This Eggo is Preggo

Just in case there is anyone out there who has actually read my meager posts and wonders why I have stopped... I am in the middle of first trimester morning sickness. I plan to return once the pregnancy has settled =) Hopefully soon!

Luke 13 - The fig tree & the narrow gate

Let my branches unfurl
And catch Your morning sun
My roots dig deep in Your rich soil
And Your life course uninhibited
Through my veins

Let me bear fruit
Ripe, rich and sweet
And may I be laden with figs
Fruit for Your harvest O Lord

Luke 13 - Oh Lord, how hard this teaching is--to know that many will try to enter through the narrow gate to Heaven, but few will succeed. I suppose they try too late--after death? Or maybe only half-heartedly and are lukewarm--or perhaps they try to get in by a different faith path or by works? You are silent on what they did wrong here--probably countless things--neglecting the only thing that matters...

But You point the way to salvation...

John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life."

And again the two greatest commandments You gave... "Love the Lord your God with all your mind, soul and strength, and love your neighbor as yourself."

Oh Father--please help me to fall more in love with You every day--so that everyone might see this lamp on a stand. Let me not be a fruitless tree that stands in Your garden, only to be leveled. Let my branches be laden with the best fruit--let my tree trunk be You and Your mighty presence and word--let me be holy and pleasing to You o Lord.

Luke 12 - Living with Open Hands

Oh Lord, how I want to take and keep,

And live a life of comfort here.

But You call us to seek a different place

Not here on Earth, but Heavenward...

To weave a life of love and faith

To live with open hands

Freely giving, freely loving

Free of worry and concern...

So as a blemished mirror--I strive

To reflect Your perfect grace.

Wow.... Luke 12. How do we, in a country of so many material comforts, strive to live a life full of Heaven? I have no idea what kind of possessions they might have enjoyed in 33AD. No idea what Jesus asked people to let go of to follow Him--but I'm sure that I have more. 

So how, as a wife and mother do I follow Christ's words? His calling? Do I abandon my family? Of course not--it is not living a life of complete unattachment. It is living a life of complete attachment to God, and then people--and a life of UNattachment to things. 

Father--I pray that I can see with Your heart, Your eyes, and not with my own. Help me to serve You and love You more each day--to love You with all my heart, soul and strength. Help me to serve and love my husband and daughter... and to love my neighbor as myself. Help me again to see with Your eyes, the need that exists, and within my means fill it with Your love.

Luke 10 - The Harvest, Good Samaritan, Mary & Martha

Father, I lift You up, I adore You

Please soften my heart once again

Let me fold into Your mighty presence

Wrap me in Your peace & power

It's in Your arms that I recall who I am

Father, give me a heart like Mary--one of adoration for you, eager to hear Your words, Your voice. Give me a heart like the Good Samaritan--with eyes that see what You see, and a heart that can respond in tangible ways. I know there is so much need in this world--You said "the harvest is plenty, but the worker's are few." Please help me to speak the Truth in love, reach out to the hurting, and--most importantly--sit at Your feet, for it is there that I remember who I am, and all that I must do.