inspiration to refocus and recommit

Beth, has inspired me to get back on track with focusing on the moments that fill my "Todays".

There is much God has been showing me or reminding me lately.  Far too much for me to share in this little moment I am inserting between tasks.

Beth inspired me and I am glad.  Glad for the encouragement of community, although it is a far different community than it was 25 years ago.  You see I have met Beth briefly only once (maybe twice).  She is a worship leader in a different church, in which we have participated in joint and/or community services.  But she is an influential part of my community, primarily through her blog (with a little bit of facebook tossed in).  As far as I can tell from her posts, we are fairly like-minded.

I have been thinking a lot about "today"s and "moments".   None of us knows if we will be here tomorrow, so we must make the most of today.  It was such a gift from God that Beth started her personal challenge to write 31 moments for October.  It was a well timed reminder to be intentional with my own commitment, which I had (not surprisingly) already fallen short of, to record my TODAYS (I said 365 TODAYs 23 days ago I have posted 5 days within that time frame).  I had also said I would not be too hard on myself about that because the point was "be more habitual with the 'look up and look around' and pay attention each TODAY" and not on how many days I actually posted.

Thanks Beth for being an inspiration and an encouragement!
I will pray for you during this 31 day commitment to yourself.  I pray it will be rewarding and beneficial.  But don't forget to be gentle and forgiving with yourself.  I too will take that advise.





published October 1, 2013