ADD THESE TO YOUR LIST…because they do not work!

CLIMBING  the walls

DRAGGING  your heels

GRASPING  at straws

SKIPPING  your meals  (may need this one more than others)

SPINNING  your wheels

JUMPING  the gun

PASSING  the buck

KICKING  yourself

STRETCHING  the truth

RUNNING  amok

CONNECT & REFLECT   Putting on the ole tennis shoes and sweatin’ to the oldies…just might be the best thing yet!  Sometimes it seems harder to exercise “self-control”!

Colossians 1:11  (Amplified)

“We pray that you may be invigorated and strengthened with all power according to the might of His glory, [to exercise] every kind of endurance and patience (perseverance and forbearance) with joy”

Dear God,

Thinking back over this past year…I just want to say Thank You!

Thank You for being my God!  Thank You for Your unconditional love towards me.  I can think of so many times I so didn’t deserve Your love or forgiveness…but You loved me in the midst and forgave me anyway!

Thank You for Your deliverance from and through situations and circumstances seen and unseen.  Thank You for the angels You dispatched over me, my family and friends.  Thank You for what You spared us from…but even more, Thank You for what You brought us through.

Sometimes God, we look at this world through our own eyes…and it looks chaotic, kinda crazy.  We don’t understand so much and there are so many questions.  Thank You that you are still in total control.  Thank You that you are not offended with our need to ask why!  Thank You that in the middle of why…You are Present, You are Comfort, You are Peace, You are Restoration, You are Mighty, You are Hope, You are the Answer…and again, You are in Control!

Thank You that we don’t know what’s ahead in 2013…but we know You!  Thank You that You are the Way Maker.  Thank You that NO PROBLEM, NO SITUATION, NO HEARTACHE, NO DISAPPOINTMENT will take us out of your DIVINE INTERVENTION!  Thank You that we can have confidence in You and trust Your Word.

Thank you in the midst of depression…You are our Joy!  Thank You Lord that Your Joy gives us strength through tough times.

May my life this year represent Your Glory and be an outward demonstration of Who You Are!  We are lost without you…but because of Your Salvation…we are SAFE!  Help us share this Good news with the world!

Amen…and Happy New Year!

I caught a glimpse of Heaven today, The Son was shining bright,

His Words of life lifted me, just like a mighty kite!

No fear, no darkness or despair was there, His presence of calm was in the air.

Definitely hope was ahead of me, “You have nothing to dread” was His decree.

Focus on Me…and not what you see!

My love for you offers eternity!

Love, Your Father

CONNECT & REFLECT:  Keeping looking up and catch a glimpse of Heaven’s hope today!

Ecclesiastes 3:11

• New International Version
  He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.