10:44:18 PM EDT
Day 4
Made to last forever
POINT TO PONDER: There is more to life than just here and now.
My Views On This: Our life here and now is in preparation for the next. Live in light, I remember the time I asked God what is it all about, picking up the bible, it was some verse about living in light. I think about how I'm living now and am I living in light. I should because it's a light of eternity. I think of my values and how they have changed over the years. My mom always said our time on earth is just a blink of an eye, I guess it is when it's compared to something eternal. Forever is a very long time.
VERSE TO REMEMBER: " This world is fading away, along with everything it craves. But if you do the will of God, you will live forever."
QUESTION TO CONSIDER: Since I was made to last forever, what is the one thing I should stop doing and the one thing I should start doing today?
My Answer: I believe in signs, as I've said before I see them everyday, sometimes I pay really close attention, sometimes I am a bit careless. I remember knowing of eternity after we leave our bodies from the time I was a little boy. I have been shown so many signs in my life regarding this. I want my eternity to be at the side of God the father, and his son Jesus. It's the here and right now that I have more of a problem with. Stop living in fear, and stop the constant worrying ....He is in control and when I surrender to that I know all will be better. Worry does nothing but make me suffer for the short time here on earth. As long as I place my faith in God, my life here on earth will be a happy and enjoyable one. I need to start trusting more that GOD is in control....not me. And let GOD do His work in my life and in the lives of those around me that I love and adore. I want to say all fear is gone, but I feel some even in writing this. I want the fear to leave. Help me lord with this.
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11:09:47 PM EDT
Day 3
WHAT DRIVES YOUR LIFE
POINT TO PONDER: Living on purpose is the path to peace.
My Thoughts On This: Everyone of us on this planet are driven by something, this Chapter was pretty big for me. Maybe because after reading it I know I've lived in the past on some issues, I've lived part of my life with guilt, finally got over that, then I went through a time where I lived in anger for all the things that have happened in my life. Then the scary part of living in fear, a place where I still find myself at times. But then there are beautiful days like today, that all the answers just seem to appear, from nature, from the beauty of all that surrounds me, if only I'd keep my eyes open all the time for these things. I've also been a people pleaser most of my life. It's almost an impossible thing, especially if I'm not pleasing myself first. Drive is to guide...to control...to direct. I used to punish myself by sabataging my success. I am not doing that anymore though. We are products of our past, but not prisoners of it. Knowing my purpose gives meaning to my life. I need hope to cope. Knowing my purpose simplifies life. I just have enough time to do GOD'S will. A plain and simple life is a full life!!! It also leads to peace of mind. Knowingm y purpose focuses my life, so I can become effective at being selective. I want my life to have impact, so I need to focus it!! Knowing my purpose motivates my life. Knowing my purpose prepares me for eternity. I wasn't put here to be rememberes....I was put here to prepare myself for eternity!! Without a purpose, life is motion without meaning, activity without direction and events without reason. Without purpose, life is trivial, petty and pointless!!!
VERSE TO REMEMBER: "You, Lord, give perfect peace to those who keep their purpose firm and put their trust in you." Isiah 26:3 (TEV)
QUESTION TO CONSIDER: What would my family and friends say is the driving force of my life? What do I want it to be?
My Answer: I am the genealogist, the keeper of records and historian of our family. So in many ways my family is the driving force. I probably spend too much time worrying about what others think about my decisions and trying to make everyone happy. Not enough time letting Him have my back. God is everything to me....He can help me do anything if I ask.
This chapter was big for me so I have to further my thoughts and write more later.
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9:56:22 AM EDT
DAY 2
YOU ARE NOT AN ACCIDENT
POINT TO PONDER: I am not an accident.
My thoughts on this: I was lucky enough to be blessed by parents that planned me, but I was also planned by God and He blessed my parents with my birth. he chose THEM specifically because He knew that they were the best parents to fulfill His plan.
Poem by Russell Kelfer:
You are who you are for a reason.
You're part of an intricate plan.
