Day of Milestones
Yesterday was a day of a milestones for me. The first milestone was finishing up day 40 of my 90 day reading plan for reading through the bible. Each day you read between three and five chapters of three different books; one from the beginning, one from the middle, and one from the end. For instance yesterday's readings were from Joshua, Ecclesiastes, and Acts. I can not believe the difference in myself an the impact on my life that has come from the reading the Word daily. The past few weeks at work have been really trying and when I start to get upset I look at the Bible sitting on my desk, pray for those upsetting me and pray for calm and the frustrations leave me. I then refocus and reflect on Colossians 3:23 and remember who my Boss really is.
The second milestone of the day was reaching 28 days of being smoke-free! Twenty-eight days ago I can honestly say that I did not think that I would see this many days of being smoke-free (well twenty-nine now since that was yesterday). Even if I thought I would make it this far I knew that I would be needing the assistance of a quitting aid, the patch, but I haven't worn one of them in two weeks either. This time is definitely different. While I do not want to come off as being cocky, because I know that at anytime I could possibly slip-up, I think the biggest factor at work here is Jesus and my constant intercession to Him to give me the strength to beat this. I said this quite a few times over the past four weeks, but I am saying it one more time, Jesus was the missing piece from all the previous attempts and there was too much reliance on myself. I have lifted it up to the Lord, and will continue to do so, and placed it in His hands.
Well it is time to bring this entry to a close and go get ready for work. Have a good day everyone and GOD BLESS!
The second milestone of the day was reaching 28 days of being smoke-free! Twenty-eight days ago I can honestly say that I did not think that I would see this many days of being smoke-free (well twenty-nine now since that was yesterday). Even if I thought I would make it this far I knew that I would be needing the assistance of a quitting aid, the patch, but I haven't worn one of them in two weeks either. This time is definitely different. While I do not want to come off as being cocky, because I know that at anytime I could possibly slip-up, I think the biggest factor at work here is Jesus and my constant intercession to Him to give me the strength to beat this. I said this quite a few times over the past four weeks, but I am saying it one more time, Jesus was the missing piece from all the previous attempts and there was too much reliance on myself. I have lifted it up to the Lord, and will continue to do so, and placed it in His hands.
Well it is time to bring this entry to a close and go get ready for work. Have a good day everyone and GOD BLESS!
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