Day 13 - Worship that Pleases God

"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength." Mark 12: 30

Wow, after reading yesterday's post, the truth is even hard for me to read. Things took another turn for the worse however, because, on the way home from work, my car broke down, again. It just stopped running.

On a good note, my daughter Tracy, must have paid our cell phone bill, since she is on my plan and her phone went off too. Service was restored yesterday afternoon.

Thank God for that, otherwise I would have been stranded on a country road, with no cell phone. I did call my son Adam, and he came to my rescue. I had the car towed to a place in St. Albert, which cost me the rest of my grocery money until payday, next Thursday.

My son, let me use his car again, which does not make me feel good at all. I feel like a sponge. I am thankful. It is pretty hard to do my job without a car, and like I said before, if I don't work, I don't eat. Mind you, that could be a great weight loss program. Hope I don't have to resort to using it.

Now back to my friendship with God, and the Purpose Driven Life: It says that God likes when we are honest, and I am trying to be as brutally honest with Him as I possibly can. However, I think that works both ways.

While I was driving to work, I believe God reminded me of the things I was supposed to be doing when I got back to Canada in December. I was supposed to be tying up loose ends. I was supposed to get my taxes done, and sent in. I was supposed to get rid of all my stuff from my daughters basement, I was supposed to pay off my bills, and start saving some money, and most important of all, I was supposed to study for my California Real Estate Licence. And, I was supposed to work out and get into shape, and figure out what I was going to do with my car.

Did I? Nope. I did do my taxes, but I did not send them in. I did get rid of the stuff in my daughter's basement, but now it is in the place I rented. Sort of one step forward and one back. As far as 'paying bills' goes, I am even more in debt, after fixing my car and moving into my new place.

I started off good. I worked out and did, and worked hard, and tried to study, but there was too much distraction at my daughters house, at least, that was my excuse. Excuses, Excuses, Excuses...I think my friend God is tired of them. He has thrown the ball back in my park, and now I know without a doubt, it is I who has to "DO SOMETHING"!!!

I realize, I am back at SQUARE ONE, and have no one to blame but myself. I must dig in and start doing what God told me to do. I pray He will give me another chance. I think He will, and I know He is a God of SECOND CHANCES.

"Now God, all I need is the energy to do what I am told, that is going to have to come from you, thanks God.