Last night was a whirlwind and I feel God is showing me a new song in life. Then I talk to a dear friend about what God might be showing me and it's fitting that she shared me a devotional she just read...she thought it could apply. Here it is:
He hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God; many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD. -Psalm 40:3
Your journey through life is not often easy, and you may experience times when you awaken to find yourself battered and bruised, lost and forsaken, lying helpless along the side of life's road. Your resources gone and your strength spent, you may wonder if there is hope for you. Will anyone come along to help?
God has promised that there is no circumstance from which he cannot rescue you. If you call out to him,he will help you to your feet and provide comfort and support until your wounds heal and you are able to continue on your way. Though the circumstances that caused your fall may still be present, he has promised to walk with you, steadying your feet and filling your heart with hope until you reach your final destination.
I praise you Jesus that when things get difficult or when things seem like there is just no way I'll feel OK again, there is...it's through You and You alone. I praise you for the trails and I praise you for showing me that life is OK to change and change can be OK. I ask that you continually show me that change and trials and struggles are OK because you are working through them and working in me and providing other opportunities. Please help me find joy and strength. I know things will be OK because you are apart of my life (our lives). Continue to work in me.
I have no strength left, God. Life me up and give me new hope as I place my trust in you. Amen.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Status Quo
I've had a hard time posting something lately for the simple reason I'm lost with understanding things in general. If I were to post about something...believe me, I've had things to share, but they just would come out all gibberish or something. No one would get it, I don't think I even would for that matter. So I've just sat waiting to understanding a little bit more...but well, that still hasn't happened.
I will say...waiting on something or someone to come around or what not...might help. But just when I thought things could be good or I was starting to maybe understand something...I get squashed in the face...with an attitude I don't understand. So here I am again...wondering.
So I don't have much...but I'm just getting frustrated with "status"...plain and simple. I think this is what it all comes down to (with my confusion and frustration). I don't want to offend anyone or make someone think they are a terrible person...that is not what this is. But this whole thing is almost like back in high school with all the "cool kids" vs "non-cool kids" drama that went on. But this isn't just about one person or a couple people, I'm talking about people in general in this lovely world we live in. I wasn't a cool kid in high school, but i also wasn't a "loser" as some called it. I just was "normal"...frankly, I'm glad! :)
I feel I've kept that "normal" life and lifestyle. I never want to be the "popular" one or "cool kid". What does that really mean anyway? What does it mean to be popular? or cool? And for the big question...WHY should it MATTER if you are popular or cool? Something I will never understand...and I am OK with that, but I just am bothered by the fact that I feel attitude from People in general when i might not be cool. So...again...define cool?!
From what I've gathered..."cool" means that you have all the latest "popular" (ha...now that is interesting) THINGS in life. Like you have the blackberry or droid phone. You have an iPad or iPhone or Mac. You have a Wii or Xbox. You have a 52" flat screen TV, no a 32" or smaller. You have a fancy digital camera. You have the latest style of fashion out in the store. You have the trendy hair style or what not. You have a nice car or newer car. You have a membership at a fitness club. You can go on trips...not in WI or MN (or the state you live in), but actually road trip. And not even road trip...but you go somewhere WARM or TROPICAL. You are talented in an obvious sort of way (like sports or musically or...)
The list could go on I'm sure...
I'm not saying I don't have some of these, maybe I do. But the interesting thing on this...is these things tend to CONTROL who a person is or becomes. Or...they make the person then feel they are "cool". Maybe, maybe not, again, just something I've observed. I just feel so many people get wrapped up into the "status" of what these things make them be. I'm frustrated and sickened by if you DON'T have these things...it's shoved in your face that "haha, I've got this...". Again, SOME people DON'T act that way...
But what I've observed from some lately is just that. Maybe I'm reading it wrong, but it just is hurtful to see attitudes made and then attitudes given out unfairly. I weep for those...and I weep for the joy that is gone in life because we get wrapped up in the things of this world. These tangible things mean nothing. Where is the personal relationship with others, and most importantly were is the personal relationship with God? I'm just as guilty as everyone else...and I weep for myself of how wrapped up we can get into a game or a phone or a trip or a TV or the list could go on, that we loose sight of actually having a conversation with someone and when you have a conversation with someone...don't look at them as a "cool" or "popular" person for what they have or don't have...look at them for them. Don't give attitudes out for what you have and they don't have.
That doesn't make you...none of this Makes you...
