It's a tad late to wish a Happy New Year but I sure hope that it's kicked off good for everyone. Ours kicked off with being so THANKFUL for what God has done and is doing. As I told my family as we were reminiscing over 2024, "There is a lot of 2024 I DO NOT WANT A RE-DO but the Lord has surely taught me so very much. I am truly thankful for each breath, each day, family and close friends. We had our three youngest grands for New Years Eve. We had a great time and the girls enjoyed a little fishing, bonfire with their great-grandfather and roasting marshmallows. Their great-grandfather will be 90 years old next month. As most of you know I do a monthly focus board and this makes my 3rd or 4th year. I've lost count. Only fitting that New Beginnings would be my focus for January. This has been so good for me as it sits on my kitchen counter so I can see it daily. Wonderful way to focus and quote God's Word daily. I felt up to hosting a lunch and movie day with ...
Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him. Psalm 34:8
Have you ever just had a hankering for something and you knew that you would not be satisfied until you got it? Well, that is how I felt about Mashed Potatoes!
I had everything I needed to make my mashed potatoes and my sweet husband (God bless his little heart) calls me to say, "Cindy, BABY, (he adds the "baby" in when he wants something) my office is having a cookout and I signed you up for potato salad and I need for you to make that today because it is for tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!! Okay, so being thesubmissive sweet wife that I am......I said "Sure, no problem! Of course I must confess that I didn't say that until AFTER I told him I had bought potatoes for my hankering!!! I decided I would not be outdone so on to Plan B. I just so happened to have a pack of frozen cubed hashbrowns. Mashed potatoes was still in the making.
You know what else I thought about though? What if we had such a hankering for Jesus? We cannot be satisfied because we desire more of Him!More of His Word, More praying, More meditation on Him, More listening to Him, MORE of Him period...so much so that we will go to Plan B to get More of HIM!
I can remember when I was raising my three girls how hard it was at times to get just an extra 5 minutes to study His Word. It was hard to deliberately make the choice to make the time...somehow, somewhere and someway. On one particular day (another story for another day) I remember vividly praying, "Lord, give me a desire to know You more...give me a passion for Your Word and give me the "Time" I need. Help me Father not to settle for 2nd best.
From that time on the Lord gave me a hankering. I'd look for ways to come up with Plan B. My Plan B at times was waiting till my girls was in bed for the night while other times I would arise 30 minutes early prior to getting them up and ready for their day. Some days I would grab 5 minutes here and 10 minutes there. A lot of times I simply had to choose between good things and greater things! HARD? Oh yes! SATISFYING? Oh yes! You see, when you have a hankering for Jesus HE MAKES A WAY! Somehow, somewhere and someway! Sometimes...we just gotta have a Plan B!
Good, Better, Best....Never let it rest until your Good is Better and Your Better is Best!
And once we taste Him...Oh my friend...HE IS SO GOOD!
Hugs and blessings, Cindy
Have you ever just had a hankering for something and you knew that you would not be satisfied until you got it? Well, that is how I felt about Mashed Potatoes!
I had everything I needed to make my mashed potatoes and my sweet husband (God bless his little heart) calls me to say, "Cindy, BABY, (he adds the "baby" in when he wants something) my office is having a cookout and I signed you up for potato salad and I need for you to make that today because it is for tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!! Okay, so being the
You know what else I thought about though? What if we had such a hankering for Jesus? We cannot be satisfied because we desire more of Him!More of His Word, More praying, More meditation on Him, More listening to Him, MORE of Him period...so much so that we will go to Plan B to get More of HIM!
I can remember when I was raising my three girls how hard it was at times to get just an extra 5 minutes to study His Word. It was hard to deliberately make the choice to make the time...somehow, somewhere and someway. On one particular day (another story for another day) I remember vividly praying, "Lord, give me a desire to know You more...give me a passion for Your Word and give me the "Time" I need. Help me Father not to settle for 2nd best.
From that time on the Lord gave me a hankering. I'd look for ways to come up with Plan B. My Plan B at times was waiting till my girls was in bed for the night while other times I would arise 30 minutes early prior to getting them up and ready for their day. Some days I would grab 5 minutes here and 10 minutes there. A lot of times I simply had to choose between good things and greater things! HARD? Oh yes! SATISFYING? Oh yes! You see, when you have a hankering for Jesus HE MAKES A WAY! Somehow, somewhere and someway! Sometimes...we just gotta have a Plan B!
Good, Better, Best....Never let it rest until your Good is Better and Your Better is Best!
And once we taste Him...Oh my friend...HE IS SO GOOD!
Hugs and blessings, Cindy
Love this post Cindy! And I have never heard the good, better, best but I love it! Thanks for sharing.
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It's wonderful that He blesses with a hankering for Him. Thanks for that perfectly-relatable, southern fried version of that wonderful truth! :)
ReplyDeleteHE is so good and I hanker for Him all the time!
ReplyDeleteYou are so good, Cindy, and so right. ...Christine
ReplyDeleteSuch a beautiful analogy Cindy. I still am striving to read my scriptures daily. Always start out good the first of the year, but already slacking off. I need a hankering!
ReplyDeletehugs,
Jann
Love it Cindy!!
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