Inspiration!

Are my eyes open to inspiration?  Am I willing or desiring to be inspired?  There was a time that I was looking to be inspired.  My thinking was, if I were to be inspired it as because of someone else.  It's that way for many of us.  I looked to others for inspiration.  An inspiration that was short lived.  It wasn't permanent. 

There are two ways to use inspiration as I see it.  One to make us feel better which is temporary. Or an inspiration was already within us looking for a way to be released.  

I have spent money on book, CD's and time looking for the magic pill that would inspire me to do...you fill in the blank.  I'm not alone when I say this.  We are a people with an insatiable need for being fulfilled.  And I don't mean that in a bad way.  God created this within each one of us. It is a normal God-given part of who we are.  

So, my question is, why do we look outside ourselves for inspiration?  Yes, there will be a person, place or thing that will spark the beginnings of inspiration but why not look inside? Why not look to our own hearts, mind and soul for the answers.  I know that when I have looked inside to acknowledge the inspiration then act on it, it becomes what I was intended to be.  I am doing what God has made me for.  I have opened my eyes to what He sees in me.  I have acknowledged His glory within me.  How powerful is that!  Making me Fit for Him.

Till next time,

Thank you!

Thank you Lord for Barbara.  Thank you for the person she was and for her love.  Thank you for the way she loved my dad and the joy she gave to him.  Thank you the way she loved my dad's grandchildren that become her own.  Thank you for the laughter, joking and fun we had with her. Thank you for how excited she was for all the family to get together taking up every bed for Labor Day Weekend.  

I will miss her with all my heart!  

Barbara was married to my dad and was my stepmother for the last 24 years.

Making us Fit for Him! 

Till next time...