To the Point

First, right now, do not do anything without consulting God. Any move you are about to make regarding job, house, children, car, anything from the biggest decision to the smallest mundane detail of your life. Why? Because He is going to be the only one who could possibly do anything about anything in the near future. Get used to His ways now, learn how He speaks to you and how He gets His message across to you.

Second, pay attention to what is going on around you. Deception is everywhere. Examine the "news" and look to the Bible for wisdom in all things. Test Everything. Keep what is good. Do not trust blindly- only God is trustworthy in all things. For everyone and everthing else, examine before you trust. Keep your wits about you, and look to the Bible for everything!! There WILL BE traps and snares that look perfectly good and harmless. It will be very hard to distinguish between the good and the horrible. Don't get caught.

Third, remember what we are here for. We are here for a blink of an eye, here to fulfill the plans God has made for us well in advance of our existence, here to be Christ in the world, to show Him in all we do. We must do that. The next part of this 'remember' is remember that one day we will be in Heaven with our Lord. That is to be our hope and joy- not something to be scared of. All our hope and joy should be in this one thing.

Now, once again, this is watered down and as gently put as possible. If I let it come out as it sits in my head, it would be a roar. It may come out as that roar as we get closer to whatever it is we are getting closer to. I am not comfortable with any of it, in fact I pretty much hate it. Regardless, it is here, within me and God is pushing it out, of this I am sure. So, too bad for all of us. But that is a complaint for another posting...