I love my husband for many reasons...

This was worthy to be posted on both blogs. My hubby ran 26.2 miles on Sunday. I am blown away by this accomplishment; it reminds me what a dedicated, hard-working man he is. How blessed I am to be married to a man who shows such commitment! I can't imagine running that far (or even wanting to), but he did it. I was going crazy at the finish line because that was MY man, my husband, triumphantly finishing the longest race I can even conceive of. It was a great experience.

Thanks to everyone for the prayers and encouragement. He did a great job!

Worship Wednesday: the importance of morning

Let me hear Your lovingkindness in the morning;For I trust in You; Teach me the way in which I should walk; For to You I lift up my soul. Psalm 143:8


There is something about the morning and getting in tune with God. For me, it is crucial to do so. Typically, I need to do it before I do anything else in the day, though lately I have found it quite difficult to get up that early. Today I just couldn't.

Regardless, the morning is such a special time with the Lord. Scripture reaffirms this principle time and time again-- that his mercies are new every morning, that we are to seek Him in the morning, and so on. It's not that He changes as the day goes on. No, He stays the same- Praise Him! But we change, and not for the better.

If I don't start out seeking Him, the likelihood that I will seek Him later in the day is just not very great. I think it goes back to understanding our own tendency to sin... Though we have been made alive in Christ, we are still in our old bodies which are still sin factories, just ready to produce sin at any opportunity. The only way to keep that from happening? Dying to self first and constantly, and living to Christ alone.

So Lord, let me hear Your lovingkindness this morning. I trust in You. Teach me the way in which to walk. I lift up my soul to You.

That's how I worship today.