{"id":501,"date":"2021-10-20T11:07:31","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T11:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myhamperrunnethover.com\/?p=501"},"modified":"2021-10-20T13:44:37","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T13:44:37","slug":"wednesdays-thought-may-his-good-spirit-lead-me-on-level-ground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myhamperrunnethover.com\/?p=501","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday’s Thought — May His Good Spirit Lead Me on Level Ground"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As I wake this morning and look at the day ahead, it feels destined to be a chaotic one. There is more on the list than there should be. In addition to our normal busy school day, the hampers are indeed “running over”, we have a necessary doctor’s appointment, a costume to make, and an FCC game. My initial reaction is to look at it and cringe, so much to do, so little time — I feel that way too often. But I also look at those things and realize, they should be fun (other than the doctor), there should be joy, there should be delight. If I can pause, and I can stop focusing on how much there is to do, but instead enjoy whatever is currently at hand, taking one thing at a time– it can feel less overwhelming, it can be less chaotic. God has placed these things before me to do today. I can do them with joy, I can do them with peace, I can do them while walking in His Spirit. When I pause, when I slow down, when I just do the next thing that He has for me with joy, the day looks a lot different. “May your good spirit lead me on level ground.” When I think about this, I generally only apply it to big decisions or big, difficult things in life. But I don’t think that’s what God intended for us. Even in my silly, overly packed day, I can let His spirit lead me on level ground. I can let Him keep me from chaos and frustration. So now, I will do the next thing that He calls me to with joy, but I’m still hopeful that the checklist will get done in the process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. <\/p>

Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life. <\/p>

Rescue me from my enemies, Lord, for I hide myself in you.<\/p>

Teach me to do your will, for you are my God;<\/p>

May your good spirit lead me on level ground. <\/p>Psalm 143:8-10<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to listen to this verse set to music. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As I wake this morning and look at the day ahead, it feels destined to be a chaotic one. There is more on the list than there should be. In addition to our normal busy school day, the hampers are indeed “running over”, we have a necessary doctor’s appointment, a costume to make, and an FCC game. My initial reaction is to look at it and cringe, so much to do, so little time — I feel that way too often. But I also look at those things and realize, they should be fun (other than the doctor), there should be joy, there should be delight. If I can pause, and I can stop focusing on how much there is to do, but instead enjoy whatever is currently at hand, taking one thing at a time– it can feel less overwhelming, it can be less chaotic. God has placed these things before me to do today. I can do them with joy, I can do them with peace, I can do them while walking in His Spirit. When I pause, when I slow down, when I just do the next thing that He has for me with joy, the day looks a lot different. “May your good spirit lead me on level ground.” When I think about this, I generally only apply it to big decisions or big, difficult things in life. But I don’t think that’s what God intended for us. Even in my silly, overly packed day, I can let His spirit lead me on level ground. I can let Him keep me from chaos and frustration. So now, I will do the next thing that He calls me to with joy, but I’m still hopeful that the checklist will get done in the process. Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life. Rescue me from my enemies, Lord, for I hide myself in you. Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; May your good spirit lead me on level ground. Psalm 143:8-10 Click here to listen to this verse set to music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[128],"class_list":["post-501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inspiration","tag-psalm-1438-10"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/myhamperrunnethover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_2629.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myhamperrunnethover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myhamperrunnethover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myhamperrunnethover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myhamperrunnethover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myhamperrunnethover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=501"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/myhamperrunnethover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":505,"href":"https:\/\/myhamperrunnethover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501\/revisions\/505"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myhamperrunnethover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myhamperrunnethover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myhamperrunnethover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myhamperrunnethover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}