Righty- Hoe!
so a lot has been going on, and I mean a lot not like the normal "oh you know a lot happened, I went to the store I bought some cheese; I ate the cheese, I went to sleep...etc.." no not like that, I'm talking about BIG BANG BOOM Your whole life changed-kinda-change. Well in this whole shin-dig of sometimes crappy sometimes great list of somewhat catastophic events has somehow seemed to grow in my life lately...
heres some snazzy stuff I learned...
1. YOU CANNOT CHANGE IT!
I know we hear that all the time, how you can't change anything so you mine as well be a happy camper in it all. Well here's the thing... emotions happen you can't always he happy by any means, but that doesn't mean we can't be joyful. In fact we are called to be joyful and in more cases then not in those times when we are least likely to be joyful is when the Lord shows his face more and more and reveals more and more and more grace which we all NEED. I've found that more times than not it is ummm... what's that word I'm looking for... Oh I got it! Pride that, especially in my own experience is our greatest downfall, Pride Pride Pride! the feeling of I can't ask for help or let anyone know what's going on because of how awful I've made a mess of things or the embarressment we think it will bring, but isn't that the glory of it all that God already knows our problems and the issues that are going on? Does he not know everything???? Whats his promise that when everything fell we'd be HELD held HELD . Why is it so hard to accept that things happen and no matter how or why they do, we KNOW that someone else has a greater plan! "For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord..." Declares he's not just muttering under his breathe thinking man I hope they don't really hear this cause I'm kinda winging it, NO! He DECLARES! He screams though every aspect of his being love and plans for us. So knowing that why is it so stinking hard to accept that he just wants to help and be there for our every need. Why is it when suffering or any kind of troubles come our way instead of thinking wow I know he's got a plan we point the finger saying, "hey man I know you say you've got this, but really can I give you some pointers?" I have so been challenged lately to be still and rest. Knowing, and TRUSTING that He's got this and accepting whatever comes my way trusting that He will guide everything to work out fot them that know Him.
which brings me to my next point...
I was having coffee with my ole morning buddy Ravi, and he brought up an interesting point. Which at the time I didn't think much about, but later on that day soaked up the full meaning and application of what he was trying to tell me...
2. YOU CANNOT PLAY GOD! not play as in acting romeo-juliet status, play in the sense were dealing dirty and gonna play those loser cause they don't know what's coming. We get so caught up in the LIE that literally takes over our entire being and state of mind, and in return we build this worldview around the idea we can play God, right about now your probably going oh my who would do this??? that's not me whats this crazy-spaz-of-a-girl talking about. Well let's own up! How many times do we live off the lie it won't hurt anyone else, think of a criminal and what do most of them say? "If I had only known that it would hurt my family and kids I NEVER would have done it" That sounds sooooo good, soooo innocent and so meaningful, of course he never would have done it if he had known..... well folks REALITY CHECK Uh... Ya, you did know and ya you still did. Sure maybe you didn't know every detail of what was going to happen. When you believe into the lie that you can somehow lie and get away with something that goes DIRECTlY against what we're supposed to do, yes you do. In reality your believing you can somehow play God and get away scotch free... People wake up! IT doesn't work like that! IT never has! Once you buy into this lie it starts to fester and spread like the plague to every other aspect of your being until you are so totally consumed by lies that it is all you know and the very core of what you are believing, isn't true because you bought into the lie that you can somehow play and do a better job than that which created you! it just doesn't work....
well just some things to think about I guess....
