An excellent spirit

then this Daniel was distinguished above presidents and the satraps because an excellent spirit was in him and the king thought to set him over the whole realm. Daniel 6:3
My God's goal is to see an excellent spirit in me. My enemies goal is to prevent that happening. As I function in an excellent spirit grace flows and touches souls.
Yesterday I was visited by a good friend who was being harassed by those in her world, she was cranky. She was not open to hearing anything, her phone kept ringing adding further to her agitation. This friend had just been on holidays and she looked more worn out then before.
I find this happens in my world if I am not vigilant. My friends major problem is that she has not established good boundaries and so all sorts of stuff will come against her, especially when she needs peace. We are doing our last outreach for DivorceCare this Sunday. I need her to be in peace, the Lord needs her to be in peace.
I am being faced with a confrontation with my past next Monday. Our baby is to be farewelled and my ex-husband is coming. He presents all sorts of challenges but I cannot let my heart be troubled, I wonder what the Lord has planned. My mind wants to play scripts of 'this is what I will do'.
In the midst of all this the Lord is bringing me lost people. every day now I have had someone new. I am awake early praying for salvation, 'Lord go before me, prepare hearts I pray' Amen.
I have a blind boarder and she has a guide dog who has the most delicate stomach I have ever seen. I have never known a dog to shed so much hair as well. Last night this dog had diarrhoea inside the house and I had the joy of cleaning it up. We locked the dog in the bathroom and it vomited all over the floor, I had the job of cleaning it up. It is a part of the reason I am still awake as it decided to bark at 4am, mind you I had already been awake but Bonny made it impossible to return to sleep.
Always, leading up to something important, someone or something will go wrong so as to distract me from the 'main thing'. The main thing is Sunday and the lost and the Lords plan for these people.
Because Christine, my boarder, is in the Christmas pageant, straight after our DivorceCare session, my neighbour is coming to church. Christine has been sick as well all week and I have been encouraging her to stay focused.
Our lives are constantly being read by those around us and we cannot afford to have anything but an excellent spirit. In my own strength I cannot but in Him I can.

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