January 4, 2011

As we start this day, I hope you are on your way to finding and holding on to your joy.  I know I'm on the way to holding on to mines.  I thought long and hard yesterday about the whole treasure issue.  While I do like stuff as well as the next person, I don't think that's my treasure.  For years now, my treasure has been the approval of others.  I just had never considered it that way.  I would use knowledge, stuff, or whatever I thought I needed to in order to get the approval of others.  You see, in my mind, approval equated to acceptance and love.  I now know that you will never have the approval of everyone and it is possible for someone to not approve of something and still accept and love you.  The only approval I am seeking now is God's.  Of course old habits die hard, so if you see me looking or acting like I'm trying to get someone's approval, please gently (LOL) remind me that I don't even need it.  I read in the One Year Devotional Prayer book this morning some words that I grew up saying but never fully internalized.  In the Methodist church, we always said the following:

'Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight. O Lord, my strength and my redeemer.'

Can you imagine if we would actually do that?  Are the words of your mouth acceptable to God?  Is the meditation of your heart acceptable in His sight?  If you answered no to any of this, perhaps that should be at the top of your to-do list today.  

Have a fabulous day.  I'll 'see' you tomorrow.