You family makes you, your personal relationships make you, Jesus Christ makes you. Have you thought about Him today? Have you set that piece of technology down for a second to realize there are bigger things in the world that need attention?
I don't want to say anymore because I'm just hurt by the thought of all this. Again...I'm just as guilty...and I pray God can forgive me for the things I get wrapped up into and I pray God drops me to my knees in the understanding and power of God himself in this world.
Lord Jesus, I don't want to be them...I want you to be in me and making me who I need to be in this lost and forsaken world. Let me be the light and have an attitude of forgiveness and understanding on people every day. Help me to understand this whole thing better and help me to love when I'm hurt and weeping for others. Help me to understand and help me to change as well. Make me realize when I am getting wrapped up in a worldly thing that doesn't need that attention and something else or someone else needs my attention more.
I will say...waiting on something or someone to come around or what not...might help. But just when I thought things could be good or I was starting to maybe understand something...I get squashed in the face...with an attitude I don't understand. So here I am again...wondering.
So I don't have much...but I'm just getting frustrated with "status"...plain and simple. I think this is what it all comes down to (with my confusion and frustration). I don't want to offend anyone or make someone think they are a terrible person...that is not what this is. But this whole thing is almost like back in high school with all the "cool kids" vs "non-cool kids" drama that went on. But this isn't just about one person or a couple people, I'm talking about people in general in this lovely world we live in. I wasn't a cool kid in high school, but i also wasn't a "loser" as some called it. I just was "normal"...frankly, I'm glad! :)
I feel I've kept that "normal" life and lifestyle. I never want to be the "popular" one or "cool kid". What does that really mean anyway? What does it mean to be popular? or cool? And for the big question...WHY should it MATTER if you are popular or cool? Something I will never understand...and I am OK with that, but I just am bothered by the fact that I feel attitude from People in general when i might not be cool. So...again...define cool?!
From what I've gathered..."cool" means that you have all the latest "popular" (ha...now that is interesting) THINGS in life. Like you have the blackberry or droid phone. You have an iPad or iPhone or Mac. You have a Wii or Xbox. You have a 52" flat screen TV, no a 32" or smaller. You have a fancy digital camera. You have the latest style of fashion out in the store. You have the trendy hair style or what not. You have a nice car or newer car. You have a membership at a fitness club. You can go on trips...not in WI or MN (or the state you live in), but actually road trip. And not even road trip...but you go somewhere WARM or TROPICAL. You are talented in an obvious sort of way (like sports or musically or...)
The list could go on I'm sure...
I'm not saying I don't have some of these, maybe I do. But the interesting thing on this...is these things tend to CONTROL who a person is or becomes. Or...they make the person then feel they are "cool". Maybe, maybe not, again, just something I've observed. I just feel so many people get wrapped up into the "status" of what these things make them be. I'm frustrated and sickened by if you DON'T have these things...it's shoved in your face that "haha, I've got this...". Again, SOME people DON'T act that way...
But what I've observed from some lately is just that. Maybe I'm reading it wrong, but it just is hurtful to see attitudes made and then attitudes given out unfairly. I weep for those...and I weep for the joy that is gone in life because we get wrapped up in the things of this world. These tangible things mean nothing. Where is the personal relationship with others, and most importantly were is the personal relationship with God? I'm just as guilty as everyone else...and I weep for myself of how wrapped up we can get into a game or a phone or a trip or a TV or the list could go on, that we loose sight of actually having a conversation with someone and when you have a conversation with someone...don't look at them as a "cool" or "popular" person for what they have or don't have...look at them for them. Don't give attitudes out for what you have and they don't have.
That doesn't make you...none of this Makes you...
You family makes you, your personal relationships make you, Jesus Christ makes you. Have you thought about Him today? Have you set that piece of technology down for a second to realize there are bigger things in the world that need attention?
I don't want to say anymore because I'm just hurt by the thought of all this. Again...I'm just as guilty...and I pray God can forgive me for the things I get wrapped up into and I pray God drops me to my knees in the understanding and power of God himself in this world.
Lord Jesus, I don't want to be them...I want you to be in me and making me who I need to be in this lost and forsaken world. Let me be the light and have an attitude of forgiveness and understanding on people every day. Help me to understand this whole thing better and help me to love when I'm hurt and weeping for others. Help me to understand and help me to change as well. Make me realize when I am getting wrapped up in a worldly thing that doesn't need that attention and something else or someone else needs my attention more.
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