Hello all, so sorry for the huge 11 day delay. Life is good, Life is great, God is great!!!!! Katie and I have been making deals with the sellers of the house that we like, and I am happy to say, As long as all the paper work go through from the bank, we will be getting the house!! I am very happy and without God involved I would so much more stressed out, but thankfully with him here by my side everything when great.
Today I wanted to talk about asking for help from God. It is in our nature to ask for help when we need it, God made us that way. First off, Never feel bad for asking for help from God, and second never refuse help from anyone, You never know who God sent to help you. There is a story out there, that I have heard from a speaker once. There was a boat out sailing on the ocean, and a storm came about and tipped over his boat and he was left floating on his life vest. The man prayed to God, Please God help me, Help me Lord. save me Lord.... Well the night passed and in the morning a young lady was out in her boat and she pulled up to the man and said "get in" the man replied, "No, I am waiting on God." Another whole day passed, and then the next morning a fisherman came by and said "get in my boat eh." The man replied, "No, I am waiting on God." That night the man was praying to God, asking why he has not saved him yet. "Do you not love me?!?!?" the man said, Finally God replied, "I sent a young women, and a fisherman your way!!" "What more do you want from me!"
I never gave that story much thought before, but now that I am a little more wiser, I have been thinking about it. When I ask God for help, which is daily, I have found myself looking for him, or for some great magical thing. But looking back over time, I see why this person came into my life at this time, or why did I quit this job at this time, or why didn't I buy that car.... so many things are laid out in my life so perfectly, there is no way God has not been with me. Not saying my life was completely easier or anything, just looking back I can see God's hand through everything. Which is a awesome feeling. But in doing all of this I have been thinking about how I asking him things. God wants us to come to him to when we need help, but he wants us to trust in him that we can fix the problem. You know when you take your family on a car trip and someone is always bugging you while your driving, "Are we there yet?", "Can we stop at a rest stop?", "I have to pee...." How upset do you get? How many times are they asking you the same question? Or how about this, Your at work and you have a employee who is new, but not completely new, but every time he gets involved in some thing he is still coming to you asking you for help on the same thing he asking how to do yesterday. Think how God feels when we ask him to help us with a problem, and then keep going back to him asking him for the same thing over and over. I do not know about you, but I HATE begin asked the same question over and over!!!! The way I see it God dislikes it just as much, I know when someone is asking me the same question over and over I can not handle it and a lot of times I blow up, but God does not blow up, but I wonder if he makes us wait just a little bit longer for asking.... You know, kinda like when your kid is in time out and he sneaks that toe off of the couch, and you have to put in for a few more minutes... Kinda like that.
In closing guys/girls I would like to say I am sorry for not posting so often, but Life is great! and so is God!. But I would like to put it out there.... If you feel like you have something to say and would like to put on my blog, please click the comment section and right your own little bit on life.... Of course keep it clean.
Have a great Thursday everyone!
God Bless,
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Hey Eric, from reading this I can see that God has really been working in your life, and it is a beautiful thing to see. I like what you said, about God always having His hand in your life. This has been so true for me. I used to feel so frustrated when something didn't work out. I would say to myself "This is God's will" with a sigh. Now, I feel so overjoyed that God's will has been manifested in my life. I'm not saying I'm perfect, but I see now that God was really protecting me so many times. When I felt like an outcast, God was protecting me from peer pressure. When I felt heart broken, God was protecting me from being in a purposeless relationship. When I felt ugly, God was protecting me from those guys that wouldn't truly love me. You really hit the spot with that concept. Life hasn't been easy, and neither has being in God's will, but the outcome is soooooo worth it.
ReplyDeleteHave you ever been behind a slow driver or had someone pull out in front of you then go 20 miles per hour? You get all stressed out and try to pass them, blow the horn or something...?
ReplyDeleteI try to look at it like this. Maybe this person pulled out in front of me to slow me down...maybe there would have been an accident if I hadn't had my course changed.
What if I had gotten to an intersection and someone crossing ran their light and hit me...we will never know just how many times God steps in and throws a speed bump in our lives to keep us from running headlong into a wall.