Sunday, December 28, 2008

if the Lord wills

what would it look like to REALLY live with this attitude in mind, i mean from the deepest part of our hearts. Jesus did what He saw the Father doing, i wonder if we lived that way, how differently would or lives appear, on the outside... but maybe more importantly on the inside.
If the Lord wills... James 4:13-17

Boasting About Tomorrow

13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— 14 yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. 15 Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.” 16 As it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil. 17 So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.

now, I'm not a theological expert by any means, i don't know really how to understand much of scripture outside of letting it be revealed to me by the Spirit... and gleaning from life experience. whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin... it's those moments, i know i should spend the time pursuing God, but man, it sure sounds like a lot more fun to go wander through the mall, or have these long chats over tea... it sounds so good to just relax and take a nap when i've got a neighbor outside who's hurting. i'd love to do serve in this capacity, but just not today.

God has called me to reconciliation but... there is no excuse. NOW! NOW!!! NOW!!!!! there is no moment like the present.... i sit and ponder if i find

there is no place to find this grace once you over look it.

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