Sane, Simple, Sacred: Miraculous Monday!

Miraculous Monday!

FULLY ALIVE (a Gaither song)

Fully alive in Your Spirit,
Lord, make me fully alive.
Fully aware of Your presence, Lord,
Totally, fully alive.

Don't let me miss all the glory around me,
Waiting for heaven someday to come.
Open my eyes to miraculous Monday*
And make my feet march to eternity's drum.
Don't let me wait for some far off forever
To say what I feel to the ones I hold dear.
Risking the pain and the joy of loving
Keep me awake and alive while I'm here.

Fully alive in Your Spirit,
Lord, make me fully alive.
Fully aware of Your presence, Lord,
Totally, fully alive.

*I googled to find all the words to this song. The refrain was what I knew for sure. Imagine my delight when I found "Monday" was in the song! Isn't that "Miraculous"?

12 comments:

DeniseSeptember 14, 2009 at 8:33 AM
Such a beautiful way to start my day, bless you my friend.
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DianaSeptember 14, 2009 at 9:04 AM
Hi Rebecca,
Monday's are my house cleaning day's! And I am always grateful when I feel the energy to do it!
I pray that God helps me feel fully alive to get this work done!
Love Di
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Donna's Book NookSeptember 14, 2009 at 9:46 AM
What a great song! Thanks for sharing. Donna
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Simply ShelleySeptember 14, 2009 at 10:13 AM
Hello dear Rebecca,thanks so much for visiting me and leaving such a sweet comment. I find your blog to be a blessing and am sure to visit you often.....have a very blessed week...
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Kathleen September 14, 2009 at 11:23 AM
Oh those mysterious "coincidences"!

Have a miraculous Monday. I'm delighted to join you.

Kathleen
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EileenSeptember 14, 2009 at 11:58 AM
I'm ashamed to admit I didn't even realize it was Monday!
One day is running into the next for me lately! I think because my husband has been taking off either on Friday or Monday for the past few weekends, I'm just all thrown off!
Well, Happy Monday!
And I truly do appreciate each and every day the Good Lord Deems to Bless me with!

All the best,
Eileen
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BernieSeptember 14, 2009 at 2:30 PM
A wonderful song and a wonderful way to start the week.....thank you my friend...Hugs
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Blessings each daySeptember 14, 2009 at 3:01 PM
I have gotten so much done already and what a nice reinforcement this 'prayer' song is! In a little while I will be off again for prayer group and Mass, so I will fully embrace this miraculous Monday!!

blessings and hugs,

marcy
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JoanieSeptember 14, 2009 at 3:32 PM
This is a wonderful song! A lovely way to start this week. :) Thanks for sharing... Do you mind if I post it too?
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DeeSeptember 14, 2009 at 5:18 PM
A great song and a great Monday here in my small world.
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Sniffles and SmilesSeptember 14, 2009 at 10:18 PM
Perfect!!!! I love a miraculous Monday!! Thank you for sharing the lyrics to this beautiful song! ~Janine XO
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AnonymousSeptember 21, 2009 at 9:28 AM
"Don't let me wait for some far off forever
To say what I feel to the ones I hold dear."
Beautiful lyrics - this line is says what I've been thinking the past couple of weeks. My mother-in-law passed away recently and it's amazing all the good things you think of to say in the eulogy that should be the focus while the person is alive.
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"We simplify, not just to be less busy, even though we may be right to pursue that. Rather, we simplify to remove distractions from our pursuit of Christ. We prune activities from our lives, not only to get organized, but also that our devotion to Christ and service for His kingdom will be more fruitful. We simplify, not merely to save time, but to eliminate hindrances to the time we devote to knowing Christ. All the reasons we simplify should eventually lead us to Jesus Christ!" (Donald S. Whitney)

Dedicated to my sister-in-law, Beth--a TRUE home manager....

"I work for a King. He has put me in charge of his home. When He comes to see how I have managed His possessions and His children, I do not want to be found wanting. I want to do my best. Everything I have is on loan from Him. I have room and board and a job to do, but it is all for Him. Therefore I want to dress my best and do my best in all my work. I also want to be creative, for this is a sincere attempt to glorify Him and His beautiful creation. How I manage my home is a form of worship to Him." --Lydia Sherman

"A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry,
and see a fine picture every day of his life,
in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul."

~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Contentment makes poor men rich.

-Benjamin Franklin

"What I am gradually discovering is that in the writing I come in touch with the Spirit of God." ~ Nouwen

~~"Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting."~~Edmund Burke

C.S. Lewis: "To trust Him means, of course, trying to do all that He says. There would be no sense in trusting a person if you wouldn't take his advice. Thus if you have really handed yourself over to Him, it must follow that you are trying to obey Him."

"To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart; to study hard; to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently, await occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common--this is my symphony." William Henry Channing

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The Apostle Paul: "But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 3:13-14)

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FIVE CERTAINTIES
WITH WHICH TO
START YOUR DAY

God holds you. Each day he carries us in his arms. Psalm 68:19 NLT
God sustains you. THE LORD is my Shepherd [to feed, guide, and shield me], I shall not lack. Psalm 23:1 AMP
God covers you. He will cover you with His pinions, and under His wings shall you trust. Psalm 91:4 AMP
God pours His love upon you. Through each day the Lord pours his unfailing love upon me. Psalm 42:8 NLT
God will not fail you. The unfailing love of the Lord never ends! Lamentations 3:22 NLT

THE BLOGGER'S PRAYER Lord, help me to learn to spell without spellcheck, manage to visit all that visit me, and post regularly - all in 5 minutes a day, so that I can clean house and take care of my family. Help me to not look at every occurrence in my life as a blog post, and to quit taking pictures of weird things to share as well. Please Lord, help me to stop talking about my blog friends as though they are next door neighbors or someone I have known all of my life. And help me, dear Lord, to think of something witty and wise to post tomorrow.
Love, The Dust Bunny Hostage

Sane, Simple, Sacred

Mercy

Miraculous Monday!

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