After reading Jill's blog, I was thinking today about my many blessings and how I often take them for granted. I pray for a real attitude of gratitude to emerge in me.
I pray that I will be more sensitive to the needs of others, and whenever possible, I hope to provide the needs as presented to me.
God has blessed me so with an awesome husband and family (Brent, Chris and boys)...and I am blessed with a super extended family as well...the whole Rogers clan is an example of "living for Christ" every day as a way of life...ie. what can I be for you today, God? I thank all of you for that.
I am learning step by step and day by day that His purposes need to be my purposes.
Even though I can't serve as a missionary somewhere...I realize that serving Him right where I am can be my mission field for Him. Part of me would want it to be more exotic, like serving in some remote country, but getting coffee and food for my parents and being available to meet their needs, can be serving Him too.
Hope to hear from some of you..
Pat
I pray that I will be more sensitive to the needs of others, and whenever possible, I hope to provide the needs as presented to me.
God has blessed me so with an awesome husband and family (Brent, Chris and boys)...and I am blessed with a super extended family as well...the whole Rogers clan is an example of "living for Christ" every day as a way of life...ie. what can I be for you today, God? I thank all of you for that.
I am learning step by step and day by day that His purposes need to be my purposes.
Even though I can't serve as a missionary somewhere...I realize that serving Him right where I am can be my mission field for Him. Part of me would want it to be more exotic, like serving in some remote country, but getting coffee and food for my parents and being available to meet their needs, can be serving Him too.
Hope to hear from some of you..
Pat
posted by Pat Fooks @ 8:15 AM
5 Comments:
At 8:50 AM,
Brent F said…
Hey mom, welcome to the world of blogging! Yes, you will probably get some comments! You are so right that we are to be looking for opportunities on a Day by Day basis, and God will bring them to us and open our eyes to them as we pray to the "Lord of the Harvest". I am so proud of you in the way you took the opportunity to serve your parents, and in that you show them Jesus. "In as much as you showed love to the least of these (shut ins, widows, orphans, hurting) you showed love to Me..." Jesus said, and you definitly are doing just that...who knows maybe some day God will give you and Dad the "opportunity" to go to the 'exotic locale' to minister...until then just take em as they come! Great Post...
Brent
At 9:17 AM,
Pat Fooks said…
You have truly blessed me son, as a godly example to your family...
Thanks for your sweet comments.
Yes, someday God may use us somewhere else, too.
I love you,
Mom
At 4:45 AM,
Pat Fooks said…
Today is a fresh new day to seek His will. Where do you want me and what do you want me to do is what I need to ask the Lord.
Saw an old friend at CVS yesterday. Even though she and her husband's health is failing, she never stops looking for ways to brighten someone's day...especially the children she encounters. She has a real heart for kids.
I thank God that He has healed my knees and feet enough that I was able to play golf yesterday with Bill...It was fun (even though it was very hot out)...
Today is an at home day. Cox is coming to fix Dad's tv (again...too many things attached to it, I think). Hopefully, I can learn how to fix it for when it happens again.
Baked bread again this week...this time oatmeal bread...Bill loves it.
If mom and dad weren't here, I wouldn't have had the time to explore baking yeast breads...Another good reason for having them here.
Thanks God, for the times you show your unfailing love.
Have a great day everyone! Jesus loves you and so do I!!
Pat
At 7:54 PM,
Christine Fooks said…
I am so glad you are blogging!
You are such an awesome servant. As long as I have known you you have had this innate ability to find needs and meet them. Now you are suurounded by need in your home. I know it's trying at times, but you are making such a difference in two very precious lives! And also blessing us at every turn. It was so nice being with you today! love you!
At 3:49 PM,
Pat Fooks said…
The message at church today has been the culmination of four weeks of messages that I feel were specifically directed to ME.
Today, I was impressed by the message as Pastor Steve told us to stay in the "mess" we're in, even though we might want to give up and return to the messes we came out of (which were worse, by the way-just like the Israelites in Numbers) God can't bring us through into His Promised Land, the land flowing with milk and honey, if we run away. What we're going through might not be pleasant, it may even be downright unpleasant at times, BUT it may be just where He needs us to be to get rid of those things hindering us; ie. discouragement, depression, murmuring, complaining....all of which is RESISTING GOD, outright REBELLION. When we complain and whine about our circumstances, we are actually blaming God, because it is He who allows us to be in that place.
I recognize that over the past months, I wasn't always happy about where I was in my circumstances....it wasn't where I thought God would have me and Bill at this stage of our lives. But I realize it's exactly where He needs me to be, so He can chip away those parts of me that need to be taken away...so that I might begin to be more like my Savior.
I need to approach the circumstances in my life with an attitude of gratitude (as I mentioned in an earlier blog).
Thank God for those who faithfully teach and preach without trying to sugar coat their messages to suit their congregations.
Pat
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