It has been so long since I put any blogs on my page. So much has happened since 2012 when I last blogged. God has led me in so many directions, some I understood and some I thought I understood but didn't. How do we know whether God is leading us into a better place to serve Him or if He is leading us to learn something from where He led us. Recently, I have questioned my spiritual life and whether I still have the fire within me that I once had. I realized that I have slowly over the years have been giving up some of the responsibilities I have had at church. There were times I even dreaded getting up on Sunday mornings to go to church. That's a pretty good indication that I lost my fire for the Lord and my service to Him. The church where I attended has lost their Pastor to a terrible car accident. It was a shock to all of us. It has been about 6 months since that happened and the church is still at a loss as to what to do about it. They don't want to hire another Pastor because they say' they couldn't possibly replace the one we had'. If we were to say those words to Jesus, I am sure His answer would be "O ye of little faith, Has God shortened His arms?" I believe that God always has something better in store for us in our future. Our job is to believe that and trust Him that He will do just that. I am not one to idolize another person and neither should a church body with their Pastor. If I were going to church for the people I would still be attending there but because I realized that I need to be in a place where I will get my fire back for the Lord and serve Him better I have been in search for that place God will eventually lead me. In the meantime, I have visited several churches and because I have a ministry at the nursing home where I have volunteered for the last 18 years, I know my fire is there. I serve communion there every Sunday morning and recently extended it into a prayer, praise and worship service. For the time being I believe God wants me there. Whether it is permanent or not, I guess time will tell. On Friday's I teach a Bible class and have been teaching on how to discern false teaching or truth from the Bible. In my search I have learned that there are many false teachings out there. That is what I meant when I said He may be leading us somewhere to learn something but it is not the place we are to stay in. I believe that when God puts me in the place He wants me to stay I will have the peace of mind in knowing for certain that this is what God wants of me. Praying that God leads me always and I will learn valuable lessons along the way.
Friday, May 31, 2019
Booting Up
Hello fellow bloggers;
I don't know much about computers, other than I use one for different purposes. Last night I had a dream and in the dream, I was teaching a Bible class but I was reading off the back of a Computer book. It was an instruction book and I could see that I was boring my student's. So I put down the book and suggested we look at how our lives compares to a computer. What little I know, is that it collects and stores data. Comparatively we collect and store data in our brain. When a computer gets overloaded with data, we get that dreadful blue screen. From there we have to shut down and reboot. In our life we can become so overwhelmed with all that we do in our life. We not only hold jobs but we also have house cleaning to do, family to take care of, extra-curricular activities and most of all we strive to keep God as our number one focus. When God is not first in our life, the rest can become chaotic and give us that overwhelming feeling of not being able to do one thing much less a multitude of other things. That is when we need to unplug and reboot. So, how do we do that? First of all, take a deep breath (it really isn't all that hard). Take time for yourself to relax, read a good book and just clear your thoughts for awhile. Next, take stock of your priorities. What is important, what is not. How many hours do you spend honoring God. Is your Bible open, ready to be read at any given moment. Have you thanked God for your food today? Have you counted your blessings? After all, nothing you have belongs to you but the Giver of all things. We owe it to God to thank Him. Once your focus returns to God and all that He has done for you, then our priorities become more clear and not only can we do one thing well, all the other things we do (that are important to do) will be so much easier to do. Remember God is the Giver of life, let us live it to the fullest as God as our guide in our life. Prayers to all my fellow believers!
I don't know much about computers, other than I use one for different purposes. Last night I had a dream and in the dream, I was teaching a Bible class but I was reading off the back of a Computer book. It was an instruction book and I could see that I was boring my student's. So I put down the book and suggested we look at how our lives compares to a computer. What little I know, is that it collects and stores data. Comparatively we collect and store data in our brain. When a computer gets overloaded with data, we get that dreadful blue screen. From there we have to shut down and reboot. In our life we can become so overwhelmed with all that we do in our life. We not only hold jobs but we also have house cleaning to do, family to take care of, extra-curricular activities and most of all we strive to keep God as our number one focus. When God is not first in our life, the rest can become chaotic and give us that overwhelming feeling of not being able to do one thing much less a multitude of other things. That is when we need to unplug and reboot. So, how do we do that? First of all, take a deep breath (it really isn't all that hard). Take time for yourself to relax, read a good book and just clear your thoughts for awhile. Next, take stock of your priorities. What is important, what is not. How many hours do you spend honoring God. Is your Bible open, ready to be read at any given moment. Have you thanked God for your food today? Have you counted your blessings? After all, nothing you have belongs to you but the Giver of all things. We owe it to God to thank Him. Once your focus returns to God and all that He has done for you, then our priorities become more clear and not only can we do one thing well, all the other things we do (that are important to do) will be so much easier to do. Remember God is the Giver of life, let us live it to the fullest as God as our guide in our life. Prayers to all my fellow believers!
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