May 7 2015

May 7 2015 Greetings My Friend Several of the fur children are cuddled in my lap or near my feet. I am taking a time out from housework and porch work to regroup and plan the next part of my day. This morning’s quiet time was speaking to me. I heard that whisper on my heart “Be still and know that I am God.” I was reading Scripture and some of the words were speaking to my heart. I had another lesson in the Holy Spirit today and the lesson was that He is the whisper on my heart. He isn’t always grabbing me hard and giving me a dramatic lesson. He is the quiet on my heart. I loved entering into some of my work routine and felt my spirit was quietly enjoying the work that I was doing. Lunch time came and I ate on the porch feeling spring’s tug on my heart. I have a joy that the warmer weather is here and my desire is that I live in each moment of the warm weather. I have begun working part of the day inside and part out mainly on the wrap around porch. It feels good to be outside more. I haven’t been able to figure out how to be outside this much in years. With the porch fairly much done I have my areas I can keep clean and decorate with flowers and unique stands to put the flowers on such as an old child’s rocking chair or a wooden step ladder. Along with sweeping the inside floors daily I now am adding sweeping the porch off daily. I am eating my meals and on occasion I visit with Junior for a bit. Junior taught me to squat as I pick up things, the yard and the muscles in my thighs are firming up. It was a struggle to switch over to doing squats but now it is rather routine for the most part. I sense my balance is going again so with the squats I feel that I will not progress as quickly and even stay where I am at for a long while. I reflect on exercise of years ago. I worked at a job, walked my breaks and lunch time. I cleaned house but it was not the work out I do today. Back then I quickly did something each day. Today the goal is to bend, stretch, squat and make housework my exercise routine. I use errand days for walking, not trails, the neighborhood but the stores with a buggy to hang onto. It also is a workout for me. My next thought is my body is a temple for God so by striving to keep it in shape within my limitations I am honoring God. Keeping my body in shape, eating fairly well and getting as much sleep as my body needs means I have the energy to do the work God wants me to do for His glory. Sometimes this energy is used in quiet time of studying God’s Word and prayer which opens my heart to His will for me. As I tune in more so I am reaching and doing what God wants me to do and I find the energy (rest) I need to do it. God reminds me that I have an area that He wants me in and when I am in that area I am energized. May God bless you and keep you make His face shine on you. Love Janet