See it and Seize It!

How many times have we passed a person with car trouble and thought, "I should stop and help". Hopefully we haven't gotten too numb to at least "think" this. But most times we just keep going justifying our actions by saying, 'well they have a cell phone, probably already called for help", and " I'll be late if I stop", and so on. A while back, (last winter), I finally stopped making excuses. I saw a man walking a few hundred yards ahead of an old pickup truck along side the road. He was carrying a can ( obviously for gas). I went by, and thought 'it's 8 degrees outside, I hope he stays warm'. I then realized there was no gas station for miles. I turned around. I picked him up and took him to get gas, brought him back and waited till he was on his way. His name was Greg and he was a crane operator.
We have to fight the urge to be closed and stop thinking that 'someone else' will be the hands of Jesus.
I only tell this story from shame. I have passed by 95% of the chances I have had to help someone. We have to stop hoping they'll be warm, and start giving them our coat.
Seeing the opportunity is only halfway there. Seize it!

Everything Glorious

Just listening to a song by David Crowder, "You Make Everything Glorious".. In that song he says 'you make everything glorious and I am yours..so what does that make me?'

We don't use the word glorious much in our conversations, so it seems a little odd when you hear it. One definition of glorious is "Characterized by great beauty and splendor; magnificent."

God is glorious. And God makes everything glorious, and I am His... so what does that make me?

Valuable is His sight.

You are a Child of the King, Now Act Like It!

Remember who you are, and Who you belong to. Those words ring in my mind. Maybe because so many times in my life , I have not acted like that was true. The video above is Dave Robinson, who was my son's youth leader and this was at a high school graduation lunch. The key little phrase he says is, "now act like it". You could miss that if you weren't really paying attention. But to me, that phrase is so powerful. If you are a child of God, you are eternal.. Now act like it!. You are a royal priesthood, now act like it! You are more that a conqueror, now act like it!....Don't let the cares of this temporary world get a hold on you. You are an eternal being. You will live out eternity somewhere. If that somewhere is heaven for you, act like it!

Everybody wants to go to heaven

Have ever heard the song? "Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die". If you haven't look it up on the net. It is an old song. There are scary and contemplative things in that thought. If I truly believe what God says and I am a child of God, and I believe going to be with Jesus, then that is what I should want, why are we scared to die? I don't know. I think it's our old nature, begging us to hold on to this life with all we have.

Another thought occurs to me that is even more true. Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to make Jesus Lord. Oh, we want Him to be our Saviour, and we cry out, "Save us, God". But be our Lord? Does that mean I have to get off the throne of my life and let you sit there? What will you want me to do, if you are king of me?

We don't want that.. Do you know what that would look like? We would no longer be able to fuss with the guy who cuts us off in traffic. We would no longer be acquiring wealth, we would be giving it all away. We would no longer be buying cars that cost $20,000.00 dollars when a $10,000 car would do , and we would give the other $10,000 to God.
Wow, that would be different. If God was our Lord, not just our Saviour.

What leaves you broken -- makes you better

But in the end, what leaves you broken -- In the end, makes you better.

I was just hearing that song by Plumb, over and over in my mind.. There is a lot of truth in those words. What breaks us, usually leaves us better. Makes us stronger. If we determine to use it that way.