Good Morning!

How is everyone out there in cyberland? Things here are going pretty well, I think.

Change is in the air- be it the weather, the end of the school year, or the happenings with the congregation- things are changing. I can "feel it in my bones". My own "bones" have some changing to do as well.

I realized the other day that I keep telling my son that if he doesn't like the times he's getting on his math work, to do something about it. "Make yourself focus", I say. "Concentrate. No one can do that for you." It was sort of an "ah ha" for me because there are things in my life I have struggled with for years ("I want to do this, but I just can't seem to...."). I suddenly realized I need to take my own advice. If I want to develop a habit of getting up earlier, then I need to get up earlier...Just Do It! Nobody's going to drag me out of bed (most mornings!).

I guess it's a matter of deciding it's something I really want and going for it. Now, I know I can't do things on my own strength, but God has not left me powerless. I have just failed to tap into that power which is available for the asking.

So this summer, for me, is about tapping into that power. It's about allowing God to do in me what He has wanted to for so long - what I have wanted for Him to do - just not bad enough to do anything about it.

Change is scary, and habits are hard to break - Help me, God. I'm gonna need it!

Later!