Happy New Year!
Do you make resolutions? I used to, but honestly if I had this year I’m sure one of them would be broken before I could finish this blog post.
Last year though I did manage to change how I think about what is going on around me. You see, when I become aware of a situation going on around me that is less than what would please God I take steps to change it. I’m actually writing a book about it titled (so far), “It’s Time to Ask, Flip and Invite”. Because it has come to my knowledge publishers don’t want to print a book that has been fully or even partially shared in any format I cannot give you the details.
I can share this though because it is not in the book:
When you bring every thought into captivity (2 Cor. 10:5), and put the correct value on it, soon, how you think will change. That in turns, changes your heart, or what you believe. Once your heart has changed, it will change how you speak, for from the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks (Luke 6:45).
You might say I am getting 2020 vision! If only more people would see things the way God sees them. Then, they might stop getting offended in their minds, at the drop of a hat, and damaging their hearts and vomiting hate all over the news, work places and especially on social media. The only way to see things clearly is to see them from God’s point of view.
This might be one goal that is worth resolving this year.
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Christmas is over, at least the actual day.
I used to drive fast. I mean, really fast, or perhaps I should say, “stupidly fast!” In the early eighties, in Massachusetts, I was driving my Chevette. Okay, you can stop laughing now. As I was going up a hill and into a sharp turn to my left I saw a car coming fast, straight for me in my lane. It was going to be a head on collision and I said to myself, Oh this is going to hurt! But right before the point of impact I shut my eyes hard, and screamed, “Oh God!”
Peepholes are kind of cool. Instead of seeing what is directly in front of the door you get to see all around the door and porch area. It may be called a “fish eye’s” view? Some cameras have a similar, attachable lens. The point is though, the peephole provides a secured view of who is at the door, but the truth is, it’s a distorted view.
If Adam had stopped Eve from exercising her free will, and disobeying God. If Eve had not listened to the devil in the form of a serpent. Somebody, somewhere, in the ages of time still would have sinned requiring a perfect sacrifice to reunite us with God. Jesus would still have found himself hanging on a cross.
I bet they flunked out of Kindergarten for not coloring inside the lines! Are they important? Do they love their car that much? I bet they live life outside the lines too. I mean, they can’t even park their car inside the straight lines provided free of charge.
Perfection, is a difficult thing to achieve, for those who even try, but somehow, Jesus managed to pull it off. His accomplishment has always intrigued me. Many times I have wondered, If Jesus can do it, then why can’t I? I now have my answer.
Recently, a mother shared with me one of her two year old’s newest habit. She said, “Everywhere we go, he announces to anyone, ‘Look, this is my mother!’” I laughed as I pictured her adorable son smiling and making that bold declaration.
God, I worship you, and praise your name, because you are:
brady, mark a. 