Where has the time gone? One day you’re blogging away and the next day almost 3 weeks have past. Isn’t that the way it is? Time flies by and life flies by with it!

What happened to “stop and smell the roses?” What happened to “sit down and stay a while?” What happened to us slowing down and enjoying the life God has given us?

The year 2009 is almost 1/4 over. Like it or not, it’s the truth. Don’t let another 1/4 of a year pass you by without slowing down long enough to enjoy the simple things.

I was in bed last night looking at the ceiling. I couldn’t sleep. I wanted to sleep, but I couldn’t. It seems that my body wasn’t as tired as I thought I was. So, what do you do when you are in bed and can’t sleep? Well, I began to quote scripture. It began something like this…John 3:16, Romans 8:28, Phil. 4:6-7, Romans 3:23, etc. Of course, I was quoting the entire verse, not just the reference.

I find great comfort in God’s word. It is in every way “a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.” It gives me strength. It gives me hope. It gives me power over the enemy.

I’m not sure at what point I drifted back off to sleep, but I did. And as I did, the last words I heard inside my mind were God’s words as found in scripture.

Oh, speak to me, Jesus, from your precious word. May it guide my thoughts and my actions as I serve you…as I live for you. Plant it in my heart as a seed. Water it through your Spirit. Grow it by your grace. And may my life glorify you as I strive to live from the precepts found in your word. Amen.