Trial Day

I was so excited to start this blog today. I have been getting up early in the morning because I feel like God is wanting more time with me. So I decided to start getting up around 5 am in the morning. My kids get up around 6 or 6:30 to go to school so this gives me a chance to have some alone time with the Lord. I haven't really been doing as good as I like. This morning I didn't even hear the alarm but then again maybe the Lord knew I needed rest because I always hear the alarm. So back to my point, when I finally did get up this morning but I felt bad for not doing my time with God. That is when this blog came to mind. I don't feel like God wants us to be so down on ourselves. I mean I know we all make mistakes and obvisiously so does the Lord which is why He sent his only begotten son. I have found that all of my life, I have spent so much time punishing myself for things I asked God to forgive me for. I think we all tend to do that. We feel guilty for things that the Lord has tossed away. One of my favorite songs is Ocean Floor by Audio Adrenaline. That song is my anthem. I think the Lord has been trying to show me this for soooo long, that it was time to stop looking at my trials as punishments but as growth time and as blessings because this is my time to show Him my strength that He has given me. I am so proud to be a Christian and I am so thankful that God called me to Him. I want to grow to be thankful for my trials and that is what I am going to do. My blogs are my tributes to the Lord and they are my steps to peace and love and joy. They are my steps to be like God wants me to be.