Out of Control? Thoughts for Today...
As the feed on my Facebook page FILLS with political posts.
My heart is grieved.
I have friends on the right, I have friends on the left, I have friends who are considering the independent vote, friends that are sure that this next vote is going to blow up the entire country....
Currently, I'll be overseas with this new election and will shortly be filling out an absentee ballot casting my vote for our future president.
People wonder how we came up with the candidates that we did.I don't have the perfect answer, I've been around for less than 30 years, however, I do have a few ideas.
We've gotten so busy...judging, name calling, stone throwing...we forget that everyone else is a person too!
The church...as I love what it stands for has become ineffective because they are looking for comfortable Christianity.When did Christianity become a comfortable thing?
not my image, found on PinterestDoes that look comfortable to you?It certainly doesn't look inviting to me.
Yet, is it not what Christ has called us to do?
Take up your cross and follow me.Not flop on the couch and think about me.Follow...
This is still something I am learning.I LOVE LOVE LOVE my comfort, I love couches, and blankets and my bed, cute stuffed animals....and sleep...however those are not things that are profitable to the Kingdom of heaven and the everlasting way.
This year Christ has been teaching me to abide and trust in Him.That doesn't mean doing what I want, going where I want.
Going to Taiwan. I had a specific PLAN.GODTHIS IS WHAT I WANT.I laid out specifics and whys...and wherefores...and...then God didn't answer my prayers.
I was frustrated because I thought God wanted me to go to Taiwan...and why on earth wasn't MY PLAN WORKING OUT!
Then I realized.
God called me to go back to Taiwan.
Not under my plans.My thoughts.My my my my my my my my.....where is God in the word my?He's nowhere to be found.Why?Because I am more worried about what I want than what He wants.So, even if it's not the best for my health or my ideal situation...in MY mind. I am learning to say YES to Him because I can't always see what He is doing, and when I realize that it is not myself under my own power that makes things happen but it is me under His power that makes things happen...the world is a better place.
So the long and short of what I am trying to say, is instead of being frustrated over the world's circumstances today, and people in our lives...and our ability to NOTHING...instead of looking to change and "fix" people that weren't broken to start with, and fix things that just need to be redirected or understanding widened...don't look to yourself for the answers. Look to Christ and follow Him.
If you are trying to control the world.It is already controlling you.Be an example, not a manipulation.Follow Christ, not the world.
My heart is grieved.
I have friends on the right, I have friends on the left, I have friends who are considering the independent vote, friends that are sure that this next vote is going to blow up the entire country....
Currently, I'll be overseas with this new election and will shortly be filling out an absentee ballot casting my vote for our future president.
People wonder how we came up with the candidates that we did.I don't have the perfect answer, I've been around for less than 30 years, however, I do have a few ideas.
We've gotten so busy...judging, name calling, stone throwing...we forget that everyone else is a person too!
The church...as I love what it stands for has become ineffective because they are looking for comfortable Christianity.When did Christianity become a comfortable thing?
not my image, found on PinterestDoes that look comfortable to you?It certainly doesn't look inviting to me.Yet, is it not what Christ has called us to do?
Take up your cross and follow me.Not flop on the couch and think about me.Follow...
This is still something I am learning.I LOVE LOVE LOVE my comfort, I love couches, and blankets and my bed, cute stuffed animals....and sleep...however those are not things that are profitable to the Kingdom of heaven and the everlasting way.
This year Christ has been teaching me to abide and trust in Him.That doesn't mean doing what I want, going where I want.
Going to Taiwan. I had a specific PLAN.GODTHIS IS WHAT I WANT.I laid out specifics and whys...and wherefores...and...then God didn't answer my prayers.
I was frustrated because I thought God wanted me to go to Taiwan...and why on earth wasn't MY PLAN WORKING OUT!
Then I realized.
God called me to go back to Taiwan.
Not under my plans.My thoughts.My my my my my my my my.....where is God in the word my?He's nowhere to be found.Why?Because I am more worried about what I want than what He wants.So, even if it's not the best for my health or my ideal situation...in MY mind. I am learning to say YES to Him because I can't always see what He is doing, and when I realize that it is not myself under my own power that makes things happen but it is me under His power that makes things happen...the world is a better place.
So the long and short of what I am trying to say, is instead of being frustrated over the world's circumstances today, and people in our lives...and our ability to NOTHING...instead of looking to change and "fix" people that weren't broken to start with, and fix things that just need to be redirected or understanding widened...don't look to yourself for the answers. Look to Christ and follow Him.
If you are trying to control the world.It is already controlling you.Be an example, not a manipulation.Follow Christ, not the world.
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