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Creation vs. Evolution - Faith

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Validation

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A Commentary on Twitter

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New game...

Last weekend we had friends in town and we played a new game (new to my family!) which is now my new favorite: Dominoes!

We had an amazing time with everyone, it's one of my favorite things - you know? To have time to spend with dear friends - great fellowship, marvelous food (thanks to the G. Family! :) ), fun games, and lots of laughing! God has blessed me so much with great friends and family.

Then on friday, I got home from work and there was a package on my porch. I thought - what could it be??? The return address said NE - so I knew it had to be from some of my friends that visited the weekend before. I was right!!! I opened the package to see my very own Dominoes game!

So this afternoon, when my uncle came over, we played Dominoes - even Grammy played! I was going to try and not mention who won... but lets just say Mr. T got second place! :) No worries - you will probably win next time...

So I must say - a GIANT THANK YOU to Miss Alice and fam, you all have blessed me in so many ways through the years and we LOVED having youall around for a bit! And thanks for my wonderful new game! May God bless you and yours!

And thank You, God - for all the wonderful people you have placed in my life!

The Delight of Sacrifice

So the question that's been rolling around in my head since church on Sunday - if I am not satisfied with my relationship with God - why am I not asking for more? If I have a friend that I want to get to know better - I call them, make time for them, make myself available, my agenda isn't important - only their's. But do I do that with God? Then I was reading My Utmost for His Highest today and this is the scripture for the day:

I will very gladly spend and be spent for you. (2 Corinthians 12:15)

I think God is amazing - I don't think I say that enough. Just as I'm struggling with wanting a better/deeper relationship with God and wanting to serve Him more faithfully, Mr. Chambers hits the nail on the head. He talked about Paul pouring himself out for his Beloved. That his only goal was to do the bidding of Christ. Can I say that scripture with the same assurance? "Paul said that he knew how to be a "doormat" without resenting it" (My Utmost). How often do we lay down our own comforts for what God asks us to do? Our only legacy not pointing to ourselves but rather the One who saved us. Mr. Chambers went on to say that Paul's goal wasn't freedom - which is so often the cry - but rather devotion to Jesus. What an amazing testimony!

"Lord let my action match my words - I want you, only you, and I don't know if I'm their yet - but I want my desire to be "spent for you", that I would serve you with delight, with a singleness of focus, and let that focus not waver!"

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3 guides for resolutions

I read on LifeWay the following 3 things that we should be using as our guide for making resolutions: 

1. "For the body, assume you have had a heart attack; now live accordingly."
2. "For the heart, assume everything you say about another, they can overhear; now speak accordingly."
3. "For the spirit, assume you have a one-on-one visit with your Creator every quarter; now live accordingly." 
   As a believer, we don't have to wait three months to visit with God. we can, and should meet with Him constantly. However, the thought of scheduling a regular "performance review" with the Lord could and should have an impact on my daily decisions and thus my life.

Kind of interesting - eh?

The author of that artical also said: Once a person reaches the point that he or she sees no value in seeking to become better by resolving to change, that person has given up on living life and has settled on simply existing. This, if you think about it, is in and of itself a resolution –- a resolution to settle for mediocrity.

Let's not settle for mediocrity - but always strive to change and to become more like Christ.  Which also reminds me of this Oswald Chamber's 12/2 entry - thanks Kate for pointing it out to me - and it was from my birthday! ;) 
"Christian perfection is not, and never can be, human perfection. Christian perfection is the perfection of a relationship with God that shows itself to be true even amid the seemingly unimportant aspects of human life... I am called to live in such a perfect relationship with God that my life produces a yearning for God in the lives of others, not admiration for myself. Thoughts about myself hinder my usefulness to God. God’s purpose is not to perfect me to make me a trophy in His showcase; He is getting me to the place where He can use me. Let Him do what He wants!

This is the opposite of mediocrity - and it's what we are called to. So lets make our resolutions - consistant with what we are called to - and lets stand by them! No small task but we are able - in our weekness He is strong.

New Year's Resolutions

I know it's dangerous... thinking that is.

New Year's resolutions... everyone does them - how many keep them? The research I've read say about half of us keep them past the 2 month point. Kinda interesting - but probably not surprising. So I made a few - just like always, one of them is that I've started trying to take a picture of everything I eat... could be entertaining - probably will be very dull to most...  The other has to do with my relationship with God, I am going to read from God's Word every day. In the past I do well with this for a bit - but in the end - it usually slips away, don't get me wrong, I read it - when I have time... or when something comes to me... or at church... or when I know I'm going to talk to someone that will require me to have some scriptural backing... you know what I mean. But one thing that I struggle with is having a routine - getting in the habit of doing things - mostly doing things that are good for me. Going to be on time, getting up in time to actually have a morning routine and not just getting up and rushing to work, eating right - naturally as well as spiritually - and lets face it - it takes more time to do that, you have to plan and actually work to eat right, you can't forget and "just grab something somewhere..." and you can't just sit on the couch and watch whatever is on. You have to prepare food ahead and you have to put effort into reading instead of watching TV. My friend Joie does much better at this than I do, but she is a good example for me.

So here is one of the things that I'm working on to keep myself on task, I've started reading Oswald Chamber's My Utmost for His Highest and actually reading the scripture and praying and thinking about what it's talking about, not just reading it every once in a while when I'm bored... That's the hope for my morning routine.