Choose to Love Him

By Carrie Edwards

It has been a few days since I have penned a message, and not because I did not want to, but life has a way of running away with your time.

If like mine, your to-do tends to get longer, and your hours shorter.

For this reason, I often find myself thinking of the “days of old”. The days where time was measured by the position of the sun in the sky, and where you awoke and went to bed when your body told you to, and your work was done.

There are so many things that we can be thankful for in this age, modern medicine, connection throughout the world, conveniences that make life “easier” but let us not forget to slow down, smell the roses, or the coffee, whichever is preferred (I vote for coffee in the morning, roses in the afternoon) and remember to enjoy every moment that is gifted to us from the One above.

Because that’s what it is, a gift, to receive and share. Each of us, that’s you and me, were placed here with purpose. A plan, you see, to fulfill our place in time for Him.

First, to Choose Him and Love Him, secondly to love  fiercely others and third to use our gifts and our purpose to share His Gospel, throughout all nations.

May we take the time to pencil  this into our To-Do list. I am reminding myself of this as my fingers brush quickly over my small keypad .

This week is a great time to start, as we embrace a new month.

 May we remember that we control how our time is spent.

 We control what we do with the amount we have been given.

We control the difference between well spent and wasted.

Note to self: Spend Your Time Wisely,

– Carrie

Words fill her head every moment of the day. Built Southern Strong, Carrie appreciates porch breezes, fire pits, dirt roads, and yes, sweet tea. She defines herself first, as a Child of God, and Christ-follower. Second to Him, she is a wife to a man that the Good Lord put in her path 21 years ago, and that she knows, loves her more today, in all of her quirkiness, than he did when they first met. Carrie and Josh, along with their three children, whom she will tell you act and look more like their dad, depending on the day, call rural Georgia home, and attend First Baptist Church, Warrenton. To find out more about Carrie you can follow her on Facebook, or on her website.

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