Prayer & Snow Pants

Prayer. Goodness, where to even begin. It's essential. I don't know how people get through their day without it. While I'm not one of those people that devotes a portion of my day to "quiet time" with God, I do talk to Him often throughout the day. My prayers are rarely formal, they're basically me talking to a very dear friend. Lately I've been convicted by the superficiality of my prayers. I've been talking to God but haven't really been nurturing my relationship with Him. I'm so quick to invest in worldly things - exercise, keeping the house, laundry, cooking, even watching television - but I haven't been investing in the most important thing which is my relationship with my Lord and Savior. A friend once shared that he felt the reason it was so difficult for us to invest in our relationship with Jesus was because satan doesn't want us to. Isn't that a different perspective? Of course satan doesn't want me to grow in my personal relationship with God. He wants me to become entrenched in the routine distractions of life and not focus my attention on serving the Lord.

I've been trying to pray more specifically lately and have been making an effort the past couple days to be more intentional in nurturing my relationship with Jesus. I'm also starting to meet with a couple friends to begin forming "accountability" relationships. My goal through these actions is to fan into flame a passion for cultivating my relationship with Jesus. I desire to be a wife, mother, daughter and friend that is pleasing to the Lord. I want to feel confident sharing my faith with others and speaking openly about my trust in the Lord. I want everyone to know that I'm a Christian!

This is where I'm at. I'm flawed...we're all flawed. And life is utterly hopeless. But God sent his Son to die on the cross so that we could have a relationship with Him...where there is hope, unconditional love, eternal life, and joy. This is definitely a relationship worth investing in.

On a lighter note, Reed's been waking up every day asking for his snow boots and snow pants. He's so stinking cute. Ever since we went sledding last week he's wanted to go outside and play. He'll come over and say, "Go ouside...no pants....boots". He's definitely looking forward to the next snow!