OFF PART 2

I blogged about feeling OFF the other day.

Today I came across this scripture.

Fits the idea even better.

"...Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness,

and let us put on the armor of light.

Let us walk properly, as in the day,

not in revelry and drunkenness,

not in lewdness and lust,

not in strife and envy.

But put on the Lord Jesus Christ,

and make no provision for the flesh,

to fulfill its lusts."

Romans 13:12-14 (NKJV)

THEY AND US

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1st

This has been a week of firsts...

MC 2 took his first (and seemingly his last until 20-15) hunting trip.

HH decide to bathe the cat in my kitchen sink for the first (and last time).

Seems Boudreaux is a tad psycho.

MC 1 is going to his first "school-friend" sleep over with people

we have not known for over a decade.

Any firsts for you this week?

BREAKING DAWN...

Boys have been up since 4:30-4:40ish.

HH opened their bedroom door and responded with
Uh-uh...put that up....you are not tying up the cat.

MC 2 came to me in commando.
Dude, why did you take you underwear off?

I didn't wear any underwear last night.

MC 1's response: And you laid NEXT to me?

All before 6:30 am.

Have a great Tuesday!

OFF

That is how I have felt over the last couple of weeks.

Off.

Many things felt off.

Marriage...off

Kids...off

Exercise routine ....off

Eating right...off

Extra pounds... firmly on.

I sat in my bathtub yesterday morning

and rattled off a good list of what was wrong,

what I didn't have,

and who I didn't have.

No tears.

Even my sensitivity seemed to be off.

Ever felt that way?

That life is just off?

I think for me,

when I begin to feel that things are off,

it is because I have put too much on.

Too much of what the world thinks.

Too much of what people say or don't.

Too much flesh (figuratively and literally).

I let too much cling to me or I cling to it.

By putting all that on,

the things I am called to have on,

as a believer in Jesus Christ,

get crowded out.

So today,

it is time to be off with the worldly stuff sticking to me.

Off with the random thoughts and imaginations.

Off with the fears.

Time to let the love and confidence of Jesus get on again.

Time to get my faith on.

Get my peace on.

My shoes on,

(figuratively and literally),

and run.

"Therefore,

since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses,

let us throw off everything that hinders

and the sin that so easily entangles.

And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us,"

Hebrews 12:1 (NIV)

LEST I FEEL PUFFED...

I hung out with fifth graders today.

I had lunch in the teacher's lounge.

I proceeded to dump my entire drink

on my shirt right in front of

every single teacher MC 1 has.

Yep....humility....deflates you every time.

THE EARLY BIRD GETS NO GLORY...

I have been up since 4.

I am attempting pancakes this morning.

I know.

Audie makes the best.

I have already told my self-esteem there will be no glory this a.m.

A Martha Heart is running a series of Heart Prompts.

Short and sweet encouragements for this season.

Have a wonderful Wednesday!