Reflections on the Day

It is about 9:00 PM on Tuesday, January 5, 2010 and I am taking a moment to reflect on the day.  I did not sleep well last night even though I had my first workout in about 6 years.  I was up at 5:00AM preparing to attend my weekly men's group, S.K.I.N.  We are studying the book of Joel and I am blessed to be leading this study. I was also shoveling snow at 5:30AM in order to get to my meeting.  Global warming my butt!

I went to work only to find out that one of my Consultants will be off of work a week earlier than he had anticipated.  He will be out until sometime in March, he is having his large intestine removed due to Krohn's Disease.  The work load was not too bad for two of us.  I had to take a 1/2 day of PTO to go to a meeting with our school district and our lawyer concerning some learning issues with our daughter and to request that the school pay to fix the problems that they helped to create. The meeting lasted an hour and a half. 

We came home and my wife took our daughter to her tutoring session.  I stayed home and practiced my bass guitar in preparation for playing at church this weekend.  After practicing I read day six of my Bible reading plan on youversion.com. 

During my practice time I received a text message to pray for a friend's Father who is in the hospital and for him as he is having an issue with chest irritation (near his heart).  I was also messaged a request to pray for a Friend of a Friend's daughter who is going through heroin withdrawals on her own. I lifted these folks up in prayer and sent prayer requests for the young woman to my S.K.I.N group.  The prayers of a rightous man are powerful!

My point in writing all of this is that thorugh this entire day I was reminded how the Lord continues to bless my family and me.  I consider it a privledge to lift up my friends and their family and friends to the Lord.  I know that I should not brag or boast about praying to God, and I am not. 

I just wanted to take a few moments to reflect and to share that the Lord is moving all around us each and every day.  If we are faithful to Him, turn from our sins truly repent he will supply us with our deepest needs.  I am thankful to be His child.

Basking in the Love and Glory of God I am at peace this evening.