Thankful

   I am currently reading "The Year of Living Biblically"  by A.J. Jacobs, which so far is NOT what I though it would be.  It is A.J.'s account of a year he spent trying to follow the bible as literally as he could.  I hope by the end of the book he says he now believes in God and that Jesus is his Savior, however for now, he states he is agnostic (definition for agnostic and atheist at bottom of page, in case, like me you are not sure of the difference).

   Anywho...one of the things he has tackled so far is prayer.  He mentions an acronim to remember things to focus prayer on A.C.T.S  Adoration.  Confession.  Thanksgiving and Suplication.  I like the acronim, easy to remember but I like my 4 better....

Love on Jesus. 
Say you're sorry. 
Give thanx for what you've got, who you are and where you're at.
Sit at the feet of Jesus and talk to Him about the needs of others as well as your own.

   No acronim, sorry.  L.S.G.S just doesn't roll off the tongue.  LOL

   Reading that made me think about the way I pray and what I pray for.

   I already knew this but it made me have a conscious reflection of the fact that I don't pray enough.  I think about praying  but many times my brain gets scattered and I find myself thinking about what I will be making for dinner or what I have on my to-do list for tomorrow when I should have been talking to Jesus about friend D or hubbie E.  (I only have one hubbie by the way, just being silly)  In the book he starts out trying to pray 3 times a day for 10 minutes each.  It made me think.  That's just not enough.  I want more.  I want to be in constant communion with Jesus.  Although I do sometimes do so outloud because it helps me focus, I know that He hears my thoughts, He knows what is on my heart.  He even knows what my tears mean even when I don't.

   I want to change the way I go about my day.  I want to be happy in the now instead of trying trying trying to reach happiness tomorrow. (something that hit me while reading "Way of the Peaceful Warrior")  I want to be content with where I am now while at the same time not wasting the talents God has given me and being willing to try something different later, tomorrow, next month.  I want my quiet time with Jesus to be not once in a while but every day.  Not when I get a chance, after everything else is done, but at an apointed time.  Giving it priority.  Giving Him priority.  I want my heart to be the heart of Jesus so that His desires may also be mine.  I want to  spend so much time with Him, that I start to think , act, love, forgive, react, talk....like Him.

I know, I want I want I want.  But, they are good wants aren't they?

Know what else I want?  I want you to want with me.

Psalm 20:4
May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed.
Romans 12:2
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

ag·nos·tic

   /ægˈnɒstɪk/ Show Spelled[ag-nos-tik] Show IPA

–noun

1.

a person who holds that the existence of the ultimate cause, as god, and the essential nature of things are unknown and unknowable, or that human knowledge is limited to experience.

2.

a person who denies or doubts the possibility of ultimate knowledge in some area of study.

 

a·the·ist

   /ˈeɪθiɪst/ Show Spelled[ey-thee-ist] Show IPA

–noun

a person who denies or disbelieves the existence of a supreme being or beings.

Boom Sha ka la ka

Just felt like sharing a funny yet  embarrassing story.  I was at the gym, (side note...when I started, I could do about 2 minutes on the eliptical machine, now I can do 30 on the weight loss setting!  Oh Yeah!!!)  o.k back to the story...

I was at the gym on the eliptical machine (yes, the one I can do 30 minutes on now...sorry),  and I thought I was coordinated enough to keep excercising and take a GULP, not a sip, but a GULP of water.  Nope, not so much.  Part of it went down the wrong pipe, some of it was still in my mouth.  I tried to compose myself and not spit it out or cough.  I thought I had it.  I thought I was about to swallow when suddenly the slightest cough just happens.  What felt like a small amount of water in my mouth went everywhere!!!!!!!  All over the machine, all over the book I was reading.  Yep, it did.  I grabbed my towel (thank goodness I had taken a small towel that day for my sweatiness)  quickly wiped everything down and pretended like nothing happened.  Did anyone see me?  Not sure.  I kept at it, finished my time and when I was done thouroughly cleaned again with one of those wipey thingies they have there.

Why did I just blog about it?  Cause it was funny and I still laugh as I think about it. 

O.k.  I'm done.   ; )