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Monday... I'm doing my best.


Monday... I'm doing my best. Do you ever say that?

The Psalmist in 101:2 (MSG) says, "I'm finding my way down the road of right living," now that's a good thing to say "but how long before you show up?" and then it says, "I'm doing the best I can, and I'm doing it at home, where it counts." 

And that is a good thing to do and say. Someone has said that our weakest Christian link is at home. We do pretty well around our Christian' friends but at home, that is another story. So saying, "I'm doing the best I can, at home, where it counts" is something that we all wish we could say and need to say, isn't it?

I find that spending that time at the beginning of our day, cultivating our relationship with God can make such a difference in our relationships especially at home where it counts. How we react in our car going to church and coming home from church has such a strong influence on whether those in the car want to have a relationship with God. That is where it counts.

How a husband treats his wife, how a wife treats her husband and how parents treats their kids shows if their relationship with God is real. It shows if you are doing the best you can where it really counts.

The NLT says, "I will be careful to lead a blameless life - when will you come to help me? I will live a life of integrity in my own home."

So are you saying today, "I'm finding my way down the road of right living and I'm doing the best I can, at home, where it counts? By the way humbling yourself and asking for forgiveness from your husband, your wife and your kids when you need to ask it goes a long way. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning


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