Well, there it is. Part of my new year verse. The last few years, my verse has been 1 Cor 2:9. I added one on, I hope that's okay with y'all! *wink* Today has been good so far. I wrote my g-ma's and my cousin's b-day cards and got them in the mail! yay! I also sent out my application for a trip to Mexico (I win!) on a missions trip and just finished the support letter to give to my local home church. So, I think it's pretty good! But, much prayer will bathe it before I give it to the committee tomorrow. I still get nervous about stuff like this! Whew!
Okay, so God has really been teaching some neat stuff...here's a few:
I was walking to work this morning and saw my footprints from last night (from walking home) and started to walk in my old footprints. It was not that hard, but I noticed that all of my concentration and my attention went into that. Before I was enjoying the scenery, praying, etc. and now I was just looking for my old footprint and trying to walk in it. Is that what happens when we look behind us and dwell on our pasts? We become consumed with what was instead of what is or what will be. The anticipation of the next step not knowing where it will lead you is gone because all of the sudden you are concentrating with all of your effort on redoing the past, so backwards!
I was also praying for those ppl who are out in the world, making any difference for Christ and prayed that they would find their identity in Christ, in who made them, not in who followed them. We can get so caught up in serving other people and doing good things for the world, that we start to live to please them and we forget who we follow and who we really are. Our jobs and professions become our identity and they start to define us. Even one of my teachers was mentioning that she felt defined by what she did. So many ppl get caught in this trap and when they lose something that forms their indentity, they lose themselves b/c they don't really know who or whose they are. Jesus knew who He was; He knew whose He was. He even took breaks from those who followed or served Him to concentrate completely on who He followed. Christ kept His focus on who He followed, not who followed Him. Christ didn't find His identity in who followed Him, He found it in who He followed.
So, who are you following? You can check by thinking about what you would think of who you are if all is "stripped away." There's nothing else to define you. Not even your name.
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