Each Day...

There's something freeing to wake up each day knowing that in Christ I am a new creation. I'm not anywhere near perfect. But, I've chosen to follow the One who is. So each day....

• Each day is an empty page on which to paint a beautiful painting.

• Each day I'm given the choice to make music of the sounds in my world. I don't have to accept them as chaos but, have the choice to make them into a melody.

• Each day I can seek to see beyond the bottom of the tapestry of my life, all frayed & unattractive, and look through the eyes of God from Heaven's view.

So each day, when your mind tries to look back to form its view for the coming day, don't look back. The future is ahead. The past has nothing new to say.

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. 2 Corinthians 5:17

What can YOU do each day? 

Crazy Lazy! - 31 DAYS OF CRAZY - 08 October 2012

Yep... I blew it!  I thought about it during the day.  But, I was too lazy to do what I needed to do when I thought about it.  I was enjoying cuddling up under a cozy blanket as the cool temps took over our house.  The next time I thought about it, it was TOO LATE. Reluctantly I climbed from the warm comfort of my bed this morning & shivered.  It was cold, really COLD (and I hadn't left windows open, as I am known to do this time of year). When I checked the temp it read 35 degrees outside & 58 inside.  Brrrrrrrr!

At that moment, I thought of my tomato plants behind the barn.  Oops!  I should have covered those plants when I thought about it yesterday!  I love my fresh tomatoes.  As, a matter of fact, I usually can't make it to the house without eating a few!  I kept kicking myself all morning as I thought of those tomato plants! And, before I headed out to walk with my neighbor in the afternoon, I decided to quickly check on the plants.  Not a good find:

I once again kicked myself and thought, Ruthanne (my neighbor) would NEVER do that.  I bet she still has tomato plants growing in her garden still!  While walking with her, I mentioned how cold it had been the night before & learned she had not covered her tomato plants either.  It made me feel better!  And, it reminded me, that mistakes are mistakes but, we should learn from them -- not just condemn ourselves because of them.  When I am craving some fresh tomatoes on a salad or in a sandwich in the coming weeks, the lesson will be reinforced in my mind :)

SUMMARY:  Make a mistake... Learn... Move On :)

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