Joy in Simplicity - #23

Working on catching up with my blog series. I am committed to finishing this series! And hope that I can do some catching up today!

Today I want to challenge you to live your life with a signature of significance! But before I go on I want to give credit where credit is due. I didn't come up with that title or this idea, it is straight from the mouth of Louie Giglio, but more importantly straight from the heart of God.

On Sunday when I was skipping church once again (bedrest) I decided to check out a sermon by Louie and found this one. It was so awesome - I even took notes as I was laying in bed. It's main theme from scripture was the passage in Col. 3 that says - whatever you do, do all in the name of the Lord! (that is a bit of a paraphrase)

The premise of the whole talk was that whatever you do - you should be excellent at it, whether you are a plumber, a dancer, a pastor, a housekeeper, a housewife.... be awesome at it! Because at the end of the day our lives are to point to Jesus Christ. And to quote Louie "excellence always builds a platform for us to share Jesus Christ with the whole world"

Your platform may be cameras and a microphone, it may be a conversation with a client asking you why you choose to integrity over dishonesty, in a world that rarely values the first.

So my challenge to you is to simply be excellent at what God has called you to be! Remember excellence is not an act, it is a habit! Live it!!! Find Joy in it!!

Joy in Simplicity Series #1

My heart longs for a new start... a love new beginnings...and today is one of those - "the old is gone and the new has come!" (2Cor. 5:17) Today I encourage you to find joy in simply knowing that in Christ you are new creation - the old is gone and the new has come!

Check out this amazing video that will inspire you as we begin something new - this first day of 2011!

In the days and the weeks to come I will be devoting my blog to simplifying your life - first by focusing on what is truly important and that is our relationship with Christ, then on simplifying our space - whether it would be at home or work - then simplifying our stuff whether is would be possessions, our emotions, or our social life.

Today we are focusing solely on who we are in Christ - WE are a NEW CREATION!!! WE are a CHILD OF THE KING! WE are the BELOVED!

Today as you start the new year - start by claiming who you are in Christ and the joy of knowing that God has something amazing in store for all of us this new year - our year may be filled with trials, but as we sing in the song - the Lord gives and the Lord takes away - Blessed be the name of the Lord.

Let this year be a year that you are sold out for Christ and your faith! That this year you live forgiven! And this year you celebrate the joy in unexpected situations!

Blessings to you and your family and this first day of 2011 - I am anticipating that God is going to do big things!!! Are you???