God Already Had a Plan
Let’s be honest, we have all done it. Someone comes to us with something going on in their life, we want to give them comfort, so we look at them and say, “I’m sure God has a plan”. We walk away hoping that they feel better and that everything works out. Chances are, we never hear how the story ends. The situation gets resolved and everyone moves on. So, did I do my job or not? I listened, I gave words of comfort. I directed the conversation to God. What is the harm in not following up?
Do I believe My Own Advice?
Struggles with Personal Prayer Time
One of my biggest struggles has always been personal prayer time. I always seem to go through the same process. Let’s say I have a friend named Bob. Bob has been my friend for many years, but we don’t live in the same area. This means that I do a lot of checking in on my friend Bob, but sometimes we go through long periods of time without really going into depth in our conversations. I want to pray for friends, so my week praying for Bob usually goes something like this:
Time in the Old Testament
About a month ago, I decided that some time around September I would make the commitment to spend time in the first five books of the bible. Since I have made that decision, the Old Testament has come up in conversation three or four more times.
One of my goals has been to really sit back and spend more time thinking about where God has placed me. I’m not sure if that is normal to think about or not, but I just don’t think we appreciate the significance of our location. In my case, it just doesn’t make sense where I am. According to Google, I grew up where the population was 62,405 people. Not a bad start, I guess. I spent part of my adult life where the population was 485,153. It’s not New York, but it’s not bad.
Motivated by Jonah Episode 4 now available on Podbean and Spotify. Is my whistling from the devil?
What I am currently reading
The Common Path to Uncommon Success: John Lee Dumas