Comments on: The Messy Garage http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2008/02/29/the-messy-garage/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:57:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.1 By: Cheri http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2008/02/29/the-messy-garage/#comment-25959 Cheri Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:46:24 +0000 http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2008/02/29/the-messy-garage/#comment-25959 It feels so good when you finally get to the other side of " the dry spell". I, too, experience those times and you're right- it's hard. You have a great attitude about it...keep plugging away. Sometimes my attitude is not the same. Thanks for reminding me to press on! It feels so good when you finally get to the other side of ” the dry spell”. I, too, experience those times and you’re right- it’s hard. You have a great attitude about it…keep plugging away. Sometimes my attitude is not the same. Thanks for reminding me to press on!

]]> By: Anjanette http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2008/02/29/the-messy-garage/#comment-25960 Anjanette Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:19:35 +0000 http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2008/02/29/the-messy-garage/#comment-25960 Thanks for your timely post. I have been experiencing a very similar thing the last week or so. The song that I purchased a few days ago (because I know exactly what you are referring to with the worship songs as a motivator) is Calling for a Flood by John Waller. It infuses me with a desire to be bathed in the Holy Spirit. So, if you are looking for a good one, check it out. Thanks again for a great post. Thanks for your timely post. I have been experiencing a very similar thing the last week or so. The song that I purchased a few days ago (because I know exactly what you are referring to with the worship songs as a motivator) is Calling for a Flood by John Waller. It infuses me with a desire to be bathed in the Holy Spirit. So, if you are looking for a good one, check it out. Thanks again for a great post.

]]> By: Janice http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2008/02/29/the-messy-garage/#comment-25970 Janice Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:03:12 +0000 http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2008/02/29/the-messy-garage/#comment-25970 Oh yes - some days there are definitely 4 hundred things floating through my mind! Thanks for the ideas on focusing. I also loved how you said: 1. I experience times like this periodically in my walk with the Lord. They do not, however, define my walk with Him. 2. The more discouraged I allow myself to become, the longer I will stay in this state of distracted and dry prayer time. Oh yes - some days there are definitely 4 hundred things floating through my mind! Thanks for the ideas on focusing. I also loved how you said:

1. I experience times like this periodically in my walk with the Lord. They do not, however, define my walk with Him.
2. The more discouraged I allow myself to become, the longer I will stay in this state of distracted and dry prayer time.

]]> By: Kathleen Marie http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2008/02/29/the-messy-garage/#comment-26111 Kathleen Marie Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:11:43 +0000 http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2008/02/29/the-messy-garage/#comment-26111 "They do not, however, define my walk with Him." How crucial this line is. The mini-seasons do not define us! So true. I know that no matter what I am going through that I am a child of God and he loves me. As I look at my children and see their seasons of change, the things they go through and look back on my life I know my Heavenly Daddy looks down on me and encourages me to grow and move on and sometimes I just think he wants me to just spend time on his lap. God Bless! “They do not, however, define my walk with Him.” How crucial this line is. The mini-seasons do not define us! So true. I know that no matter what I am going through that I am a child of God and he loves me.

As I look at my children and see their seasons of change, the things they go through and look back on my life I know my Heavenly Daddy looks down on me and encourages me to grow and move on and sometimes I just think he wants me to just spend time on his lap.

God Bless!

]]> By: Rebecca http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2008/02/29/the-messy-garage/#comment-26587 Rebecca Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:27:25 +0000 http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2008/02/29/the-messy-garage/#comment-26587 I know how that feels..I am a fulltime, working mom of two boys and so often overwhelmed with balancing everything I often get distracted with finding solutions to all my challenges and problems instead of focusing on God..I feel often like I have 5 or 6 dirty garages to clean out in my life! I need to focus instead on how God has blessed me-I have a wonderful husband and two healthy boys, a job with decent hours (off by 5pm) and a company that allow me to keep my family a priortiy. I know how that feels..I am a fulltime, working mom of two boys and so often overwhelmed with balancing everything I often get distracted with finding solutions to all my challenges and problems instead of focusing on God..I feel often like I have 5 or 6 dirty garages to clean out in my life!
I need to focus instead on how God has blessed me-I have a wonderful husband and two healthy boys, a job with decent hours (off by 5pm) and a company that allow me to keep my family a priortiy.

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