A prisoner unaware

Hot vanilla tea, window open and the damp breeze blowing in, a deliciously warm, soft blanket, and an eye-opening book to start my day. The morning of champions, right there!

Have you ever had one of those moments where you are reading a book and a phrase, quote, line, whatever, stops you dead in your tracks? Like, "Whoa, okay God, I hear ya loud and clear!", and you know right then that line was written for the very second it meets your eyes. I had one of these moments today. God is always surprising me with cool stuff like that and I find it so incredibly wrong not to share.

Anyway, I was reading this morning a book called Breaking Free by Beth Moore. I kid you not, I am only 6 pages in and the content of this book already is jumping off the page and smacking me in the face. On the first page she writes about how marveled she is that she once thought that the only captive people were the spiritually lost. Wait, what? You're telling me that I am a Christian, and I am still fighting captivity? Say it isn't so! I think that is something we Christians like to forget about, or maybe we just don't like to think about it. Yes, we are saved from an eternity in hell, but every day we wake up, we are one little mistake here, and one little compromise there from being the worst kind of captive; a prisoner unaware, the easiest prey there is.

So today, my heart cry is that God would pry open my comfortably closed mind from the inside out. I want His presence in my life to be evident in a big way so that I do not become a prisoner unaware of my captivity. I want to be walking in His will with an open mind. I am going to be honest with you, I am shaking in my boots. I am scared to death! But that is okay with God. He sees our fears and insecurities and understands that we are scared. But I am constantly reminded by the Spirit in my weak moments that I can shed a few tears and be terrified out of my mind, but if I follow His will, He has victory for me.

At last...

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HM

Life on life's terms.

So as I am waiting for my wonderfully delicious Egyptian cotton sheets to dry, I found myself using the most amazing tool on the web, Stumble Upon. I, for lack of better words, stumbled upon a list that a lady created of lessons that life has taught her. So hey, here's mine; a lesson for every year.

1. It's not okay to be angry with God. But He can take it, even if you are.
2. Life. Isn't. Fair.
3. When life sucks, take baby steps. Nobody expects you to leap in your weak moments.
4. Don't ever compare your life to someone elses. Just don't. You have no idea what they're going through.
5. Life is too short to be lukewarm, so get busy living or get busy dying.
6. Forgive every chance possible.
7. Cry, when necessary.
8. Finding a balance in everything is the key to success.
9. Chocolate is good for the soul, I don't care what you say!!
10. A messy room=a scattered brain.
11. If you know what you want, go for it. And don't take no for an answer.
12. Take time to live. Appreciate the little things.
13. You don't have to be friends with everybody, but you do have to love them.
14. Silence isn't always golden.
15. Change is good, although it doesn't always feel that way.
16. Envy is a waste of time. If God wanted you to have something, He'd give it to you.
17. God's timing for everything is absolutely perfect. Don't question Him.
18. Do what you love, and don't settle.
19. Always let the past be the past.
20. Hope for the best but prepare for the worst in everyone and everything.
21. Don't slow down, and don't look back. Life just keeps on moving.