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Day 11 – Made Beds

Seriously.
As I was making the bed this morning I thought to be thankful. Thankful for many things reflected in the making of a bed, ours in particular. And mingled in all those thankful thoughts was this Scripture text.

John 5: 8 Jesus said unto him, “Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.” via John 5 KJ21 – After this there was a feast of the – Bible Gateway.

The making of a bed indicates its sleepers have arisen. That one action alone is brimming with reasons to give thanks. Such as health and well-being to actually get out of bed, pull up the covers, fluff the pillows, smooth out the comforter and pile on the animals.  :)   Blessings, privileges, graces, are just about endless that come to mind making one’s bed.

And then the Scripture. Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. Don’t you know the man who had been crippled for 38 years was jubilant to make his bed.  He was later found in the temple.

Let us rise from sleep, make our beds and our lives count for JESUS. He is so worthy!

Our love to you all.  Plan on enjoying the weekend, investing in activities that will earn eternal reward.

Colossians 3:23-25 21st Century King James Version (KJ21)
23 And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not unto men,
24 knowing that from the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance, for ye serve the Lord Christ.
25 But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done, and there is no respect of persons.
via Colossians 3:23-25 KJ21 – And whatsoever ye do do it heartily as – Bible Gateway.

Braving the Dark with The LIGHT, together,
Kathie

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Healthy Tired

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Day 10 – Healthy Tired

A healthy tired. What a blessing!

A healthy tired means a body has been exerted and has favorably responded. It means plans and tasks have been performed. It means family and friends have been blessed. Perhaps meals have been prepared, trousers have been mended, laundry has been cleaned, dried and put away, beds have been made, toys have been returned to their assigned places, kitchen floors feel good to bare feet, clients have been served, drawings are perfected, assets and liabilities balanced, papers graded, patients made better, and the list could go on and on. It’s endless – in a good sort of way. Muscles have been engaged and found strong, the minds have reasoned and calculated and pressed on to a healthy tired. What a blessing!

Galatians 6:
9 Don’t get tired of helping others. You will be rewarded when the time is right, if you don’t give up.
10 We should help people whenever we can, especially if they are followers of the Lord.
via Galatians 6 CEV – Help Each Other – My friends you are – Bible Gateway.

2 Thessalonians 3: Contemporary English Version (CEV)
12 So, for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ, we ask and beg these people to settle down and start working for a living.
13 Dear friends, you must never become tired of doing right.
via 2 Thessalonians 3:12-14 CEV – So for the sake of our Lord Jesus – Bible Gateway.

So are you blessed with a healthy tired? Then give thanks!

Thursday is praying for world evangelism day for me. What are you praying these days?  Click HERE for a list who need your prayers.

And to see the other 9 Thankful posts, click HERE.

Keep Braving the Dark with The LIGHT,
Kathie

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Plans

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Day 9 – Plans

Plans that work. Plans of action that we put into play and they work! I told you on Day 3 that I was thankful for online friends in particular Flylady dot net and I am. But what is really cool and neat and makes me smile is Fly Lady’s Plan as adapted for me and by me is WORKING and I am rejoicing!

Plans.
We all need them. Without them we are tossed about like a wave on the sea by every wind that blows. And it makes life messy and the house too. :)

Let me really jump in here. It’s godly to make plans – holy plans that is. Plans to do good. Plans to build. Plans to bless. Plans focused on bringing order instead of chaos. And to have no plans or to have plans and fail to carry them out to the best you can with God’s help — Well, that’s not what JESUS did or does. And we should not either. Do I need to say more?

Jeremiah 29:11 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
11 For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the LORD, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.
via Jer 29:11 NASB – For I know the plans that I have for – Bible Gateway.

So here’s your challenged for today – be thankful, pray, make some plans and in His Strength work that plan — even baby steps are better than no steps.  :)

Ecclesiastes 9:10 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no activity or planning or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol where you are going.
via Ecc 9:10 NASB – Whatever Your Hand Finds to Do – Bible Gateway.

Keep Braving the Dark with The LIGHT,
Kathie

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Day 1 – clean clothes
Day 2 – candles, highly fragrant and made in the USA ones.
Day 3 – Online Helpers like the Fly Lady.  Click Here.
Day 4 – space heaters
Day 5 – Judgment
Day 6 – An Extra Hour – Fall back from Daylight Savings Time
Day 7 – Birthdays
Day 8 – Sleep

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Day 8 – sleep

Sleep is a blessed thing.

Psalm 4:7-8 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
7 You have put gladness in my heart, More than when their grain and new wine abound.
8 In peace I will both lie down and sleep, For You alone, O LORD, make me to dwell in safety.
via Psalm 4:7-8 NASB – You have put gladness in my heart More – Bible Gateway.

It is a sometime abused blessing at our house – often put aside for other activities. Some beneficial, some not so. But all in all I really like sleeping. I think ABBA was so wise to ordain it for us.

And I think He did it as a means to refresh our bodies, to enable them to last longer, to enable them to rejuvenate themselves, as well as to rest our minds.  Yes, it’s a blessed gift. And yet like many gifts, one than can be abused – either not enough or too much. Each brings suffering. Like this:

Proverbs 6:9-11 21st Century King James Version (KJ21)
9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep”
11 so shall thy poverty come as a marauder, and thy want as an armed man.
via Proverbs 6:9-11 KJ21 – How long wilt thou sleep O sluggard – Bible Gateway.

ABBA, must really mean it. He said it twice in the same Book.

Proverbs 24:32-34 21st Century King James Version (KJ21)
32 Then I saw and considered it well; I looked upon it, and received instruction:
33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep–
34 so shall thy poverty come as one that wandereth, and thy want as an armed man.
via Proverbs 24:32-34 KJ21 – Then I saw and considered it well; I – Bible Gateway.

Too much of a good thing or too little of a good thing – pray for balance.

And this. Each morning when you awaken from good sleep, give praise. Praise that you got enough and yet not too much. Give praise too for other awakenings. The awakening that brought you from spiritual death to spiritual life and for the resurrection which your waking each morning is a picture of. Did you realize that? Each night when you lay your head on your pillow and sleep you are picturing death and each morning when you awaken you are picturing resurrection.

Yes. I am grateful and thankful for sleep. What it does for me now and for the picture it gives of the blessed time to come – when all Believers in JESUS CHRIST will arise to never ‘sleep’ again.

Please keep praying – click HERE.

And please keep
Braving the Dark with the LIGHT,
Kathie

Day 1 – clean clothes
Day 2 – candles, highly fragrant and made in the USA ones.
Day 3 – Online Helpers like the Fly Lady.  Click Here.
Day 4 – space heaters
Day 5 – Judgment
Day 6 – An Extra Hour – Fall back from Daylight Savings Time
Day 7 – Birthdays

1 Thessalonians 5:9-11 21st Century King James Version (KJ21)
9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ
10 who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him.
11 Therefore comfort yourselves together and edify one another, even as also ye do.
via 1 Thessalonians 5:9-11 KJ21 – For God hath not appointed us to wrath – Bible Gateway.