Paitence!

                                         Haha.As I was scrambling for a new topic for my post. BAM! It hit me in the face. What has God been trying to teach you most, over the past two years or so? Haaaaa...patience! Yep, that was a bit humbling for me. So I guess I'll humble myself some more, and preach on the very thing that makes me uncomfortable, because it's my weakness. For me the hardest area in my life to be patient is with my sibblings. They frustrate me to the core! I try to set a good example to them. Give them some advice here and there, when they do something wrong, and they shut me down. They don't want to hear what I have to say, and they deffinietly don't want...my advice. Is'nt that like us and God? Too often we want nothing to do with His advice, or want to admit it when we are wrong! That's like me, I absolutely despise being corrected! It's a pet peeve of mine. I hope none of you will be like uh-oh, now what? Don't get me wrong, or get the wrong idea. You see I love it, when you guys correct me, or take me aside when I've gone of into the deepend and you notice that I need to be redirected. It's a humbling experience that I love and hate at the same time. I relized something. I have been trying to correct those around me, especially my sibblings, without even taking a look at the log in my own eye! I was, and, am...a...hyprocrite. No wonder no one wants to listen to me! Haha. But I need to be more patient. So often I lose my temper, and ruin any progress I might have made with my sibblings, no matter how little. In the same way we reject each other, we reject God. And the same way we see how patient we need to be, or learn to be patient. God is already patient! Amazing. We also need to be more loving in the way we handle situations. I go into an arguement full force, and instead of resolving the matter, I make it worse. wWhat this huge, stubborn freight train! Needs to know...is that, we need to go to God. Otherwise, we will never get anywhere near being patient. Hope this post made some sense, please feel free to comment.




                    " You hypocrite! First take the log out of your own eye...and than you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye."    --Mathew 7:5 

   Have a great evneing as you bask in God's GREAT love, and protection for you!

Bride of Christ

I got this idea through a book I'm reading. It's about this couple wwho are engaged and how they are learning through their experiences. The lead male for the book (Todd), explained how his engagement to Christy was like an earthy view on how the Holy Spirit was like the engagement ring that God gives us as evidence of His promise that He will always love, us and how one day He will come and take us to be His bride to live with Him forever! Wow eh? That is such a glorious promise to have! And to know that His promises stay true to us, no matter what! If I decide to get married one day, I hope that whenever I look at the ring of promise on my finger...I will always remember this promise...this wonderful promise. I hope to even remember it now, but it will be a promise on a whole new level when and if that day ever comes!
"Have a GLORIOUS day, as you bask in God's GREAT love and protection for you!!"

And have a wonderful evening as you hold dear of His promises. Promises that will hold true until the end of time!

"The Lord will fulfill His purposes for me." -Psalm 138:8

Tecnology

                            I'm gonna share a devotion from our youth leader. He was speaking on our latest gadgets, and how much more advanced it has become! He asked a series of questions. Like; how many of you have your ipods or cellphones on you right now? How many of you would go insane if someone took your ipod away? Or how many of you would feel lost, if you lost your cellphone, or ipod and so on? How many of you text during a meal? How many of you when you first get up in the morning, check your messages, or play on your ipod for latest deals on itunes, before you even pee!? Do you kinda see where I'm going here? Tecnolgoy is not a bad thing...but we need to put God first. I just got me a 4th generation 32 GB ipod touch. And I just love it! Okay, let me re-phrase that...I like it a lot. I just like scrolling through messages or listening to my tunes. But I constantly need to take a raincheck in order that it doesn't become my God! Just as much as we are emmersed in our latest gadgets...we need to be emmersed in God's word. We NEED to be reading his word before we pee, and not who commented on my statement on facebook! Don't let tecnology draw you apart from family and friends. Rather, let God's word draw you closer to them, and not take you away from them. I hope that this short devo, really made you think...Have a great day as you bask in God's great love and protection for you!

                               


                    

Faith

                                        What is Faith? Faith, can be a hard concept to understand. What does it mean to have faith? Why do people, especially Christians...talk about faith a lot? Faith for me is to undyingly trust the Almighty Creator. To commit to Him, to live for Him, to work for Him. He's the ultimate boss. The one who loves and cares for us, but also punishes us when need it. Some people think that God is mean, that He hates us. That He wants nothing to do with us. Especially with those of us who come with some, or a lot of...baggage. I'm gonna use an example of someone that I know. We had a great discussion early this afternoon, about why God allows us to go through some of the harm in this dark world. This person grew up in a sad situation. It breaks my heart to hear his/her past. This person's life was very sad and filled with abuse. Now, why would a God of love put us through that? Look at a another situation. If we grew upin a, in our minds, a "perfect family."  We had everything we needed and wanted, a stable home life. Everyone always got along...would you want to turn away from that? Would you turn to God? Not likely! Now if you grew up in the situation, that my friend did...would you in an instant turn away if you got  the chance? If God called you? It is more likely to happen, isn't it? God allows things to happen to us for the good of the future! To change our mindset for the generations to come. To finally turn to Him. To have...FAITH. As a kid in that kind of a homelife, you would consciously make the decision to be different. To make sure that your kids would not have to go through that kind of pain, abuse and lonliness you felt day and night! Faith is to turn away from your current situation, whether good or bad, and to trust and believe that God will take care of you. That He will sustain you....it's a big commitment to have faith. Ther is a big meaning behind that one little word. Hope you enjoyed this post, feel free to leave comments and questions! Have a great day as you bask in God's love and protection for you!


             "Figh the good fight of faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses.                 --1 Timothy 6:12