Isaiah 55:6-9 (King James Version)

6 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

Activities
1) Ponder that the goodness of God, and his willingness to abundantly pardon.
2) Sometimes it's easy for me to get caught up in thinking about my way, when in reality God knows a higher, better way for all of us.

One other thought. I stumbled on this guys blog. I don't know him, and that is OK. We are all children of our Father in Heaven, and all of us able to come unto our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. What I do know about him is he is following the Lord and for this I congratulate him. A fabulous example of a person seeking closeness with God. You should check it out, it truly is a wonderful site;

http://www.loymershimer.blogspot.com/2005/02/draw-near-to-me-o-god.html

Scripture of the Week:

Psalm 46:10 Be still, and know that I am God.


Action Items:
1) Share this with someone that is having stress in their life.
2) Take time to meditate during the next week when I feel wieghed down with responsibility.

Scripture of the week:

Matthew 5:8 "Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. "

Action Item:

1) Read about what it means to be pure in heart.
2) Tell one or two other people about this scripture, and ask them to discuss with me about it.

Scripture of the week

Matthew 5:7 "Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. "

Possible Action Items:
1) Find opportunites at work, and with my children to show mercy to them (maybe overlook things a little more than usual).
2) Look for examples of stories in the scriptures on being merciful towards others.
3) Look for opportunities to forgive this week.

Scripture of the Week:

"Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. "
Matthew 5:6

1) Look into the analogy Jesus might be giving between physical hunger and thirst, and spiritual hunger and thirst.
2) Pray to obtain it.
3) Fast once this week to experience what it is like to have hunger and thirst, and meditate on the spiritual aspects of it.
4) Look into how this might relate to other examples Jesus gave about being, "the bread of life" and "The water, that if we dirnk from it we will not ever have thirst."

Scripture of the Week:

Matthew 5:5 "Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. "

Possible Thoughts of Action:
1) Find out what meek means.
2) Find out what the meaning of "inherit the earth" is.
3) Talk to a few people about what they feel this means.
4) Look around me for examples of people that are meek.
5) Pray to understand.

Scripture of the Week:

Matthew 5:4
"Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted. "

Possible Thoughts of Action:
1) Look for events of mourning in my own life and in those around me.
2) Prayer for others to be comforted that are morning.
3) Look to make a difference in a small way to someone that is or has mourned.