A Collection Of Minutes
What has happened to 2015 .. Seriously.. I mean September
was only around for a split second, or so it seemed. It was foretold to me that
this would happen. I am sure others have heard the same, as we get older time
just flies.on.by. It is truth. Now as
we are on the verge of holiday blitz, I find myself being quite reflective of
the concept of time in general.
In 2 Peter 3:8 it states, “But do not forget this one thing,
dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years
are like a day.” We all are here on this globe but only a snippet in the span
of eternity, yet what a very important piece it is to us. By no means do I
claim to have everything figured out or the perfect path to follow (in fact -
trust me I don’t … but I happen to know the Bible has all that info), but what
I do have are three things I have concluded to be important when thinking about
time.
1. Where is God?
Where is God (Father, Son and
Spirit) in your daily talk, walk and thought?
In our fast pace world it is easy
to get caught up by things that have no real significance and even those that
do, especially if you are a big hearted and caring individual. Also, it doesn’t
help if you are one of the millions of people on this globe with some sort of
attention issue. However, no matter how full our plate is or how many times we
must reread that verse again, we must always take time for God. Time spent with
Him and for Him is the best time. When one spends time with God, they deepen
their relationship with the Trinity. They make themselves open to receive
divine wisdom, instruction and understanding. As it is becoming more acceptable
to worship a tree than the Savior and Creator of the world, the aforementioned
seems that is would be an invaluable resource for dealing with what is and what
is to come.
They exchanged the truth about God for a
lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator--who is
forever praised. Amen.
Romans 1:5
Romans 1:5
2. Do You Share The Wealth?
Are you busy about your Father’s
business speaking and showing the truth of Jesus Christ, helping others, and
doing what you can for mankind?
You can be penniless, but still
help others. I know because as someone who works with the homeless I see it. I
see people who have ‘nothing’ according to the world’s standards, share that
‘nothing’ with those that they meet. A kind word, a welcoming smile,
left-over’s from that good eatery you just had – in which you think you are
going to eat them tomorrow – but you know you aren’t, a hug (my favorite), are
all acceptable ways to share and show the love that has been given to us (John
15:12). Also, if you need help finding a
place in your area, you let me know (HollieMarie[at]ShadesofSunshine[dot]com) –
I enjoy researching such things. ☺
3. Are You Moving On?
Is your mind set hopefully on
things to come or in a pit of regret over the past?
Regret is lame. Like it is all you
want to nom on is a pb&j sandwich, but all you have in the house is ketchup
and a bagel lame. Now of course there is helpful regret, which improves upon
your present and future. The kind of live it, learn it & grow from it;
something that could be considered passing regret. Then there is the, oh my
gosh, I should haven’t done/said that and now because of it my life is forever
changed and I have lost him/her/them as a result regret, which has the uncanny
ability to stick the very fibers of your hair like bubblegum. Lame.
“For
godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret,
whereas worldly grief produces death.”
2 Corinthians 7:10
2 Corinthians 7:10
The Bible is truth. Jesus was the
Son of God who came, died and rose, so that we might be offered eternal life.
As such, when you accept Him as Savior, Redeemer, Lord, King, etc., your sins
are forgiven by God (past, presents and future), and (long term) regret really
is just a stumbling block to all He has to offer. If all we do is keep looking
in the past, we will trip-up in the present and potentially dive face first into a wall
in the future.
“For I know the plans I have
for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and
not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you
will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with
all your heart. I will be found by
you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back from
captivity. I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have
banished you,” declares the Lord, “and will
bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile.”
Jeremiah 29:11-14
Jeremiah 29:11-14
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