Wednesday Closing comments

So, I finished off my last post mentioning praying for others. How many did you uplift? Still just yourself? Did you assist in the lifting up of others?

I will say this, it is interesting how God can put a thought in my heart and mind on one day and continues the theme even through the service Wednesday night. I whole heartedly agree that we need to move from being the selfish people we are to ones who "step out in faith" and lift up others. Is it easy? Well, we are battling with the flesh and it is easy to say no. But that is factoring out that fact that we are not in this alone. God wants us to be thinking of others and not self, therefore He will be right there with us during the fight. To be honest He wants it more than we do. IF we would lean on that fact, the fight would be "easier". I have not attained, but will work at it myself.

So for today? Yeah, ups and downs as always. I found that if I allowed my focus to drift back to selfish things my day "appeared" to be difficult. Once I caught myself and focused more on others (or tried too) my day seemed better. Still the same trials, but a different outlook. Interesting...... Give it a try. I mean a real try. God can do amazing things and we take it for granted so many times.

Preach to you is not my objective with this blog. However, if the pain of guilt is there.... think about what is said, I mean no harm or to be mean. Just pointing out things that I am being shown. Oh check God's Word.... I am basing a lot of what has been said on what God shows me. Look it up yourself. See what He wants to show you.

Lets take a personal example for instance. I find it frustrating how helping others by showing them how something is done to increase there knowledge, can be met by the same people when you ask them for help and they "blow you off" or give you a "flippant answer". Here is my reactions. I got upset. I was like why should I help them anymore? I am just making them more knowledgeable and therefore more likely to be called upon to fix things. Then I realized that I am working for God not man. If that happened, then God wants it too. NOT EASY to accept humanly speaking, but I trust that God will work it out and I will continue to assist others when I can. If the favor is not returned then, who am I too cry and whine? Move on.... they have. If I dwell on the struggle I hurt only myself.

Heh, feel like I am getting no where here..... anyways, God is good and can be depended on. Today had it's struggles and I stumbled through some of them. BUT, I know God is with me through it all. Do you? If not I am sure you know someone in your life who has expressed concern for your eternal soul. go talk to them about it and listen. They want to help and God may have put them in your life just so they could assist in leading you too Him.

Later.....

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