Take care

Yesterday our preacher delivered a message from Haggai, a minor prophet in the Old Testament.  I don't know about you, but I had never read the words from Haggai, nor do I remember a sermon from that particular chapter in the Bible.

His message was simply "Consider your Ways!"  Consider what you do on  day to day basis and are you putting God first or are there other things interfering?  Do you have false gods (not a graven image) that keep you from putting God first in your life?  Are there things that get more of your time or more of your consideration than doing the will of God?  It was a wonderful message and definitely gave me food for thought about the things that get my time.

But me being me had to do a little Bible surfing to read other verses.   This particular verse spoke to me and gave me comfort.  Granted it is talking to the people of Haggai's time specifically but if you insert your own name it may speak to your heart as well.  "I am with you says the Lord. So the Lord stirred up the spirit of Bennetta wife of Lewis, mother of Tyler, Taylor and Torrie, grandmother of Case and Addie,  and she  came and worked on the house of the Lord of hosts.  Then you move on down and the Bible tells you the the Lord is with you.  "My Spirit remains among you; do not fear."  

Powerful words- "My Spirit remains among you; do not fear."  

So, as I go on this daily journey of life, putting God first and taking care of his house inside of me, there should be no worries that God can't help me handle.  Decisions I make in my personal life.  Decisions that I make at my job.   Tend to the temple inside of me first, and God will take care of the rest.  

"My Spirit remains among you; do not fear."