Inspire me Monday - Week Sixteen

The day after.The celebrations are over. The tomb was rolled away. The eggs have been found. The ham eaten and the cake so perfectly shaped like an egg is looking a bit like a sad smashed colorful shoe laying in the coconut grass.Do you see what I did there?  I didn't mean to, but looking back at my words, I stuck that the tomb was rolled away in between references of ham and cake.  The most important and single most pivotal event in all of human history within a paragraph of the daily of life.And I am feeling like now more than ever, that is what I am doing to God.  I am sticking Him in the mundane things, but instead of looking for Him to make the mundane into meaningful, I just making Him mundane. Instead of my life being different because of the power that I have in the Word that He has given me, I am just checking off the boxes for I don't even know what.  Do you ever feel like that?He has come so that we may have life and have it abundantly. He has come to be our greatest cheerleader. He came and died with the twigs on his head so that I may be able to tell the story.But how is that different in my life?  In my purpose as a woman, a mom, a wife, a writer, a believer?Because all of those roles, are just that. . . roles.  But the last one is my life. And how is my life different? How is your life different?Like Tony Evans writes:"Maybe you are blessed with an excellent education or a favorable appearance or even a good life. Whatever it is that God has given you - be it a talent, a gift, or unique capacity in life - He has dome it on purpose. Not so you will hoard your blessings, but so you can use the position He has given to you to bring about His purpose in the lives of others around you." (Kingdom Woman,  pg.190)

So this is it...my charge to us as a community. My challenge to myself. To live out our purpose. But in order to do that, we must define our purpose - to live our lives for the glory of God so that others may declare His mighty works and praise His name.  

And how has he chosen for you to do that? Please let me know in the comments and I will pray for you this week. Is it in serving your son who is a little lost in the family right now? Is it taking care of your dad? It might be a dinner that you are having to share Jesus with your sister.  It might be a graduation party you are preparing for in order to celebrate your daughter.  It might be the gift of your husband and how you can put him before yourself. Maybe it is in a blog or an article that you are writing. It might be in your home - opening it up to someone.  Please let me know one thing that you are choosing to do this week that gives the blessings that He has given you back to Him.

 And now for the inspiration from this community that makes our shoulders let down in comfort and know we are not alone.

If you have a minute, please go say HI to our sweet hostesses. These friends make the most of their moments with sweet words, photos, and inspirations. And starting in May, we will be having guest hostesses! I cannot wait!Angie {Facebook, Twitter}, Cindy {Facebook, Twitter}, Denise {Facebook,Twitter}, Natalie {Facebook, Twitter}, and Robin {Blog, Twitter}And here is where we make it easy to share a little love - just copy this code to put in your blog post.

 

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 So now it is your turn...We all need a little inspiration.Rules are easy peasy:1. Write, show, or share something that will inspire others. It can be one thing or several. It can be a quick thing like a quote or a longer thing like sharing some verses in the Bible and what it says to you or a tutorial on making your own wrapping paper. Anything goes.2. No blog? No worries… share in your comments something that could inspire others.3. Link back over here using that sweet little button made just for this or a blog link and invite your friends.3. Link up your blog and join the community of inspiring people by using the cute little linky tool.4. Use the URL of your specific post, not just your home page. We want to get right to the inspiration that you are sharing with us!5. Make sure you go get some inspiration from other bloggers, but especially the one right before you and give a little commentencouragement! This is the fun part ~ already encouraging and inspiring others right from the get go!