Outside my window..... there are still a few spots of snow on the ground in those areas where the sun doesn't touch directly. It is dreary and wet out.
What I'm Listening to.... David Nevue playing quietly in the background.
What I'm reading.... Colossians 3:12-17 for my online Bible study; Exodus 2, Luke 5, Job 19 and 1 Corinthians 6 out of my ESV Daily Reading Bible;  Psalms 91-95; Proverbs 19.
On my mind.... the war raging against our youth today. From the famous to those that call on the name of the Lord.
From the kitchen.... white chicken chili for our pastor's family and a roast for my own.
Around the house.... laundry, a little cleaning, and possibly some van maintenance.
What I'm pondering... relationships. The ones that stand the test of time and the ones that change like the seasons. The people that impact my life, the ones that bring havoc. The unconditional love of some, the unrealistic expectations some have for others that they don't have for themselves. How lonely a person must be that holds no relationship dear, from husbands to old friends ~ they will easily cast them off if others aren't all they think they should be with no consideration given to what they themselves bring. Or don't bring. Always everybody else, never themselves.

From Colossians 3:13-14 love and forgiveness are key. Are we loving and forgiving as the Lord did for us. Unconditionally, and selfLESS love? In our relationships are we being compassionate, kind, humble, gentle and patient? Do we consider the reality that love and forgiveness are more a reflection of who we are because of Christ and not the person we find so difficult to love and forgive?

In reading Proverbs 19, verse 11 speaks to me today. The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger, and his glory is to overlook a transgression, NKJ. The Lord is speaking to me today on many levels about relationships. I can think of none that I have not truly forgiven yet if there is, I pray the Lord reveals it.

Psalm 91:11-12 For He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways. In THEIR hands they shall bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone, NKJ.

Just came across this little tidbit on A Wise Woman Builds Her Home FaceBook page ~ Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and His love is perfected in us. - 1 John 4:11-12

A Word from the Lord..... for Our Prodigal

During my quiet time this morning as I was looking at a picture of my son and praying over him, the Lord gave me a word. I sat down later and wrote a very difficult letter to him, one that will not be well received. One that I pray the Lord is preparing his heart for this very minute.

I cannot stand the thought of you coming out no better than when you went in. That you would return to living the way you were, making the same decisions, and pursuing the same friends. You CANNOT truly change on your own. You need a real relationship with the Lord. You need His anointing on your life and you need to seek Him and His will for you. I pray for true conviction and repentance in your life. That you will turn from your wicked ways and pursue righteousness. The enemy is at war for your soul.

Parents, never give up on your kids. I believe with all of my heart that everything my son has gone through will not be in vain.  That the Lord will use him in the lives of others. He will be a light in this dark world, that he will be a vessel the Lord uses to draw others to Him. Those that are a lot like my son. Those that have chosen the hard road, time and time again.

Came under a little conviction about the name of this blog that was Life Our Way and put it in the correct perspective of Life His Way.

Returning to my blog has come up several times lately. Not sure if it's the Lord's prompting or my own, but it will be evident as I begin to write and will decide from there.