You're a precious and perfect unique design,
Called God's special women or man.
You Look like you look for a reason.
Our God made no mistake.
He knit you togeter within the womb,
You'r just what he wanted to make.
The parents you had were the ones he chose,
And no matter how you may feel,
They were custom-designed with God's plan in mind,
And they bear the Master's seal.
No, the trauma you faced was not easy.
And God wept that it hurt you so;
But it was allowed to shape your heart
So that into his likeness you'd grow.
You are who you are for a reason,
You've been formed by the Master's rod.
You are who you are, beloved,
Because there is a God!
VERSE TO REMEMBER: "I am your creator. You were in my care even before you were born."Isiah 44:2 (CEV)
QUESTION TO CONSIDER: I know that God uniquely created me. What areas of my personality, background, and physical appearance am I struggling to accept.
MY ANSWER: Seems my whole life I've struggled. I was a sickly kid with asthma, I was hurt badly by an adult when I was a child. Then as a teenager I struggled in other ways. I starved myself and struggled with my weight. I know God created me the way he did, but THAT is very hard for me to accept. I am also struggling to accept why certain things have happened to me as I grew up. As far as my personality, I wrote on my other page some aspects of my personality that I don't like....Here they are: I can't turn my head off at times. I overanalize everything. I live in fear at times. I'm a little compulsive at times. Sometimes I make other people's problems my own. If someone else is feeling blue, I let myself start feeling what they feel. I'm not complaining, I know all these things even the bad, made me who I am today. I just wish some of the things hadn't happened, and wonder how much stronger I could be if these things didn't happen. But I know in my heart nothing is an accident on God's part. Especially us.
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12:50:20 PM EDT
Day One
It all starts with GOD
Yeah I guess I have thought all along it was about me. I mean I 've always loved God and worshipped him, but I have been selfish in many ways in my thinking. I must begin with God. It is so amazing to think even before I was born, God had a PLAN for me. A specific purpose and plan for my life that nothing I do on earth will change. I always thought I would be able to tell myself what it was, but now I know it is His plan and purpose, and He will lead me to it. This plan of His was all set and ready to go even before I was born. Nothing I do now can change His plan. My PURPOSE is to live for God. Not to please myself. Everything I have gone through was all in God's plan for me. Everything that has happened to me up to this point has made me who I am and empowered me. It's all because of HIS PLAN. My purpose...my LIFE is about becomming what God created me to be. Focusing on myself will never reveal my life's purpose. My purpose is HUGE, because GOD is huge. What a wonderful feeling!!!! :)
Point to Ponder: It's not about me.
VERSE : "Everything got started in him and finds it's purpose in him." Colossians 1:16b (Msg)
QUESTION TO CONSIDER: In spite of all the advertising around me, how can I remind myself that life is really about living for God, not myself?
He knows everything I feel, He knows everything I do. If I watch, and be still, He gives me clues and shows me signs all the time when I need them, and even when I am not seeking them. He watches me, He loves me and like an earthly Father, he worries about me. That makes me feel special. :)
Dear Precious Lord, thank you for everything you have given me. The family I was born into, my life, my friends. The city I live in. I'm sorry I've been so selfish all these years. I want to love you as you have loved me. I want to please you and serve your purpose for me. Please help me Lord, let me be strong, I can't do this without you. Contiue to bless me, protect me, guide me. Amen
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12:33:10 PM EDT
Hearing no music, just the dishwasher
Not an Accident
This baby was not an accident. Born 36 years ago. One of God's originals. Babies are born originals arn't they. I sure hope I die an original also. I'm Derek, and yes that's me 36 years ago. I'm reading Rick Warren's book "The Purpose Driven Life", so since I love journaling I thought I'd take this 40 day journey with the help of Aol Journals as well. I always wondered my purpose and why I'm here as long as I can remember.
"It's in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for. Long before we first heard of Christ,... he had his eye on us, had designs on us for glorius living, part of the overall purpose he is working out in everything and everyone." Ephesians 1:11
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