The Rudder of My Days

"The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day."

~Henry Ward Beecher

Rudder~"that which guides or governs the course"

Webster's 1828

What shall be the rudder of this day?

This day You've given me. This day full of new mercies.  This day that sings of Your grace.

This day I will never have again.

How will I spend this first hour? 

Will it be on rabbit trails on the computer or chats on social media?

Will it be spent blogging my own thoughts or being inspired by the thoughts of great men?

Will it be the reading the latest news or witty political commentary or theological debates?

Will it be doing another load of laundry and the many urgent tasks that call my name?

Or will it be Your words that guide and govern me? The Voice of Truth. The Way of Wisdom.

The One Who truly shows me how to love my children better, what to think of the latest news, how to spend my time wisely. The One Who shows me how to have a quiet and gentle spirit in the midst of things undone and many needs to meet. These words of life that transform me and renew my mind, that I may glorify You in all things and walk steadfastly in wisdom's way.

These words that are profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for instruction in righteousness.

Oh, Heavenly Father, let me desire Your guidance and governing above all.  Let Your Words of life be the rudder of my days. Let them be my first desire when I wake and my soul's food all the day long.

With love,

Trisha

This is a Must-See Video!

Watching this will take away less than 10 minutes from your life, but it could truly inspire you to rethink the choices you make each day.  Every day the world is telling us what God calls sin is not sin, and Christians like to play with this kind of fire quite a bit.

I love how Pastor Harris emphasizes what God calls us to really know, and it's not all of the details about evil.  It made me reflect not just on my own heart, but also on the hearts of my children.  Am I being as diligent as I should be in turning them away from evil and to good?  Where do all of the daily influences lead?  And what voices am I listening to to determine what is good and evil?  Is it the Word, or do I too easily give in to the thought that other Christians find certain things acceptable and therefore shrug my shoulders and agree that I should, too? 

It's much food for thought, and it's definitely convicting.  As the song says, bondage to sin is most often a "slow fade" as we let our guards down bit by bit.
~Queen Mom

Psalm 121

Our Scripture memory passages for this month are Psalm 121 and Psalm 127. Here is Reaches Up's recitation of the first one. Yes, he takes his Scripture memory seriously :). (He actually loves reciting his memory passages even though he looks SO serious, and God has given him the ability to memorize quite easily and quickly. In other words, he puts some of us to shame.)

(This is the very passage that the Holy Spirit brought to mind as I was waiting on the operating table for the doctors to deliver Claire...)