Sorry as I've been up the creek, not in a bad way but a busy way. I've been thinking about this as of late and that is how much possession is enough?
So a good bud of mine, Collin, is back from overseas mission field temp and he and I along with a good friend Pete went to the beach for the wknd. Anyway, we took time out to pray one night and the request from Pete who lives here was that he was convicted by the Spirit of his spending on himself. I echoed the same because I can easily go to my closet and find things that I don't remember I have. After our two requests, our missionary friend said he can spend less on himself as well. Then the both Pete & I looked at each other and felt even more convicted for our missionary friend lives on very little.
If we have so much, do we become independent of God? Instead of a vacation home that is used several times a year, would that $$$ be better used given to a ministry? Instead of buying another pair of shoes that I don't need or Starbucks coffee daily, could I donate that money to my church or world missions? On judgement day, do we tell God to look at how much money we spent on worthless possessions?
I can't wait to see this muv! Wilberforce fought 18 yrs in the Brit Parlmt to abolish slavery and finally succeeded. John Newton was also a good friend of his. Chris Tomlin sang the theme song.
In light of the news of my friend, Greg, about getting inoperable cancer of his organs, I'm reminded that all of us have a limited time here. The question that I've been asking myself is do I live a life that imitates Christ or do I live a life that's for me with Christ in the background? To put it another way, if Christ was to come back next week, would I be glad to see him or would I be ashamed?
Or if I was told by some doctors that I only have such and such time left, would I do anything different? Would I continue to work long hours, not give more $$$ or time to ministries, spend money on materialistic things that I don't need, wasting time watching TV aimlessly?
... the cancer has spread, get your affairs in order. This was what an older friend of mine was told last week. Please pray for him. You can see the latest updates on his blog
Yes, it's Feb in the Central FL area and it's 60-80 degrees. I wish it could be a bit colder but I take this any day over weather like upstate NY where more than 70 inches of snow came.
From this article:Since Sunday, the small towns of Parish and Mexico have recorded more than 6 feet of snow, and forecasters with the National Weather Service say it isn’t over yet.
As I watched ESPN for post game analysis, all the analysts have great things to say about Dungy. One even emphasized that Dungy's faith has kept him through. He said it's because Dungy has faith in God and he passed it to his team and players. Then I was reading a foxsports.com article and another analyst said similar thing, that Dungy is a full blown Christian...
So congrats to Tony Dungy not only for winning the Super Bowl, but for being a good example like not losing your cool when things don't go well, being humble and showing humility like saying there are many black coaches that opened the door for you today and that those coaches could have made it too if they were given the opportunity. This is indeed a good witness as a follower of Jesus Christ. ----------- The question that we must ask ourselves is do we act like Christians most of the time?
1. Lost in translation: The bishop was telling me Sun that he was invited to dine w/ the Queen of England and when he was full he said, "I'm all fed up."
2. The idiot box: I managed not to watch TV for an entire week last week. This has not happened since I don't know when. Did watch a little when with friends Sun tho.
3. Time management: people use this all the time like I need to manage time better. My mentor said it's really 'Self Management'. When you manage yourself, then you will find the time to do all the things you want in a timely manner. This is the reason why #2 happened cuz I was managing myself.
A mystery, a phantom, a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. I'm NOT an anarchist, I like the Guy Fawkes mask cuz we all wear masks to some degree.
