A Life-Long-Blueprint

I was thinking about it, in fact, I have been thinking about it a lot lately...and I wish God could just give me a blueprint of my life!!!! Instructions and everything. Wouldn't that be nice!!!! I hate making big decisions and I hate not knowing if it is the right one or not. I seriously think I am a perfectionist and that it is just something I need to work through. But, it would be so much easier!!! Of course there is a lesson in this...I am just not quite sure I want to know the outcome of this one. I have come to realize that everytime I go through something is seems like the BIGGEST ONE, YET until the NEXT ONE. Who says things get easier?! But...if things got easier, wouldn't life be pretty boring? No challenges? Ok, so, I guess it's not as bad as it seems. It just feels like it right now.

Christ

Christ bled, Christ died, Christ rose again... the day he crushed my heart in the palm of his hand, I bled, and when he threw my love back in my face, I died, but I will rise again. I will rise, shake off the dust, and start again, and though I might return to this place, again and again until I get it right, I will face the reality that I will bleed, I will die, I will rise again, stronger and better than before. Such is the cycle of life and love, to be blessed and broken and given... yes, Christ bled, Christ died, Christ rose again, and now he lives in me... and in being one with me, I too will bleed, I will die, and I will rise again...
-Michelle McKinney Hammond-
I have been crucified with Christ and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:20

Opportunities

In one of my classes I have had the opportunity on several occassions to talk to people about God. I have been praying for this to happen and now that it is, it is extremely exciting. I don't even have to bring God up and people just start asking questions now. My prayer is that God will show you the opportunities to witness and talk to people about Him.

Vision/Leadership

"Vision is at the very core of leadership. Take vision away from a leader and you cut out his or her heart. Vision is the fuel that leaders run on. It's the energy that creates action. It's the fire that ignites the passion of followers. It's the clear call that sustains focused effort year after year, decade after decade, as people offer consistent and sacrificial service to God. Proverbs 29:18 says, "Where there is no vision, the people are unrestrained." They can't focus, can't reach their goal, can't follow their dream. An older translation says, "Whithout vision, the people perish." I've seen it with my own eyes; without vision, people lose the vitality that makes them feel alive."-Courageous Leadership by Bill Hybels This is true in any leader's life. The vision of what God has given keeps us going even when we are tired and it seems impossible. I believe God designed us this way by giving us a percervering spirit. I pray that the vision would be restored in you!!!

Time Goes By Too Fast

Today is my brother, Nathan's, birthday party. Sunday is his sixteenth birthday. It was funny because I was having lunch with Dave, Lindsay, and a missionary and he asked me how old my brother was...I said 13!!!! Lindsay looked at me and was quick to correct me. It's just so weird!!! Time goes by way too fast. Before I know it he will be graduated, going to college and getting married!!! I can remember like it was yesterday when he was only six....but SIXTEEN!!! Plus, he looks like a giant. He shot past me long ago. My little brother!!! He's going to be driving soon...ok, that's scary.