questions

1. How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?
2. Which is worse, failing or never trying?
3. If life is so short, why do we do so many things we don’t like and like so many things we don’t do?
4. When it’s all said and done, will you have said more than you’ve done?
5. What is the one thing you’d most like to change about the world?
6. If happiness was the national currency, what kind of work would make you rich?
7. Are you doing what you believe in, or are you settling for what you are doing?
8. If the average human life span was 40 years, how would you live your life differently?
9. To what degree have you actually controlled the course your life has taken?
10. Are you more worried about doing things right, or doing the right things?
11. You’re having lunch with three people you respect and admire. They all start criticizing a close friend of yours, not knowing she is your friend. The criticism is distasteful and unjustified. What do you do?
12. If you could offer a newborn child only one piece of advice, what would it be?
13. Would you break the law to save a loved one?
14. Have you ever seen insanity where you later saw creativity?
15. What’s something you know you do differently than most people?
16. How come the things that make you happy don’t make everyone happy?
17. What one thing have you not done that you really want to do? What’s holding you back?
18. Are you holding onto something you need to let go of?
19. If you had to move to a state or country besides the one you currently live in, where would you move and why?
20. Do you push the elevator button more than once? Do you really believe it makes the elevator faster?
21. Would you rather be a worried genius or a joyful simpleton?

Questioning how I live life

Have read some truly uncomfortable books the last few months. Radical and The Hole in the Gospel have really convicted me and try as I might to find fault with what they say, they appear to be very biblical. So I am currently on vacation with my daughter and son in law and friends that are family and find myself buying Radical Together. Wow.
I so much want to do what Jesus told us and go out and make disciples of all nations.......Instead, I find myself wanting others to come instead of me going. So do my ministries need to be going to people rather than expecting people coming to me. Hmm, WWJD? ouch. I am trying to let all this uncomfortableness settle into my heart. More than anything, I want to be what God wants, but in wanting, do I become something else?
A min epiphany has occurred and I am realizing that I just need to love, worship and adore Him and I will become what He desires through no action or changes on my part. The more I love and worship him, the more I become who I was created to be. I am called to love God and others.
Here goes.......................

Ask For Help and Just Trust!!!

Wednesday, February 02, 2011

Choose Faith and Ask for Help by Rick Warren

“Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.” Philippians 4:6 (NLT) "It does not bother God when you ask for help. He stands ready to help you in every moment of life." When faced with the reality of a situation that is overwhelming, the best thing you can do is focus on God. The disciples, in Matthew 8, knew that Jesus could do something about the storm that threatened their lives as they were tossed on the sea. Their answer to the overwhelming storm was to ask Jesus for help. “The disciples went to him and they woke him up, shouting, ‘Lord save us, we are going to drown” (Matthew 8:25 NLT). Why is it that we wait until it gets really bad before we think we have to pray? One of the keys to dealing with anxiety is to cry for help earlier because God wants to help. Instead of trying to live life on your own and let the worry overwhelm you, turn to God. He wants you to live life connected to him, talking to him, and getting connected with others because when you try to do it on our own and never ask for help, worries just multiply. Maybe it’s hard for you to admit your needs. Maybe you think no one cares. Maybe you’re convinced you know the answer and no one else does. I think a lot of people don’t ask for help because they don’t want to be a bother to anyone. It does not bother God when you ask for help. He stands ready to help you in every moment of life. “Tell God what you need and thank him for all he has done” (Philippians 4:6 NLT). Talking to God in prayer is the single most effective cure for worry, and it needs to be the attitude of your life. Our verse today gives us the formula for how this works. “Pray about everything.” First, you talk. As you talk to God about everything, you will find the anxiety level lessening in your life. “Tell God what you need.” That’s the second thing. A lot of times people go to God in prayer and tell God about everything and everyone else, but don’t share their needs with him. Tell him what you are worried about! “Thank him for all he has done.” There is something about gratitude that lessens anxiety and opens the door to peace and incredible faith in your life. No matter what you’re going through in life right now, there is something you can look back on and say, “God, I’m grateful for that.” So hang on to that.

We Really Are Terrific....Celebrate It!!! :)

An excerpt from
Oh Thank Goodness, It's Not Just Me!
by BJ Gallagher

It's so easy for women
to slip into self doubt
and feeling inadequate.
After all,
we shoulder a lot of responsibilities -
being supportive of our mates,
nurturing our children,
staying in touch with extended family,
holding down jobs
while holding down the fort at home.

No wonder we sometimes feel
anxious,
exhausted,
insecure,
second guessing ourselves.

We need to know
we're not alone.
We need to hear
that other women
share our experiences.

"Atta girl" never sounded so sweet
as when coming from the lips
of another woman.
She understands,
she's been there, done that.
She gets it -
she gets me.

We take turns
encouraging,
supporting,
cheering one another on.

We learn to do it for ourselves, too.
Just reach right over your shoulder, girl,
and pat yourself on the back.

You're terrific,
and you and I both know it.