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Prayer for Our Plans

- JaclynPalmer Leave a comment

Sweet Father,

How thankful I am for this new day that sits before us. You have filled us with your mercies anew. You have given us a new song on our hearts. Our new name shines your light upon our stories radiating the evidence of your love even upon the darkest of shadows.

Yes, Father, how thankful I am for this new day!

I pray You will be with each of us this day. Lord, You know the plan we have set for our specific day. I pray you will give us the strength and wisdom and focus we need to accomplish our personal tasks. I pray that we will be mindful of Your plan for our day as well.

Give us the flexibility we need to engage with the people that need our attention. Father, this is hard at times. I know when I set out to complete my to-do list and my men need my attention…Oh, Father, sometimes I get all discombobulated and end up feeling useless or unaccomplished.

Remind us that the people in our lives are center points of your plan for our days. Caring for them, helping them, teaching them, training them, loving them is far greater than most other things. Lord, employment is a vital part of life. Ministry does not take a break. Life is real. We cannot forego our responsibilities. Again with the feelings of discombobulation! We are pulled in many ways, but God is faithful! You will see us through this day at hand.

You promise to walk with us. You promise to hold us. You promise the fruit of the Spirit to be always within us. Your word declares victory upon us. I pray we will walk with You. I pray we will rest in Your hands. I pray we will spill forth the fruit of the Spirit. I pray we will claim victory.

Father, this day is a new day. I pray it will be according to your plan. Make straight our path and give us grace with each and every step.

Amen

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Two Words: Home Work :)

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With all the brilliance out there encouraging us to Stay Safe and Stay Connected I want to offer a different thought. Something a tad outside the bubble we are all living in.

Two words: Home Work

Now, don’t roll your eyes at me because we have plenty to study.

1. That Man

Things are real right now for some of us. 24 hours together tends to prove there may be a load of knowledge welled up in the proclamation of love growing in absence thing. So, what happens when social distancing disallows for your heart to abound in separation? Lol. We study.

Take today as a brand new opportunity to study this man. Who is he today? Yes, we know what he was like when we were dating. We know what he is like after a hard day at work. And we know the simple ways that make him smile. But some things may have turned upside down. Let’s not lose this opportunity to grow in knowledge. Let’s abound in understanding. And let’s be strong enough to enjoy right now with him.

According to Scripture, that’s wisdom. According to me, that’s fun wisdom! 😉 I say, let’s have fun!

Here’s your passage:

~ Proverbs 24:3-4

Here’s your challenge:

– Fresh sheets in a clean, candlelit room.

– Lingerie

– You know, shave.

– Be nice. 🙂

– Listen and hear what he is saying (FYI – I failed this one this week)

– Share your emotions. Maybe less demonstrating and more sharing. Unless your demonstrating resorts back to the fresh sheets, then by all means … demonstrate. 😉

– Send those “under agers” to their rooms, put on some music or a full concert of your favorite singer/band on YouTube, grab something delicious and get lost in conversation.

– Fall in love.

Let me tell you, a girlfriend of mine is a stay at home mom of one year old twins. 🙂 Did you feel her reality?? She ordered dinner from a favorite restaurant, slipped on a dress and stilettos, put on makeup and shaved, and surprised her husband with a date night.

That takes a lot of work and planning and preparation and energy. I say, we learn from her and seize today for what it is, a time for Home work.

2. That Child

…. yes, but, number one is too much fun to group into anything else. Kids will come later. Let’s stick with number one. Like, let’s jump online and order some things…

Ready?

Go!

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Six Ways to See Your Value

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This is not another post to add to your “try to do better/be better” list. This is simply six ways to see your value as it is. It is a fresh perspective that will help you to see the fruit of your presence. Doesn’t that sound nice? To see visible fruit from all the work that we do? This, sweet sister, is the desired outcome of this post.

These six things stem from Proverbs 14. My prayer is that we will see the beautiful fruit (value/worth/wisdom) of our presence in place of the stress that fills our {seemingly} never ending days.

Six Ways to see your value

  • Your hands ~ v. 1
    • There are a thousand things we do with our hands and our sense of touch day in and day out. Will you consider each deed as a building up or a tearing down of your people and/or home.
  •  Your direction ~ v. 2
    • Are we moving forward in our growth as a human? This may be a silly question, but it is worthy of ponder. What if we compared ourselves with ourselves of yesterday, last year, last decade. What growth would we see?
  • Your kiss ~ v. 3
    • How sweet it is! Lips smile. Lips kiss. Oh, how powerful and beautiful and wise are the lips of a wife and a mom! Much can be healed in the power of wise lips.
  • Your work ~ v. 4
    • This verse is debatable pending your season in life. I suggest a fill in the blank. “Where there are no _______, the ________ is clean. but abundant ______ come by the strength of the ________. Maybe you filled in those blanks with “children, house, playdough, and giggle.” Maybe you applied it toward a specific job. Either way, I think stress would scale down if we saw the benefit of the mess rather than the mess itself.
  •  Your truth ~ v. 5
    • Girl, we know there is only one thing to say here. Don’t lie. Don’t lie to your man or to your child or to your list of humans. Big girl panties are required here. 😉
  •  Your knowledge ~ v. 6
    • Do you know things? Good. Use what you know to advance the people around you. We all know different things. I think we simply need to get a handle around our individual knowledge and see how beneficial it is for that two year old, that teenager, that grandchild, that man of yours.

You are Valuable and Worthy and Wise

Just think how wise you will be throughout your day when you begin changing your perspective in the things you are already doing. No longer will you be in autopilot just doing what you do. Now you will be in autopilot with a smile knowing that what you do is valuable and worthy and wise. For you are the wisest of women building her house (v.1).

Allow me to say a quick thank you to the ladies of the Live Group at Eagle Christian Church for engaging in this conversation. XOXO

I hope you all have a beautiful day,

Jaclyn

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Father, I lay this place at your feet