Thursday, October 20, 2011
Entitlement
Entitlement: The fact of having a right to something.
Lately when people feel entitled to something it really pisses me off. When someone feels entitled it means they're only thinking about themselves. Entitlement=Pride, and pride messed everything up in the first place. It bothers me so much because I see it in myself all the time. I feel entitled at work, around my friends, at church, with my family and most of all with God. I don't see His gifts as blessings because I feel like I have a right to those things. I overlook the amazing things He gives me daily...I ask God for more when I should be thanking Him. I have a hard time seeing God as good because most days I can't see past myself.
Lord, you are good! Remove anything that would keep me from seeing and hearing you. Thank you for being so patient with me and for proving to me that you love me everyday! You're a good Dad!
Lately when people feel entitled to something it really pisses me off. When someone feels entitled it means they're only thinking about themselves. Entitlement=Pride, and pride messed everything up in the first place. It bothers me so much because I see it in myself all the time. I feel entitled at work, around my friends, at church, with my family and most of all with God. I don't see His gifts as blessings because I feel like I have a right to those things. I overlook the amazing things He gives me daily...I ask God for more when I should be thanking Him. I have a hard time seeing God as good because most days I can't see past myself.
Lord, you are good! Remove anything that would keep me from seeing and hearing you. Thank you for being so patient with me and for proving to me that you love me everyday! You're a good Dad!
Monday, October 10, 2011
What I did instead of work today...
-Laughed at Failblog for most of the day
-G-chatted some friends
-Dominated tetris
-Stalked some people on facebook (not weird at all)
-autocorrectfail.com (If you don't this it's funny you have NO sense of humor!)
-Looked for cardigans online at Urban Outfitters
-Contemplated what a dance-off would look like betweeen me and every person that walked into the store. (I actually won quite a bit)
-Looked up laffy taffy jokes
-Drew a picture of a bear
-Thought up some pranks that will get me in big trouble
It's been a good day so far! :)
-G-chatted some friends
-Dominated tetris
-Stalked some people on facebook (not weird at all)
-autocorrectfail.com (If you don't this it's funny you have NO sense of humor!)
-Looked for cardigans online at Urban Outfitters
-Contemplated what a dance-off would look like betweeen me and every person that walked into the store. (I actually won quite a bit)
-Looked up laffy taffy jokes
-Drew a picture of a bear
-Thought up some pranks that will get me in big trouble
It's been a good day so far! :)
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Glorifying God
I recently had a conversation that went something like this:
Person 1: I'm not sure if what I'm being taught is right, the other day someone was telling me that if you're not trying to glorify God in everything you do then you're wrong.
Me: that doesn't sit right with my spirit (thinking: but I don't know what's wrong about it)
Person 1: yeah, I don't know.
Thankfully after a wicked-awesome sermon, talking with some people and praying for that person, that next morning the Lord revealed something really awesome to me.
Glorifying God is simply walking in who he created you to be.
By "trying" to glorify God you're striving, and striving to please God is working in disguise. We can't work to please God so "trying" to glorify God is not what He wants, he just wants us to walk in the identity he has given us. If we do that glorifying Him will pour out of us as the result.
Person 1: I'm not sure if what I'm being taught is right, the other day someone was telling me that if you're not trying to glorify God in everything you do then you're wrong.
Me: that doesn't sit right with my spirit (thinking: but I don't know what's wrong about it)
Person 1: yeah, I don't know.
Thankfully after a wicked-awesome sermon, talking with some people and praying for that person, that next morning the Lord revealed something really awesome to me.
Glorifying God is simply walking in who he created you to be.
By "trying" to glorify God you're striving, and striving to please God is working in disguise. We can't work to please God so "trying" to glorify God is not what He wants, he just wants us to walk in the identity he has given us. If we do that glorifying Him will pour out of us as the result.
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Thursday, October 6, 2011
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Discovery...
"When a believer has the discovery of the beauty of Christ, it satisfies his soul. A believer hath an appetite to it, a longing desire after a seeing the glory of Christ, as a man hath after bodily food."-Johnathan Edwards
The magnitude of this statement blows my mind. Right now I don't really understand this but this really is the desire of my heart, to be completely and wholly satisfied in Christ.
The magnitude of this statement blows my mind. Right now I don't really understand this but this really is the desire of my heart, to be completely and wholly satisfied in Christ.
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