I wish there had been a dream for me like there was for Jacob. Phil and Dwight were thrilled for me and they had all the faith that I would do amazing things in this church. I was scared, but I trusted them and trusted God to fill in the rest.
I am not a morning person. I do not like to get up early, nor do I like to talk to people in the morning. However, when I am at the beach, I am up at dawn (or before if I go to see sunrise). I like to walk on the beach and go to my favorite bagel shop when I am up and about.
When praying, do you at times find yourself at a loss for words? What can we say that is meaningful to God? What can we say to God that God does not already know or has not already heard?
Didja’ ever have one of those days? I surely have! When worry after worry seems to get piled on you… When one thing after another goes wrong… When one thing after another is added to the ‘to do” list… When you go to bed and cannot fall asleep because of things swirling through your brain… When those worries enter your dreams, and you cannot escape them even when you finally get to sleep.
In the end it’s about having faith in your actions and trusting that good things will come. The bad guy and his cronies always fail, and the hero gets to ride away into the sunset.
“I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me.”
All Things Have A Purpose. Proverbs assumes some connection between people’s character or behavior and the outcomes they experience.
Job’s story is one of devastating financial and personal loss, of disease and suffering, betrayal and marital discord, anger and finally transformation. Job’s life was broken and poured out in front of him, and in his despair and suffering he asks God that eternal question we all come to ask, “Why me?”
The Bible teaches a fundamental principle that we all know to be true: actions have consequences. The things we do and say matter.
Our scripture talks about how we should all be servants – helping others in whatever we do. Sometimes we are in charge of what’s happening – we are hosting an event, we are leading a meeting, we are the CEO, and people look to us for direction. That doesn’t mean we can’t be helping others as we do this.
What is my purpose? How am I being led by the Holy Spirit? I am not exactly sure when I wrote those questions, I didn’t date them, but as I reflect on them now, I know they apply to me as much today as the day that I wrote them, whenever that was.
