Tuesday, July 8, 2008
What if...?
What if Swiss Cake Rolls and Chips Ahoy were good for you and broccoli and cauliflower made you, ahem, fill out? I'm just asking. Personally, if that were the case, I would be the fittest person ever.
What if...?
What if your actions really matched up with what you believe?
Is that even possible? Think about all you would have to change in your life. I am making a huge assumption that you are like me in that the actions and the beliefs don't always match. I would have to adjust a large chunk of how I live my life.
I believe that it is good to have dreams and to pursue them with your life. If I actually went after the things that I have inside me, I mean, really did something to make the dreams reality, I would spend a lot less time sitting around watching sports on TV. Hmm, maybe that isn't such a bad thing.
I believe that we are supposed to become more like Jesus as we follow Him. The way I act sometimes you would think that I am trying to make Him become more like me. What if I acted on the thoughts of compassion and service and love and grace instead of being content to just think them and then assume that the thought is really all that God is looking for?
I believe that this life is to be lived and enjoyed as much as possible in any of our given circumstances. Lately, things have been hard and I have been the crankiest man on the planet. I still have things to be grateful for so, in some ways, I need to get over myself and look at the good in my life.
I could go on for hours, but you get the point, don't you? This question can go to any area of our life that we choose to apply it. I think a lot of us live in the place of thinking one way but, for whatever reasons, acting another way. I am going to try to make a concious effort, with God's help, to have my outward actions line up, as closely as possible, with my inward being.
Walk with me.
Peace.
Is that even possible? Think about all you would have to change in your life. I am making a huge assumption that you are like me in that the actions and the beliefs don't always match. I would have to adjust a large chunk of how I live my life.
I believe that it is good to have dreams and to pursue them with your life. If I actually went after the things that I have inside me, I mean, really did something to make the dreams reality, I would spend a lot less time sitting around watching sports on TV. Hmm, maybe that isn't such a bad thing.
I believe that we are supposed to become more like Jesus as we follow Him. The way I act sometimes you would think that I am trying to make Him become more like me. What if I acted on the thoughts of compassion and service and love and grace instead of being content to just think them and then assume that the thought is really all that God is looking for?
I believe that this life is to be lived and enjoyed as much as possible in any of our given circumstances. Lately, things have been hard and I have been the crankiest man on the planet. I still have things to be grateful for so, in some ways, I need to get over myself and look at the good in my life.
I could go on for hours, but you get the point, don't you? This question can go to any area of our life that we choose to apply it. I think a lot of us live in the place of thinking one way but, for whatever reasons, acting another way. I am going to try to make a concious effort, with God's help, to have my outward actions line up, as closely as possible, with my inward being.
Walk with me.
Peace.
Thursday, July 3, 2008
What if...?
I have been rolling this around in my head for a few days now. From the date of the last post, you would think that I have been rolling lots of things in my head or nothing at all, depending on how you look at it.
Anyway, I have been thinking about the question of "What if...?". It is so wide open and full of possibility; vague and yet able to be narrowed down very quickly. I like that it gives room to dream and hope. It can be used to put on the brakes if need be. It is both a wonderful and scary question. Kind of like life, isn't it?
Over the next few weeks I would like to post on this question. It will be regarding things that I have been pondering, some serious and some frivolous. I would welcome comments and conversation, as well as your own "What if...?" questions. Let's see what we can dream up.
Peace.
Anyway, I have been thinking about the question of "What if...?". It is so wide open and full of possibility; vague and yet able to be narrowed down very quickly. I like that it gives room to dream and hope. It can be used to put on the brakes if need be. It is both a wonderful and scary question. Kind of like life, isn't it?
Over the next few weeks I would like to post on this question. It will be regarding things that I have been pondering, some serious and some frivolous. I would welcome comments and conversation, as well as your own "What if...?" questions. Let's see what we can dream up.
Peace.
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