Just TALKIN!!!

This weekend I had the privilige of spending time with a VERY dear friend of mine.  We just sit and talked mainly.  I LOVED the guidance and wisdom he shared with me.  You see, he is 20 years my senior and he has already traveled many of the roads I will travel in the next few years.
Many things he shared with me has stayed on my heart, but one I cannot shake.  "We want to be BIGGER than what GOD intended us to be"!  Man, I have been meditating that one all weekend!  I cannot get past it!
I ALWAYS am wanting to help!  I want to help start a foundation for students to go to college.  I want to help the elderly with fixing up their houses.  I want to go help sick people get past their illness.

GOD calls us for a PURPOSE!  The apostle Paul was used to lead MANY Christians to a saving knowlege of Christ.  But he says in 1 Corinthians 1:17 "For Christ sent me not to baptize; but to preach the gospel.....".  Baptizing was NOT what Paul was called to to!  GOD calls us to fulfill different tasks.  Just as Paul was sent to preach the Gospel, GOD's purpose for us may be different.  Make sure of what GOD purpose for your life is, then FULFILL that purpose to the fullest.  Don't be led into NOBLE endeavors without GOD's blessing.  My desire is too be used for JUST what GOD has intended for me! 

Just TALKIN!!!

This weekend I had the privilige of spending time with a VERY dear friend of mine.  We just sit and talked mainly.  I LOVED the guidance and wisdom he shared with me.  You see, he is 20 years my senior and he has already traveled many of the roads I will travel in the next few years.
Many things he shared with me has stayed on my heart, but one I cannot shake.  "We want to be BIGGER than what GOD intended us to be"!  Man, I have been meditating that one all weekend!  I cannot get past it!
I ALWAYS am wanting to help!  I want to help start a foundation for students to go to college.  I want to help the elderly with fixing up their houses.  I want to go help sick people get past their illness.

GOD calls us for a PURPOSE!  The apostle Paul was used to lead MANY Christians to a saving knowlege of Christ.  But he says in 1 Corinthians 1:17 "For Christ sent me not to baptize; but to preach the gospel.....".  Baptizing was NOT what Paul was called to to!  GOD calls us to fulfill different tasks.  Just as Paul was sent to preach the Gospel, GOD's purpose for us may be different.  Make sure of what GOD purpose for your life is, then FULFILL that purpose to the fullest.  Don't be led into NOBLE endeavors without GOD's blessing.  My desire is too be used for JUST what GOD has intended for me! 

DIPERVAN! The Amnesia Drug!

July 09, 2007 I experienced a stroke.  A blood vessel in the top of my brain broke and caused me to be put into a drug induced COMA for 20 days.  The drug used to out me into the COMA was called DIPERVAN.  DIPERVAN is called the amnesia drug because it removes EVERYTHING from your memory!  It was like going to sleep one day and waking up the next morning......only it was 20 days later.  I remember NOTHING from those 20 days.  Everything that happended during that time I now have to get told to me from my wife.

GOD calls us to lives this way!  Philipians 3:13-14 says "Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, FORGETTING those things which are behind, and reaching forth those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus."

We are not to glory in past achievements!  We are not to wallow in defeat over past failures!  Do not concern yourself with things of the past.  "PRESS on toward the mark" and do your best to make a difference in TODAY! 

PERSPECTIVE!

Today I was reading the obituaries in the local newspaper!  It is sad when that is the only thing in the newspaper worth reading.  But, that is for another blog!

I was noticing the ages of the deceased......92, 84, 69, 31, 63, 56, 51.....wait, I am 50!  50 is not old!  At least it is not from my perspective!  PERSPECTIVE is: the state of one's ideas, the facts known to one, etc., in having a meaningful interrelationship according to Dictionary.com.  The way we see things is our perspective.  Can our perspective change?  Can the FACTS as we see them change? 

After reading the newspaper I got up to look at FACEBOOK.  One of my friends posted this: Worry is negative meditation. Think about it. You just keep going over and over in your mind about the problem you're worrying about. The problem is your focus. The Bible tells us to meditate upon His Word both day and night so we will obey it. This puts the focus on the solution (God) rather than dwelling on the problem. 

Man, was that sobering!  The fact GOD instructs us to MEDITATE on HIS word is not so we can be WISE and know HIS word!  It is for our own good!  It is so we will not be focused on the problem!Depression is RAMPANT in today's society.  So many people, including me at times, tend to look at how BAD our problems are instead of putting my  "focus on the solution (God)" and trusting HIM rather than "meditate upon His Word both day and night".  I have meditated this since reading it and am of the opinion that the way we see things may be "just the way we see things"! 

92 is old to a 21 year old.  It is not that old to someone who is 85 years old!  How we perceive something does not make them FACT!  What GOD says is fact!  What GOD does is fact!  GOD does not change. 

A Lesson RE-Learned!

A friend of mine called me yesterday and requested prayer for a lady from his church who had surgery and was having a difficult time.  I promptly sent an email to a group of Christian men I am associated with and have confidence in their CONNECTION to the Throne of GOD!

Upon arriving back at my office this morning I had a response from ONE of my friends.  The others may not have had time to read my email or they may have prayed and not responded to me.  The prayer is what was important, not a response!  The man who responded was not the one who I expected to hear from.  His wife has been battling Lou Gerig's Disease for a LONG time and he should have taking care of HER, not listening to my prayer request! 

I desire to think more of others in need than my problems!  My FACEBOOK profile has a quote on it that I lived three and a half years ago "If it is not a life and death matter, it don't matter!".  Life's issues are overblown sometimes.  We need to realize that our "PROBLEMS" are just items that other people would love to have!  Always remember that GOD can handle any "PROBLEM" we may have.  We just have to trust in HIM!!!