remember that famous quote from forrest gump. what a great line and so very true. you never know what you are gonna get. the funny thing about those box of chocolates is that we usually know which ones we are going to dig out first and if we don't get that one then we put it back in the box. we know what we like and what we don't like.
you never know what life is going to bring you over the long term. you never know if the choices you have made will either be wonderful, or just plain lousy. the wonderful thing about life is you get to go to sleep and start over the next day with a clearer mind about what choices you need to make. when you pray to GOD you may be saying one thing, but HE knows what is in your heart so that's usually what he is going to give you. tough choice right there; do you go with what you want to do, or what HE wants you to do? so maybe trying another piece of chocolate isn't such a bad idea sometimes.
my favorite thing about GOD is you know what you are getting up front. you know what HE expects from you no matter what, because HE's written it down for you. you know that if you try to go by HIS rules then you are doing what HE asked you to do. that is a much more reassuring and peaceful choice than what the world offers. you never really know what you're going to get from man. when the world interferes you start to kind of lose your sense of self and you start to wonder what exactly am i doing?
last week one of my sweetest friends in the world asked me to only watch, read, or listen to the news for 30 minutes a day as a christmas present to her. this is hard for me because i love politics, but i have to say that i am loving not knowing what is going on with world affairs right now. i'm not as stressed out, or constantly worried about what is going to happen. the world is something totally out of my control. politics is not in my control. GOD is in control of that, HE'LL make the necessary decisions and HE pretty much has already. so, i'm trying to give up the same old piece of chocolate i normally eat and try something new.
when you get rid of the stuff that controls you and an idol in your life then you have a sense of balance of return. it is a pretty cool feeling to know that the worries that you were hanging on to don't matter, so it is time to just move on and take one day at time.
pray for wisdom and discernment and HE will follow through. pray that HE comes first in your life, it is much easier to put everything on HIM.
"The only way you can be safe and secure is if you are in the will of God for your life. Whether you worship God or idols, that’s what you’ll serve, and that’s what will rule you. The world gives us cultural lies. The flesh gives us those carnal impulses, and the devil takes both of those and just pumps them up. That’s why we have to renew our minds with biblical thinking." nancy leigh demoss - revive our hearts . org
“The LORD is my strength and my defense[a]; he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him." exodus 15:2
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