Happy Thanksgiving to all. May you have a blessed day.
Archive - November, 2008
Happy Thankgiving
say thanks
We set aside one day a year to remember to say “thank you.” What about the other 364 days? These are 2 hard words to keep in the front of our vocabulary and often get left out. Check out this article.
A big job
We have jobs and responsibilities everyday. Some jobs are harder than others; some jobs take more time to plan. We must remember to rely on God for guidance in planning and working on our jobs and responsibilities.
In Jeremiah 29, beginning in verse 11 (the Message translation), God reminds us:Â “I know what I’m doing. I have it all planned out—plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for…when you come looking for me, you’ll find me.”
Why hurry?
Why are we always in a hurry? Why don’t we ever give ourselves enough time to go somewhere or do something?
The commercial side of life is fast-paced, always trying to do things faster. The Comcast Cable commercial is funny but true in today’s fast-paced lifestyle, showing everything moving faster and faster but the Slowsky’s (the turtle family) want to slow down.
Fast is good at times but when we’re always in a rush, we sometimes miss something. This Holiday Christmas season let’s slow down: enjoy God, enjoy life, enjoy ourselves, enjoy our family and friends.
In a pit
Do you ever feel like you’re in a pit, down a well, nothing goes right? Sure, we all have those moments. No matter what we do, we get the feeling that we are taking 2 steps forward and 1 step backward.
We read in Genesis 37 (The Message translation) where Joseph’s brothers threw him in a pit. This wasn’t the end of Joseph though. What looked like the worst and end of Joseph turned out to be a good accomplishment for many people.
What looks like the worst day for us may turn out to be for the good of others. We may make just the slightest impact and influence but that is God’s plan; He’s at work.
Where is the hope?
That title sounds like the old Stephen Curtis Chapman song. Love that song. We may often ask that question when we’re hurting or struggling in life’s situations.
One question we may ask, “Where is God when it hurts?” The answer: “He is in you, the one hurting, not in it, the thing that hurts.”
We must remember to place our hope in God and not in our things or in others. Things fade; God doesn’t.
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