Good Morning Girls!  Yesterday I shared with you all my number one goal.  I shared two things that bothered me about it.  First of all, I was frustrated that I have not reached that goal.  More importantly, I was saddened to realize that I often put that goal above my relationship with the Lord.  The good news is, the Lord had already given me a plan to deal with both.  It was a plan I thought was fair and made sense.  It was a plan that I believed would work.  It was a challenging, yet exciting plan.....and I was looking forward to putting it into action next Monday (new plans always start on Mondays you know).  I love my little "action plans".  I love coming up with them.  I love the anticipation of wondering how they will play out.  I love the nervousness and excitement I feel just before putting a plan into practice.  It's sick, I know, but hey- that's the way this Girl rolls........
As much as I love coming up with "action plans", what I love even more, is when I believe with all my heart that the Lord has given me the "plan".  For one thing, God's plans seem to work out much better than my plans.  God's plans come with grace.  Mine usually come with frustration.  God's plans come with Supernatural strength and endurance.  My plans often come with unnatural and unrealistic expectations.  Most of all, God's plans serve the greater purpose of his Kingdom.  My goals often serve my own desires and interests.
So the Lord gave me this plan, and I was ready to roll with it.  He gave me a workout plan, and He gave me a Bible plan.  In the past I have spent a lot of time planning my workouts.  When I am going to do them.  What I am going to do.  When I am going to fit them in.  In all honesty, over the last year, my workout time has often taken precedence over my Bible time.  If I had only time enough in the morning to either work out, or read my Bible, I would most likely choose working out......and plan to do my Bible time later.  However, later often never happened.  Or it happened, but not with the same enthusiasm I would have approached it with had I done it in the morning when I was fresh.  I just couldn't seem to get back on track and get both things done in the morning, like I had been doing the year before.  My idea of spending time with the Lord was to drag Him along with me as I did my things...rather than follow Him.  Now don't misunderstand me here.  I am not all down on myself.  I am not saying I turned away from God.  In all honesty I believe I was doing the best I could at the time.  I knew things were out of whack.  I wanted to change it.  I just didn't know how.
So on Monday I felt the Holy Spirit impress this plan on me.  He gave me the workout plan for the next 60 days (more on that later).....with one rule: However long the workout is, that is the minimum of Word and prayer time I have......FIRST!  In other words, I am truly to seek the Kingdom of God first....before I move on towards my personal hearts desire.  Now some of you are laughing at this thinking "I can't believe working out is a reward....for me it would be a punishment"...but as I said before...that's just how this Girl rolls.  Now I can see how you could worry that I am getting a bit legalistic here timing my workouts and Bible time....and if the motive was not pure, I believe it would be considered legalistic.  However, I believe the Lord is simply trying to help me find some balance, and providing me with the structure to do so.  This plan is 60 days.  What the Lord has in store for me after that is still unknown.  The only thing I know is that it will be good!
So why am I spending so much time telling you all my plan?  I am telling you my plan so you can see that God cares about all of your goals.  He wants you to be happy.  He wants you to be successful.  He wants you to achieve great things.  But most of all, He wants you!  He wants to spend time with you.  So take some time to write down your goals, both spiritual and personal, and ask the Lord to give you a plan.  A plan to help you reach your goals....while keeping Him as your number One!

Proverbs 3:6  Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take

Love, thanks, and God inspired plans to you all,
Jen