Hmmm…

“You can sit in a garage all day, but that doesn’t make you a car!”

-Joyce Meyer

I heard that yesterday on a podcast by Joyce Meyer. What a great thought! To take it a step farther, do Fords wish they were Toyotas, or Hondas try to be Cheverolets? Are we trying to be something we’re not? Or are we trying to fit a mold? I just wanna be what Christ wants me to be…just ME! Why is that so hard sometimes? Why do we seem to battle the easy for something hard? I think I’m going to make that my focus for this next week: Be the person Christ created me to be with or without approval of others. To add a twist: I think I’m gonna log every time I realize I am seeking someone other than Gods approval to see just how much that is happening. This could be dangerous!

For those of you following, I have had such freedom since deleting my Myspace! It’s been great. GREAT idea Tori!!!! I strongly recommend it! I’ve had so much more free time. I love it!!!!

IMPORTANT: A friend’s neice (I cannot recall her age – 7 or 8 yrs old?) needs your prayers. Katie is battling brain cancer. Evidently tumors have come back after the surgery she had over the summer. Pray for strength, her family, and wisdom for the doctors. God knows every tear she cries. He knows her so intimately. Pray for a miracle for this precious child! She and her family need it!

"Wisdom from Steve"

I just love my dad! He always knows the right things to say. He is not a man of profound words, but he comes out with these incredible one-liners when you need them. I’ll give you an example: Last night we were just talking about some terrible news that we received about a family’s friend’s daughter that ran away last Saturday. (Please keep this family in your prayers – they are in need of MAJOR prayer for their 15 year old daughter Jill) Somehow the conversation turned into a nugget of wisdom. “We all fall down, but it’s how you get back up that counts.”

I’ve been thinking a lot about that since he said it last night. I don’t even know where to start with it. So I’ll make it simple. It’s evident that we all have the same problem: sin. (It just manifests in different ways for each of us.) BUT we all have the same solution: JESUS.

I’ll just leave it at that, and let that marinate!