Things To Think About

"For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace" Romans 6:14 +++ Sometimes it is helpful to keep asking ourselves the same questions over and over. It's so easy to let the world distract us from what we should be focusing on. When this happens we lose the opportunities for God's Grace. Questions: Do I have a sense of urgency about getting right with God? Do I think that there is always time to fix things and make me right? Do I feel that I can ultimately control things on my own? Do I think that God is such a great Father that He'll put up with me for awhile and give me some time to get it right? Do I think that I'm guaranteed life and will live a long time? Do I have a sense of accountability to God? Do I underestimate my worth to God in this life? Have I lost my Spiritual self-esteem? Do I act like this is my last day in this life? How much am I willing to gamble that I will live a long time and can put off seeking God in my life? If I choose to leave God out of my daily life, what am I missing? Is it better to trust God than to trust myself with my life? How do I get God more into my daily life? Is it as simple as surrendering to Him in all things; then waiting and watching for His leadership in my life through His Grace?

Gift Bashing

In this gift of life we see the negativity that captures us. We wonder why the love that we are capable of, doesn't get practiced as we ply this gracious life, both you and me. Our need to control this gift is sure; to this we cannot seem to die.

The self-centeredness we fight both day and night is a pattern, one that seems to be our plight and the consequences we do reap, that ultimately come to pass. The actions we so freely take, and leave so many lost in our wake, are always nasty in their toll.

This right we exercise is so precise; that we find it so easy to be cruel. Forgiveness and love are not to be found; for we are not looking for a way, to bless a brother or a sister in our lives. Instead we seek to find a point of disagreement; that we can make another pay a price.

We deliver pain without a thought about it. That we're a gift to each other we've forgot. The lessons are there, we've read and seen. If we'd only remember the things that we've been taught; our need for each other we must brightly see.

And in each other things will come to be. These things of life that keep us bound eternal, do bless us through the stumbling blocks of life. And then you can see the Christ in me and I in thee.