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Not me... Not yet. I didn't hear any birds.

From the heart the mouth speaks.  When our heart is filled with good, thankful things, it will spill out goodness.  

You know you are an official adult when you plant trees.  You also get a certain level of excitement when you see said trees begin to grow. I had never planted trees before.  I just dug a whole, put in the ground and packed dirt around it.  Now it's up to the good Lord to make it grow. 
I was mowing the lawn yesterday and saw to my astonishment that the trees had begun to bud and grow.  Most of them had an inch or so of growth.  WHOOHOO!  Get stoked, get excited!  Trees are doing what trees are supposed to do, GROW!  
My immediate reaction was to say, "Praise God, Thank you Jesus!"  After I said this, I stopped and thought about what just happened.  Out of my heart at a moment's notice came a song, a SHOUT of praise to God.                    ( I don't say this to tell how overly spiritual I am, trust me, I am as broken and distracted as anyone.)
But it caused me to pause and think about worship and living a life of worship.  Worship leaders say all the time that "we worship God with our whole lives."  But what does that mean?  It sounds like a great thing, but what does that look like?  I think for a moment I realized the depth of worship through trees.  Odd, huh?
I really want in every situation to be praising God, understanding that everything good is from Him.  I don't want to reserve my praise for Sunday morning or during my favorite Gungor song.  I don't want any reserve in my praise, in my worship.  Praise should flow.  Praise should come out at all times because of the good works God has done.  I find when I spontaneously, naturally praise God the distractions melt away, temptations are weakened, and I get fresh perspective.  
My encouragement to you is to spontaneously praise God this week.  Don't reserve your praise!  Don't wait; this breathe is a moment of praise!   Find it is trees or sunsets, in laughter or peace, in silence or in noise.  Find praise in children or in work, in friends or strangers, in every and all things God is working.  Praise is everywhere!

Funny verse for me today because I've not been feeling the best the last few days and I've been sleeping more.  We must be motivated and not allow ourselves to become lazy.

God put lessons in His creation.  The ant is a hard worker.  Ants work in unity.  Amazing.

It may seem like God doesn't come to the aid of his people.  That is not the case.  It's God's heart that all come to salvation.  This reminded me of a story that an inmate told me.  The inmate was at a concert and there was a guy on the corner talking about Jesus.  The crowd shouted from him to stop.  He wouldn't.  The crowd began to physically hurt him. He wouldn't stop.  The inmate obviously involved in the incident was bothered that the guy would keep on.  "Why didn't he stop," the inmate asked me.  I told him it was his dedication to Jesus.