Wesley United Methodist Church, Orange TX

Happy Monday morning to everyone!  What a great week this is going to be.  It has already had a great start.  I got to sleep a little later than usual today and have had my coffee, said some prayers, read some blogs, got my workout in and about to hit the shower before hitting the road to do some running around.  Going to go by the church and run some copies off for Report Day tomorrow and I think I am going to have Windows 7 installed on this computer…tired of Vista crashes…and hope it will stop some of the five-minute startups.  I also need to go by Mom and Dad’s to help get their tree down, back in the box and back up in the attic. 

As I sit here in this multi-functional room, our prayer room, my library and work out room I cannot help but feel blessed.  I am taking a few minutes to reflect on what God has offered to me.  To reflect on how I live my life because of His grace, His Spirit, His Will in my life. I can choose to look at all the times I fall short of who He wants me to be or I can choose to accept His forgiveness and choose to continue a life led by Him.  Make no mistake we all fall short in different ways.  Suttle ways that satisfy our human needs for power, revenge, jealousy, greed, hate, impatience, lust (in so many different ways) to list just a few.  Make no mistake we all fall short and we are all able to seek forgiveness and accept His grace in our lives.  He is there waiting and willing to accept us as we are right now because He knows who we can be when we follow His path instead of our own.  God has offered me a chance to put into action a plan that is tried and true and He knows I will still be human and still fall short at times.  I thank God for being the true, loving and patient God that He is.  Yes I am blessed, no not everything is easy but I know that there can and will be a better way, a better day and a better life when I walk with Him.We are at Robert’s for Dad’s 91st birthday which was Saturday the 8th.

The latest crop of roses from the cuttings that Jan Day gave me.  Beauty in my backyard.  There could be beauty sitting right next to you.

Peace and blessings to all, have a great day, week, month, year with God in your life,

Randy

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