Our Choices

The words of Eleanor Roosevelt ring true: One's philosophy is not best expressed in words. It is expressed in the choices one makes.
In the long run, we shape our lives and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.

God gives us the freedom to choose. Today we are living the choices we made yesterday. A friend of mine told me the other day the choices she made three years ago are still affecting her life today and the worst part is...she is hurting still, and so are many others because of it.

I am striving to think before I act, before I choose, I try to not react to everything, but to make right choices, to seek the advice of wise counselors, to pray and ask Him what I should do. God has taught me so many things in this journey.

The Timetable

God sets the timetable for all events, worldwide, national and personal. Corrie Ten Boom said, "Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God."

When we realize He already knows, He is aware and He is working, we will let Go, We will give it to Him. It's hard to let go, but it is so much easier when we do. He knows the whole picture, He sees every detail, He knows how to work it out. It's all in His time.

I Wanna Thank Almighty God

Today I just want to stop and take a minute to thank Almighty God where all good things come from. Sometimes I go through life and I take things for granted, but other times I have to stop and give Props to the one who makes all things possible in my life. He and He alone sustains me. He and He alone completes my life.

I am so thankful today that I live in America, the home of the brave and the land of the free. I am thankful that we can worship and serve the one and only true God. I am thankful that I can see, that I have two healthy eyes, that I can hear, that I can talk and walk. I am thankful that I am not homeless, I don't live in a mental institution or a state institution, and my mind is alert. I am thankful that I don't need assistance to get to and fro when I want to go to the bathroom, and that I can drive myself where I need to go. I am thankful for my family, for my friends, my job, my preacher, my church family. I am thankful that I am able to go where I want and do what I want. I am thankful I have a bed to sleep in, a couch to sit on and a refrigerator full of food. I am thankful I have shoes, clothes and blankets. I am thankful I can read and write. I am thankful most of all for Jesus that He died for a wretch like me. I am thankful I know what it feels like to love and be loved. I could go on and on, I am blessed and I know it. Everyday I see others who don't have what I have. I just wanna share it. Everything I have He has given me to be able to love and serve others. Oh how I want to be more like Jesus!!

My God Is Big!

When Henry Norris Russell, the Princeton astronomer, had concluded a lecture on the Milky Way, a woman came to him and asked, "If our world is so little, and the universe is so great, can we believe God really pays any attention to us?" Dr. Russell replied, "That depends, madam, entirely on how big a God you believe in."

I saw this quote and I was reminded that I serve a God of great strength, of great force who operates on an infinite scale, where I am limited He is unlimited, where I am weak, He is strong, His thoughts are not my thoughts, His ways are not my ways. He holds the universe in His hand, He holds tomorrow, He is able to do exceedingly and abundantly above whatever I could ask or think.

That gives me joy!!!

I'm Letting My...Creator Decide

I know without a doubt God loves me, but my humanness makes me forget sometimes when I don't see instant results that maybe I need to pray harder, or pray more, or try to help Him get it done. I mean what about that person in our family who is addicted to drugs or who is sick or who doesn't have that one on one relationship with Him? God could instantly deliver them!

I know He IS working, He is aware, He understands, He is doing what is best. Even when it doesn't seem like He heard that prayer I prayed for someone I love and care for. It may seem like the situation hasn't changed one bit, and they are still on their self destructive path. Still...He is working. I know He is!! God knows a person's heart better than I.

Which brings me back to yesterday as I was praying, I decided to tell God...Ok this is it, I relinguish my control, my rights, my way and I am going to let you decide. I told Him if you answer or you don't answer, I am leaving it in your hands. YOU DECIDE what is best.

I have faith to know you are working but it may not be the answer I want, because you know best. So I will serve you no matter what and I will trust you. And today I feel better about it, I know He will take care of it, cause I sure can't, I just don't have the answer or the power to fix it.