It sure is beautiful outside. A perfect summer day. Well, I'd like a little more breeze but whatcha gonna do? :) I just got back to my desk after enjoying some fabulous sunshine. So....I am reading Purpose Driven Life. (Set Joel Osteen to the side for a minute. I still will finish that book...cause I think it is great...but that is usually what I do....have a couple books going). Anyway, I started it before but only read like 8 days. Stacey and I are reading it. Started August 1st. It is good to have accountability when reading sometimes....it makes me stick to it. I really like this book. It really is changing me and opening my eyes up to life. It may be rather simple to some and it isn't "deep" so to speak...but it is helping me to love the Lord more. There are just things that I am feeling or thinking that I havent before. Just a little more comfortable with myself. And that is big for me. It is a book that breathes life into me and helps me to know God's character better. So far the greatest thing I have learned and want to live out is that everything I do can bring pleasure to God when I do it to honor him. All my "Christian" things like devotions, reading my Bible, praying, church....all that God enjoys but I can be honoring God while resting, talking to people, eating, and even sleeping. Keeping an attitude of living ALL of my life for the Lord and knowing that he is pleased with me in that is amazing. That just helps me breathe easier. I want to love and honor.....and please God all the days of my life....and this book is helping me to see that I am doing that and that it is so much more simpler than I have made it to be. Love God with all I am and love the people I encounter everyday....that is my goal. The people part will be hard....but that is where I trust God to come in and help. :) God is good. All the time.

Everything you do can be "spending time with God" if he is invited to be a part of it and you stay aware of his presence. -Purpose Driven Life