a reminder to stand right where I am and thank and praise Him. That would be a good idea for me. ( especially for my "sideways days".)
I'll get my decorations put up next weekend, and the chores and cleaning?.....well....if I HAVE TO......! ....And I WILL have a chance to relax and read a book a little. No need to get sideways....I have so much to stand and thank and praise HIM for.......:-)
So, Jan and Robin, Pam and Nancy( and anyone else who joins us...)...when you leave your memory verse, want to leave one of your favorite things about fall in your comment section? Can't wait to hear your verses!
