Crockpot

The entry I have today is just a bunch of little compilations to throw in the "crockpot" of your soul so here goes:

Firstly I wanted to share these words from one of my devotional prayer books for today. I just love the message! Here's the final paragraph: "God has not promised that we will never be lonely, but He has promised that in Him, we will never be alone. He has not promised that we will be free from pain and sorrow, but He has promised that He will be our help, our strength, and our everlasting peace. Since by God's grace, every circumstance finds us abiding in Christ, we will find Christ abiding with us in every circumstance." I will never leave you nor forsake you ~ Hebrews 13:5 For you music lovers these words totally remind me of a few awesome songs that always yank at my tear glands; I Will Never Leave You Children by Jason Upton, Held by Natalie Grant and Heal the Wound by Point of Grace.

Secondly I wanted to share with you all a small revelation that came to me. Some of you may be very well aware we are in the midst of Lent and participating in relative practices. Some of you may not give a hoot. I used to fall into the latter category, I'm now seeking to join the first category. Still being relatively new to this Christian gig, I wasn't all to familiar with Lent, it's purpose nor any of the specifics ~ but working at a convent I was aware of when it took place on the calender, mostly because of "Fat Tuesday" and the free homemade donuts. Previously, all I really cared to know on the subject was that it's when most of my co-workers swear of sweets for awhile and I must fully stock my only chocolate supply! ;) Since I never felt the drive or motivation to swear off candy & dessert for Jesus I never took the time to delve into the depths of Lent. I'm still largely in the dark about the spiritual journey Lent has to offer...BUT...I'm learning! ;) One thing that I loved to find here at the convent that helped open my eyes to possible other meanings of Lent aside from resisting my sweet tooth is a bulletin board the sister's have posted that has a certain little weekly message titled "Focus on Fasting". Last week it said "Fast from criticism"....and the revelation hit me, with snickers in hand ~ WOW, those are great words and something I would LOVE to do in honor of Jesus, Lent, my growing knowledge of my faith, and I can still eat this snickers guilt free knowing that I'm not dishonoring my love for God. WHEW! Well, my lil confession is that I believe I failed miserably[thus eating extra snickers] and I think I owe most my apologies to Donny! So this week I'm back with avengance to hold fast to the challenge: Focus on Fasting: Fast from complaining. I'm in it to win it this week! I thought these were awesome suggestions so I wanted to bring them here for you all to see and challenge you to embrace them with me ~ Lent inspired or not ~ it's a "Fast" we all could stand to try! I'm hoping I'll make it here each Monday morning to post the next week's Focus for fasting so if all two of you who read this blog wanna join me, you can!

Lastly; I've posted this elsewhere but I just love the words soooo much I must post them here as well. So if it's repeat for some ~ sorry ~ but seriously this is fashion advice to live by so it's worth repeating!! It's no mystery that I have no sense of fashion and that more often than not my hair ends up rotating from one disaster to another which usually compliments the eyesore I call my wardrobe, so when I found this sound advice I took it to heart immediately and I think you all might like it too? "Gray hair is a crown of splendor; it is attained in the way of righteousness. ~ Proverbs 16:31" I'm contemplating sending this in for consideration for Paul Mitchell's '09 advertising campaign?