Vitality!

Vitality!

This is not a word I normally hear when talking about being a Christian. 

But it is a word that God gave me during my devotional time this week. 

Vitality - exactly what is it? 

The dictionary describes it as "the state of being strong and active; energy." 

Another definition is, "the power of giving continuance of life, present in all living things." 

The power of giving continuance of life. 

Wow, that really struck me. I have to ask myself, do I reflect that power? 

 Do I have a vitality about me that when people see me they say, 

"Hey, there's something there that I want."

 Do I have a zest for life, an energy, a strength, a joyfulness about me that people see?

I believe God wants each one of us to have vitality,
 but in order to have it we need strong, deep roots.
Daily time spent with God, reading, studying, memorizing, praying

 and so importantly, listening, help us grow those strong, deep roots.

 Vitality - just the word makes my heart beat a little faster
 and puts a smile on my face.

I am excited to see what God has planned for me.

~Finding the amazing in the simple~

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Looking Back

Hubby wasn't feeling well today so we stayed home from church.

While he rested I spent some time looking back.

I went back to the beginning of my blog

and read through my first year's worth of posts.

It was a great trip down memory lane

but surprising how much life has changed since then.

I also spent some time looking back over my prayer journals.

It made me think of the story in Joshua 4,

where Joshua had the Israelites build an altar

after God had parted the river Jordan.

It was an Altar of Remembrance.

"Joshua said to the Israelites, "In the future when your 

descendants ask their parents, 'What do these stones mean?' 

tell them, 'Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.'

For the Lord your God dried up the Jordan before you

until you had crossed over.... He did this so that all

peoples of the earth might know that the hand of the Lord

is powerful and so that you might always fear the Lord your God."

I remember reading this years ago and it struck me

how important it is remember and talk about what God has done in our lives.

We too often forget or take for granted what God has done for us.

Looking through my prayer journal I saw

many, many answers to prayers,

both small and large,

and it made me so grateful.

I hope to pass down my prayer journals to my children one day

so they too can look back and remember,

"and know that the hand of the Lord is powerful

and so that they might always fear the Lord their God."

~*~

 ~Finding the amazing in the simple~

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