Saw This...

I saw this as part of a signature on another blog.

"Grace and peace in Christ Jesus our Lord, who saved us from the holocaust of God's wrath, and made us wretches a holy nation."

Kinda puts things in a different light doesn't it?

The Look...

...I don't know exactly how you would describe it, but it certainly was a look all it's own.  The company where I do contract work had announced some time ago that they were going to be doing a pretty serious cutting of it's workforce.  As it turns out, they cut about 10%.  They did all of them in one day.

All morning long, people were walking around with this look.  Like they wanted to do something, but thought it might be pointless.  Like they thought they should stay in one place, but couldn't concentrate long enough so they wandered around.  They thought they shouldn't wander, but did anyway.   When the cuts finally happened the looks started to change as people faced the consequences.  Whether they were leaving, staying or had wanted to leave and did not.  

I wonder... Does God perceive us in the same way I perceived these regular employees?  Do we seem to just be wandering around looking for the answer?  Are we hiding from the consequences of situations that we put ourselves in and don't want to face?  Our eternal destiny has already been determined.  We are just here f0r the blink of an eye.  Should we be putting so much focus and strain on ourselves for this life?  Certainly we have a responsibility to provide for ourselves and our families, but does what is that count toward our final destination in this life; our eternal life?

If we focus on the eternal and not so much on the here and now, here and now could be so much more pleasant.  And then God wouldn't perceive us as a bunch on people lost and without direction.  Our focus, regardless of our current circumstances, would be on Him and our final destination.

Wise Thoughts...

In our not-so-little-anymore country church the time is coming when new leaders are about to be confirmed and ones for the 2010 are going to be called on to begin their training.  To that end, one of my brothers passed on this bit of sage...

"As I was reading Chambers this morning, & then went back through Ephesian 1 again, I was stricken by how small my god (little "g") has been, & how meager my faith is in Him Who is the One & only true God of the universe. I struggle with whether we are able to see change within a community of people who are comfortable with a modern "lite" version of Christianity.

I need to remember & trust that He IS on the throne, & that He IS able to do exceedingly abundantly beyond all that I could ask of think."

I hope you all have someone in your life to bring you such awesome thoughts.

For the Whole Family

My dad passed this along for me to share with my son, but truthfully I have watched it more than he has!

Caution, it's a little addictive!