Entries Tagged with "Life"
The Perfect Conditions
This morning after running five miles with rubber legs and heavy lungs, up and down hills, hot and sweaty, I hit a long flat stretch with a light breeze. Ahhhh! "Now this is the perfect condition for running," I thought. "If it could just be like this all the time, I would be happy."
And it occurred to me ... that's how we want life to be. The perfect conditions so we can be happy.
What Do I Do Next?
I’ve been asking God that question a lot lately. He clearly called me to a specific ministry. He has guided through its birth and growth. I have an overall plan and some long range goals. But on a daily basis I sometimes wonder what the exact right next step is. There are so many possibilities. So many ways to approach this. I make lists in line with my goals and work through them.
But many mornings, I just sit with God and ask Him … “What do I do next?” Then I listen, I read my Bible, I make a few notes, and I ask … “Who do I connect with today?” I listen for names, I read His Word and listen some more. Sometimes I don’t get a specific plan for that day so I proceed with my list and ask Him to invade my plans with His if mine aren’t right.
Embrace the Life
I went to a funeral today. It was a beautiful and joy filled celebration. She was one of the highest energy people I’ve known. Vibrancy oozed from every pore. So when she was diagnosed with a rare form of inoperable, untreatable cancer nine weeks ago, we were all stunned.
As I looked at her children, I flashed back to being at my own mother’s funeral. I was young and pregnant. I didn’t feel ready to be without my mother. Yet God, in His inexhaustible mercy, had prepared me in many ways. My grief was real, raw and deep but surrendered to His sovereignty. Interestingly, an illustration I had heard years before was one of the things that kept coming to mind as I waited through my mother’s illness and then grieved the loss of her from my life. I don’t know all the things the children at today’s funeral were thinking and feeling, but this might help …
Live YOUR Reality!
The Question
I have been so burdened for us as Christ followers that I have to ask this even though I know there will be a backlash. I’m not judging or criticizing. I’m grieving! Think Jeremiah, the weeping prophet.
Here’s the question …
Why are we watching reality TV?
Aside from the sad fact that most of the shows can’t pass the Philippians 4:8 test, there is another concern that has gripped me by the throat and not let go.
We have believed the enemy’s lie that it’s okay to watch other people live their lives rather than live our own. He wins when he can keep us from living our God given purposes.
