May 1st-May Day! Mayday mayday mayday!

Ever wonder about the 1st of May-May Day and it's origins, you can check it out here. Although we don't celebrate it in the states anymore-we celebrate Labor Day, you can check out my blog about that here.

I prefer to think about it as a welcome to Spring instead. Here in NH the weather is warmer and the sun is shining more than not. It's a time for a fresh start, a do over-what ever you want to call it.  Like the perennial flowers that bloom in our yard this time of year, they get to start over. Why not us?

I was reading a devotional this morning that talks about faith in an interesting way.  Most of us can't identify an evergreen tree. You really only notice them when it turns winter. It can be hard to tell the difference between them in the other seasons. When winter sets in it can become a lot clearer which trees hold onto their leaves and which don't.  The same can be said in our spiritual lives.  Perhaps we don't really know what we are made of until we encounter winter, when things feel off, things are tough and that's when we find out what kind of spiritual walk we have, how we truly worship God.

For me, it's a struggle every day to get into the word, never mind actually feel like I'm getting something out of it. When tough times come it's a reminder of how close or far away from God we truly are.  So, if you are in a place-a little farther away that you would like to be, start fresh. It's May!  Sometimes it's re-evaluating monthly, sometimes weekly, for me lately it's daily, sometimes even hour to hour.

A lot of us don't really understand the struggles of others and how well off we are.  It can be hard without some type of context.  If you haven't engaged with Voice of the Martyrs ministries, I implore you to do so now.  Check out my post here.

Ramadan is coming this month, it starts on May 15th. I am ramping up to engage myself in praying for others during that time frame.  I wrote a couple of blog posts about that last year, this is one of them and to this day it remains my highest hit post on my blog. 

This year you can sign up here.  I look forward to learning more about other cultures and taking the time to focus my prayers on people who need them.

Don't forget to pray for yourself as well.  It's a connection to the Father through Jesus that we often take for granted in this life.

Do you feel like you are failing, falling or in need of help today?  Why not call out Mayday, Mayday, Mayday to our heavenly father?  

We seemed to be beholden to time, but Our Father in Heaven, well his love endures forever.

Psalm 136

Forever God is faithful, Forever God is strong, Forever God is with us.....