Psalm 146:3

"Do not put your trust in princes, in mortal men, who cannot save." Psalm 146:3 NIV

I was watching the Nightly News on Sunday. I think it was ABC. They had a segment about how many churches that day had prayed for Mr. Obama as he prepared to take the Oath of Office on Tuesday.

They mentioned Psalm 146:3 at the end of the segment. I was stunned, overjoyed, pleased, still am, but stunned.

Three Alarm Clocks

I don't know about you, but i have three alarm clocks to make sure i make it up in the morning. The first two are on the same clock and sit on the shelf above my pillow. I set the first alarm for ten minutes before i'm supposed to get up and the second alarm for five minutes before. However, usually, when the first one goes off, i turn them both off. The third alarm is battery operated and sits on my dresser across the room from my bed. I'm sure you get the picture.

Two weeks ago I began to realize that Buddy was waking me up before my first alarm would go off. Initially i thought i had lots of time between his attempts to wake me up and my first alarm. But oh no. He'd wake me up about five minutes before it would go off. You might think, k, he's just used to your schedule. Except that some days i'd set the alarms for 10:30am and sometimes for 9:30am. Friday morning i even set it for 8:30am and he still did it. go figure.

I think it's interesting, but i still want my five additional minutes of sleep. lol.

Happy New Year - some advice... forgive

My word of encouragement and advice for this new year is forgive.

A friend suggested a while back that when i have been offended to pray the following: "I forgive __________ . I release ______________ . I release God's blessing on _____________."

I don't normally like rote prayers. But i find if i sincerely pray this for someone and don't cringe by the end of it, then I'm free. If i cringe, i pray it again until i don't anymore.

God's blessing be on all of you throughout 2009.