Yesterday morning after completing my devotions and blog entry, I finished the last 3 video assignments for the Boise State Univ. project I’d committed to doing.  I don’t know if I’ve explained much about this.  I accepted the project because the two creators of it are “professional friends” from work I’ve done in the last 8 years.  I’d worked individually with each of them on other projects and now they were working together and I had a chance to be part of it.  I accepted it without any reservations–in fact, I accepted it thinking how fun it would be to work with two such competent people again.  It hadn’t crossed my mind to talk to the TEAM–God, Jesus and The Holy Spirit.  Well, you can predict the ending.  Yes, I could do the work and I did it.  However, all through the project I knew I was spending time on something that was not motivated by this critically important TEAM.  As I finished yesterday I had this weight lifted from me and this morning I feel like a new person.  I’ve made a firm commitment to confirm with them before I say yes again.

I was feeling so good yesterday about finishing that project that I text Kathy while I was out picking the raspberries and told her we were going out last night.  Kathy was gone for the day.  She was telling me last night that she told our 10 year old granddaughter who was with her that grandpa had asked her out on a date.  My granddaughter thought that was really neat.  I’m not a very romantic guy so I’m thinking this is something I should do more often–the grandkids are watching!

My journal had a verse at the top of the page this morning I was writing in.  It reads:  “The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease.  Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning…. The Lord is good to those who depend on him, to those who search for him.”  I thought when reading it that it is a wonderful set of verses.  I look where they were from and they were written in Lamentations 3: 22-23, 25.  Even when we are lamenting over our past sins and mistakes the truth of who God is never changes.  I’m so very grateful for the solidity of this anchor in my life. I want to be a much better listener to God’s Holy Spirit in my life now that I’m awake to His Holy presence within me.