Changes...my own opinion

Can we really change all that we think we can? When I think about things in life there are some questions that we need to answer before we start talking about changing everything...

The first question is Why? Will this change affect how I do something? Will it affect how people view me? Will it make someone's day brighter? Will it make things worse?

The second questions is How? Will I have a meeting? Will I send out emails explaining the change? Do I ask people to help me? Do I want to do it on my own?

The third question is What is the outcome I am looking for? Will it take 2 minutes off of my day? Will it only add more time/responsibility to my plate?

The most important 2 questions that I can think that need to be asked are..What does God word say about it and have I gone to Him in prayer? For most of us the answers to these two critical questions are "I don't know" and "No, I have not gone to Him in prayer".

I hear alot lately about how people are changing this and changing that. I tend to get defensive about those things; first and foremost GOD knows about all of them and for whatever reason He has allowed those things to take place. Is it because He wants us to take a stand and say NO, I am not sure. I know His word says if we can do something about it DON'T PRAY, TAKE CARE OF IT. If we cannot do something about it then PRAY and pray fervently(?).

People are trying to change the world and His word to accomodate their own lives and how they are living. If you are not quilty of wrong doing against your Heavenly Father then why put so much time and energy into changing it? I believe that in each and every person their heart has a space CARVED OUT by our HEAVENLY FATHER. This space is for HIM, not someone dead or shunned but HIM. God does not want all of us to perish but have eternal life, it is however, OUR CHOICE, not HIS to make that decision. People are making wrong decisions because WE ARE NOT PUPPETS on a string. He created us with a mind and a WILL. He knew what each and every one of us was going to choose as we got older. He wants us to accept that His son died for our sins, but He also knew there would be people who would not accept Him.

There are people who could talk for hours about all the changes that are taking place in this world. I don't have that kind of time. I am choosing to spend my time helping others, hopefully making those around me aware of OUR HEAVENLY FATHER and what He has done for me and my life. My job as his servant is to TESTIFY to what I KNOW AND BELIEVE. I believe in the bible, I believe and have Faith that Jesus is my Saviour and that He DIED on the CROSS for my sins, he shed HIS blood so that I may have eternal life. No other "person, thing, etc" that I have heard about or read about has done that. They ask YOU to do that...That would be like me asking Olivia, William Keith or Shelby to lay down their life for me. Sounds ridiculous when it is put like that, don't you think? Well that is exactly what the "others" say.

I cannot change people or their thinking. I cannot make them believe in the FATHER,SON & HOLY SPIRIT. What I can do is show them, by how I live, how I handle situations in my life, how I battle storms that come my way. People who have a heart for God ARE ALWAYS SMILING...Ever notice that? Because they know their PEACE & JOY come from Him. Not their own control...

Let's spend more time focusing on how Jesus would want us to be then trying to change all things we cannot. It starts with us first. God will do good works in you when you believe and accept Him. It may not be tonight, tomorrow or even 5 years from now, but His word says that He will watch over His Sheep.

I am so glad that I am one of His many sheep. He has to come get me and look for me at times, but He does not rest until He has found me. That is because I have accepted Him and His son for dying for my sins and I believe that He rose again, so that I may live an eternal life..

Thank You God for allowing your sheep to always come home. That you love us so much that you are not willing to rest until all your flock is safe in your arms.

Thank You God

It has been some time since I last blogged...Life sometimes gets crazy and we get so consumed by our life's days that we don't take a minute to enjoy the things we love. I really do enjoy this blogging..It gives me an outlet and a voice that I don't always have.

God has been really busy with me lately. I wonder if he spends so much time on me how is he able to manage everyone else? He is ALL KNOWING AND ALL POWERFUL. He has been really convicting me of some areas in my life that I need to work on and at the same time opened so many doors for me.

I always want to do the right things, like Paul says, "The things that I should do I don't and the things that I should not do I do." I guess that is the case for most of us. I don't take being a christian litely. When I am doing something that is wrong or that I know God does not want me to part take in I get this anxious, nervous feeling. Like a school girl who has to hide because she knows someone is watching and she will get into trouble. I try to look at it like this, I know that God is part of my life or I would not have a guilty feeling.

Do you know how hard it is to have "special people" in your life? Or you want to be all to everyone and you can't so you get frustrated? Or you want to raise your kids so that they will be great citizens, but with all the challenges you find yourself ready to climb the walls? The bills come in the mail and you wonder where in the world did this come from and how in the world I am going to afford it this month? Your mom/dad calls with all the wonderful "ideas" about your life, kids, husband, etc. that they have because YOU certainly do not have time to think about them as you are already busy living your life? Well I do, this is my life!!!

There are days when I am so ready to jump out of the boat of life and become airborne; let the wind through my hair, my body dropping carelessly along the wind. The only sound is that of the birds above me. Then there are days when I would so rather stay in bed, pull the covers up over my head and tell the world to come back tomorrow. I realize that those things are not possible, as I do have responsibility and people who are counting on me, some for everything, some for little and some just to be there.

Those moments are when God says, "Sheila, those children need you, you are everything to them right now, your husband depends on you to help him get through his next 5 minutes, you have a friend in need right now and you must pull yourself together." I do! Because when I think about it, I expect the same things from God-My Heavenly Father. The difference is HE IS MY HEAVENLY FATHER and I do not have His patience, gentleness, kindness, peace, calm, resolve, understanding or compassion. I am not perfect, He does not expect me to be. He just expects me to be who I am when I am needed. He gives me all I need to get through those 5 minutes, meltdowns, aggrevations and disappointments. I love Him more than I can ever find words for. He is my one true love, the rain in my drought, the wind in my heat, the air that I breathe and the hole in my heart.

Thank You God for always being faithful to me even when I am not always faithful to you.