“Our past is nothing more than the story of how we got to where we are, and dwelling on it causes us to become stagnant and unsatisfied. We can’t find God by worrying or dreaming about the future, either, because that just makes us want to control whatever lies ahead.
Yes, we have concerns and hopes and dreams for the future. But we can live out our relationship with God only in the here and now. God longs for us to trust Him every hour and every minute of today.”
Do you have worries about tomorrow that you need to surrender and place in God’s hands?
What distracts you from developing your relationship with God today?
Think about the fact that today, while fleeting, is the testing grounds for your faith in God and the plans He has for you…pray for the needed wisdom to make the right decisions today and hand over your plans and concerns for tomorrow to God’s more than capable hands.
“So don’t worry about these things, saying, ‘What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?’ These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs. Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.”
“So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today.”
[matthew 6.31-34, nlt]
so i’ve had this itch to get out and start hiking/climbing/exploring, whatever you wanna call it, i want to get out and do it more… right now i don’t have anything at all that i could wear or use to go hiking or anything, i just haven’t had a chance to go in so many years i’ve had no reason to own anything… so i figured i’d start my “hiking/outdoors wish list” at the bottom and work my way up… so here we go, the Merrell Chameleon boots, they happen to be the same ones (or at least same company) that Bear Grylls from Man vs. Wild uses… not sure if i want the navy or the grey ones, but i really want a good pair of hiking/multi terrain type shoes/boots and i’ve heard these things are awesome… hopefully i’ll be able to save up and get a pair of these and all the other necessities of hiking so that i can go out later this summer or early fall… anyway, that’s my latest want right now… gotta run
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Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium…
i want this for my MacBook bad… real bad… lately i’ve had this itch to go into graphic design/marketing/advertising-ish career especially if i can do it for a church… i think it would just be fun to toy around with graphic/visual design stuff and call that my job… i dunno, but whether i go into that or not, i love graphic design and i’d still do it as a hobby…
i’m praying that i can save up the $$$$$$$ that i’ll need to get this and that it will work well and that i’ll learn to use all the really really awesome tools that it has in it and use it all to glorify God
gotta get back to work now we are picking up a bit
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i’m sitting here in the Learning Center at my church [West Cabarrus] where we hold our Thurs. Night college gatherings on Thursday nights (the name makes sense huh?) and i’ve been thinking about the different seasons of change i’ve gone through in my life… i’ve been through plenty of typical ones… the ones you expect and are prepared to face, nothing out of the ordinary… but every once and a while one will sneak up on ya…
i’m facing one of those right now… seems like change comes and goes together too, at least the sneaky ones do… today at work [New Creation Christian Stores] we went public with our closing down of our Concord location, which happens to be the one i work at… we’ve known since last Friday (July 6, 2007) but we didn’t plan on making it official until today which we did… i had the day off so i wasn’t there to really interact with everyones first impressions, but i can imagine what they were like and i do work tomorrow and Saturday so i’m sure i’ll have my fair share of talking and explaining and interacting with customers then…
i’m really not sure where i’m going or what i’m going to do come August 31 which is our last day as a store, but i do know that trusting God is the one and only place i can go and hold on to and i’m 100% sure and confident that my God will take care of me as He always does and will place me right where He needs/wants me to be for the next season of my life… along with that huge change i’m facing several smaller ones which were and still are unexpected but good because God is at work and God is good! so that’s pretty simple logic for me… anyway, i’m out, need to finish setting up for our gathering tonight…
hope and pray that everyone has an amazing night and weekend…
ct
i got a hold of an early copy of Shawn McDonald’s new cd Scattered Pieces… it’s another live cd… his second… i love live cds… well, i love them if they are live versions of already recorded songs, i like having the nice clean studio version and then the raw, uncut, in the moment live songs… anyway, the cd is great… has 17 songs on it, 13 oldies but goodies and 4 new ones which will hopefully make it on his next studio recording… you also get 2 bonus songs from his website with the cd… anyway, enough with the sales pitch… i get to see Shawn on May 1st with Shane & Shane and Phil Wickahm at CharlotteOne… i’m pretty psyched… gonna try to take a decent sized group with me like i did for the Warren Barfield concert at Christ Community Church back in September last year… speaking of Warren, the kid needs a live cd too… anyway, gonna run for now… just figured i’d post something about this and all that’s related since i hadn’t posted anything in a while…
holler!
ct
okay… i just really want one… Mac’s are sweet… not giving up my pc… just want a MacBook too… really really bad… maybe one day… ha!
i just really want to be able to go to all these coffee shops or other places that have WiFi and just sit and relax and people watch, blog, surf… i dunno… guess i miss my old laptop (not the laptop itself, just the idea of it) and the fact that Mac’s are sweet kinda adds to the desire… i’ll have one by my birthday this year i think (birthday present to myself)… we’ll see…
enough blabbing from me… have a great night!
ct
…48 minutes till 24…
I was lost but I have found
My world revolves around You
I was far away and now
My world revolves around You
Jesus my world without an end
No mind can comprehend
Though I keep trying
Jesus my faith has found Your love
My hope has found its trust
My heart will beat the sound
My world revolves around
Though the sky should touch the ground
My world revolves around You
I surrender You surround
When my world revolves around You
Now my eyes are fixed on You
And I can’t look away
‘Cause all this heart was made to do
Is to offer highest praise
Praise praise
[Jared Anderson, Revolve]
just a quickie… i love the part “now my eyes are fixed on You, and i can’t look away…” lately i continue to be reminded that it’s not about me, it’s not about me, it’s all about Him, all about God… it’s not who i am, or what i can do, it’s who HE is and what HE’S done! duh! i’ve heard this for years, maybe not exactly like that, but i’ve heard it none-the-less and it really hasn’t sunk in until now! wow! how thick headed and egotistical have i been?! i’ve spent so many years looking into the mirror when i should BE the mirror, reflecting Christ to all those around me… it’s not about me, it’s about Him and He should be the one getting all the focus and all the glory and not me…
i used to be afraid of accomplishing great things because i am so afraid of being in the spot light, i’m humble by nature, it’s how i was raised and just part of the way the Lord built me, but i’m not so afraid anymore because it’s not gonna be me doing the accomplishing… i won’t be doing anything great… it will be God doing “the doing”… He’ll be the one in the spot light, the focus will be on Him, i’m just a vessel… whatever He wants to do with me and however He wants to do it… it’s time to truly get over myself, after all, like i’ve been saying here, it’s not about me…
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