Home Sweet Home

Today is the first day of my fast. I realized this morning in prayer that I had forgotten how to worship in my own prayer closest. Worship - as in adoring and appreciating my Lord. I wanted to sing a song but the only song that came to my mind was one we downloaded last night with a catchy tune that kept going through my mind. I know what this fast is about for me personally and it is to ignite my personal devotional time with the Lord. "My" personal time with him...not my husbands. I need to come up with a way that I am not so uptight about letting loose in my time with the Lord while hubby is still downstairs reading, praying or having his breakfast. I need the words to songs in front of me to help me get started and I need to focus on scripture such as Psalms. I love my Prov31 devotional readings from the web and I think I will also use the one Greg posted on his blog in the evenings. So, this fast is about worship for me. Although I think about God everyday and offer prayers and thanksgiving to him throughout a given day, I have somehow neglected to bend the knee just to worship him on a daily basis. What is up with that?
So, the question in today's devotion that I could not answer was this:

If time, money or "reputation" were not an issue, what kinds of things would you want to do?

What would I do if TIME, MONEY, or REPUTATION were not an issue? Why can't I answer this question? I always run out time to do my exercises and give devotions the time HE deserves. If money were not an issue, we would live in a modest home on the water with plenty of room to have our family and friends for cookouts. Reputation! I have no idea how to answer this one. I don't think I have any desires that my reputation would keep me from doing. But on the other hand maybe I do. I have recently been on 2 mission trips and I loved the experience on both. I plan to go to Kenya this summer to minister to the widows and be an encouragement to them and the local church. I think my extended family does not understand this passion of mine to serve people in other countries. But now that I have been and seen that they make our poor in this country look rich, I am determined to go help spread the gospel, help them grow spiritually and physically as often as the Lord will allow me to go.