Day 1

Happy New Years!!!

Well here we are, Day 1.  I am both nervous and excited.  If you are looking for great writtings or deep insites, you are probabaly at the wrong blog.  I am just going to write things as they come in my head.  Thats the way I talk, so that is how I will write. Also you can expect a lot of spelling errors!!! Lets see where this jouney takes us.

I had a good walk this morning and was able to get finished just as the rain set in.  I did get my goal of 30 min of walking with 2x 1 min of jogging. My focus, however, was not where it needed to be. I could not get my mind out of the physical world and into the spritual.  I will do better tomorrow in the cold!!

Came in house and drank my warm water and lemon juice mixture.....just cant see why that has not been more popular!  Ate my 1/2 cup of Fiber One Cereal with 1 Cup of almond milk which btw is pretty dang good!

As I begin my fast, I want to learn how to write my prayers. I know this sound simple, but for a first timer I am stuggling.  One thing I have learned is I can talk a lot faster than I write.  Why do I even want to write my prayers down?  I think it is a good way of documenting my walk with God during the next 40 days.  I belive it will show how I am growing spirtually.

Day 1 Devotion "First Fruits" Ezekiel 44:30.

So I read the first 2 lines of this devotional and it slaps me in the face.  We in modern times tend to think of first fruits as our tithes. God doesnt need our money. The first fruit God wants is us. Here is my opening prayer for day 1. Lord, today I give You the first of me. I will put You first in my life Amen.  So simple but so hard.  My priorites and not where they should be.  The devil is a sneaky fellow. He has found the simplist way to steer us away from God.....the letter l.  Thats right the letter l. See look how small it is, really not very noticable at all. He can just slide it right in our lives and we never even notice until one day we look up and BAM we are far away from God.  How did this happen? How did I drift away from God?  The letter l.  Dont believe me just look.  We are in the Word walking with God then we get slipped the l. We are so busy in our daily routine we just never notice it. Word + l = World. See we went from being in the Word to in the World.  The Devil likes to keep us busy, yeah we tithe when we think about it. When was the last time we gave the first fruit of ourselves?  I must, during the next 40 days repriortize what is important in my life and live accordianly. Can this be done in 40 days? According to the Bible, God can change the world in 40 days !! Just ask Noah.

I hope each of you have a blessed 2012 and lets give the first fruits God really wants this year