ALLITERATIVE MEDITATION!

OOPS--didn't finish my alliterative meditation in a timely manner to post this entry. Pretend it's still Monday. Nothing new to me---I'm often mixed up on what day it is!

Ad agencies use alliterations to sell products. PayPal. Best Buy. Bed Bath and Beyond.

English prof once told me that alliteration is a "fake literary form" and should not be included in any true work of literature.

Oh well---alliteration resonates with me when I try to recall many Biblical truths. Alliteration helps A.D.D.

Self-serving or Savior-serving? That's today's alliterative question after rereading yesterday's journal jottings. 

It's had me thinking all day. All are called to serve. (Galatians 5:13) Not all serve in the same way or place. But service is a by-product of loving others. Then, why do I, who love others, seem to be serving less and less, but feeling wearier & wearer? 

Some well-meaning folks are telling me I just need a "me" day. Frankly, my dear ones, I don't think so. I think I need a "Thee Day.

"More of Thee and less of me." 

Not alliterative but comparative as the appropriate answer.

"Lean on Lord Jesus"  is the alliterative answer!

"TEA-rrific" Day

Choose this day whom you will serve.....as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. (Joshua 24:15, NASB)

Some days are terrific from the get-go. Others, not so much.

Like happiness, terrific days are a choice.

Verse 15 of Joshua 24 shows us that God's call for "choice" is for all of us. 

A public choice.

It is a choice for each of us. A personal choice. 
It is a choice for parents to make for all in their households. A parental choice. (B. Liles, 5/11/14)

Choosing to serve Him. A right choice. 

There's a bottom line for choice. Choosing to serve God is choosing to have a "TEA-rrific day, regardless of one's circumstances.

tea-rrific! product now available at Kroger.
(Carolyn F.,---Batesville, MS)

Starting each day with Him is a choice. A right one. Starting it with a cuppa is also a choice. A TEA-riffic one for me!