Dear Lord; Happy Monday Father!
Today Father, as You know my thoughts and prayers were very much reaching towards Shannon as she began her new job. This transition has weighed heavily on her heart, but today went very well and I believe she’s feeling better about her decision now. Either way, thank You for watching over her today and every day, and guiding her along this path.
Mondays are generally busy days in my office Lord. And while it’s wonderful from a business perspective to be inundated with work, days like today can hold my focus to the point of excluding other important activities from the list… like eating.
I really meant to take a break and get some food today, but it just never happened. One project led into another until I looked at the clock and it was already after 4:00pm. Driving home, I had to pause for a few moments as I got a little light-headed… not a good sign for me. By the time I got to the house, I was tired, hungry, and even a bit on the grumpy side.
Very much like when I haven’t talked to You in a while Father… Spiritually malnourished.
With the crazy schedules we maintain these days, spending dedicated time with You can sometimes be slid aside by activities we feel are more pressing and immediate. The catch-22 is of course, that maintaining a tight personal relationship with You is just as vital to our well-being as is food to eat, or air to breathe. When we don’t spend that “meal time” with You each day, we suffer as a whole.
Nourish me Father… Feed my desperate spirit.
Heavenly Father, thank You for the Blessings You bestow on us each day. Please fill us with Your Presence, and sustain us through Your Word to lead the lives You Will for us. Amen.
~Phather Phil
Hi, I’m Phil Malmstrom, a.k.a. Phather Phil. I’m self-employed, father of two wonderful young men, an ordained minister who delights in spreading Jesus’ Message of Hope and Love, a science-fiction junkie, an aspiring photographer and above all that one of God’s Children who rejoices in His Blessings each day. 
Great point! Feeding our spirits is even more important than feeding out physical bodies. And there are definitely signs when we are spiritually malnourished. God’s Word is my daily bread.
Thank you Lisa. I completely agree! 🙂
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“Nourish me father… Feed my desperate spirit.” I love this. I’ll be praying for Shannon. I’m sure getting back to work is hard. I’ll also pray you get a meal tomorrow.:) just like being busy and missing a meal, we sometimes neglect time with our Heavenly Father. We don’t mean to but it just happens. But you are so right, we feel a longing and a hunger to spend time with Him. He is the only One to satisfy us!
Thank you Kelli.
She actually has been working for the last couple years, but an opportunity came up to work in the charter school our children attend. Unfortunately, it meant leaving her existing job which she very much enjoyed with almost no notice and taking that leap of faith that she’d be rehired in the fall (they’ve pretty much told her that it’s extremely likely). It’s going to limit our income over the summer pretty substantially, but the benefits if she gets brought back on full time would be substantial. Thank you for your prayers… I know she (and I) appreciate them. 🙂
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what a great analogy… I don’t ever want to find myself spiritually malnourished again. I need my daily Bread!
Thank you Alida! Physically hungry is one thing, but spiritually has so much deeper consequences!
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Amen Phil! I need more of Him and less of everything else.
I think we all do Allison… 🙂
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