Monday, September 15, 2008

WAITING ON THE LORD WITH ACTION




Five Day Forecast
Forecast Conditions
High/Low °F
Precip.
Monday9/15/2008
Thunderstorms
91°/78°
20%
Tuesday9/16/2008
Thunderstorms
91°/79°
30%
Wednesday9/17/2008
Thunderstorms
89°/78°
30%
Thursday9/18/2008
Thunderstorms
87°/76°
40%
Friday9/19/2008
Thunderstorms
86°/75°
40%

I CHOSE TO SEND THE WEATHER REPORT FIRST TODAY, AS IF FEEL MOST PEOPLE THINK ABOUT THIS FIRST, INSTEAD OF PUTTING GOD FIRST IN THEIR DAY...I PRAY THIS IS NOT TRUE FOR MANY OF YOU...I START THANKING GOD AS I STUMBLE OUTSIDE WITH MY DOG...I QUICKLY FIND OUT HOW MUCH THE WORLD IS NOT WHERE I WANT TO BE...AFTER OVERCOMING SEVERAL ATTEMPTS BY THE ENEMY TO TELL ME HOW GOD IS MAKING MY LIFE HARD, I GO TO MY ROOM AND READ THE WORD OF GOD...HIS TRUTH COMFORTS AND GIVES ME STRENGTH TO START MY DAY WITH HOPE IN THE GUDANCE OF MY SPIRIT...BY AIMING MY DAY FOR THE GLORY OF JESUS, I AM ABLE TO PLOT A COURSE TOWARDS HIS GRACE AND MERCY...WORSHIP MUSIC IS A LARGE PART OF MY DAY...IT HELPS ME TO STAY FOCUSED ON WHAT AND WHO IS IMPORTANT...I AM NOT WORTHY, BUT I AM FORGIVEN...GOD ALONE IS WORTHY OF MY OBEDIENCE...IF THE TRASH GETS TAKEN OUT, THAT IS OK TOO..SOME SAY I JUST CAST MY FATE TO THE WIND...I SAY I CAST MYSELF AT THE FOOT OF THE CROSS...I MOURN MY FAILURES, AND REJOICE IN GODS GRACE...ALL ELSE PALES IN HIS GLORY AND MERCY...IT IS WRITTEN WE SHOULD TURN FROM THE DEVIL...SOME DAYS THAT IS DIFFICULT AS HE SEEMS TO BE EVERYWHERE I TURN...WHEN I TURN MY SPIRIT TO THE LORD, SATAN CANNOT STAND THERE...I THINK THERE IS MORE THAN JUST BELIEVING...SATAN BELIEVES...I AM A KNOWER...NOT ONLY DO I BELIEVE IN GOD, I KNOW JESUS DIED FOR ME...NOT BECAUSE OF ME...I AM HEALED BY HIS WOUNDS...NOT MY BODY, BUT MY SOUL...MAT 22:1-14 HAS CAPTURED MY ATTENTION FOR SOME TIME NOW...IT IS WRITTEN "FOR MANY ARE CALLED, BUT FEW ARE CHOSEN...IT DOES NOT SAY "ALL" ARE CALLED...IT SAYS BOTH GOOD AND BAD WERE INVITED...WAS THE MAN WITHOUT THE WEDDING DRESS SATAN?...I BELIEVE IT IS GOD'S JUDGMENT OF SATAN THAT HE CAN NEVER RETURN TO GOD...HOW TERRIBLE IT MUST BE FOR HIM TO KNOW HE CAN NEVER BE CLOSE TO GOD FOR ALL ETERNITY...HIS EMPTINESS IS INCONCEIVABLE TO ME...NO MATTER HOW MANY PEOPLE HE CAN DECEIVE INTO GOING WITH HIM, HE WILL NEVER BE FULFILLED...THOSE WHO CHOOSE THE ENEMY WILL SHARE HIS FATE FOR ALL TIME...TO BE WITHOUT GOD IS TO BE WITHOUT EVERYTHING...TRUE DEATH...LIVING THE CROSS LIFE IS NOT ALWAYS EASY...YOUR PAIN IS ALWAYS WORTH THE REWARDS THAT JESUS PROMISED...HIS WILL IS CONTINUALLY FOR MY GOOD, AND KNOWING THAT, I KNOW HIS GRACE ALONE IS ENOUGH...I MUST ALWAYS REMEMBER, IT IS NOT WHAT I DO, IT IS WHO HE IS...LOVE TO ALL IN JESUS...DAVE...TBOD...

PS. I STILL HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THE WEATHER OR THE NEWS...I DID WATCH THE VIDEO OF THE 8 YEAR OLD SUPER GUITARIST FROM JAPAN...LOL...