Thursday April 30, 2009 ONE DAY AT A TIME
Everything has its own time, and there is a specific time for every activity under heaven: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to pull out what was planted, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build up, a time to cry and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to hug and a time to stop hugging, a time to start looking and a time to stop looking, a time to keep and a time to throw away, a time to tear apart and a time to sew together, a time to keep quiet and a time to speak out, a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace. Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 M. Scott Peck begins his book, The Road Less Traveled, with these words, "Life is difficult." I certainly can't argue with him. For me, life has truly been difficult. I'm sure the same holds true for you. God's ways are not our ways. No matter who we are we just will not ever be able to grasp all that He is and all that He has planned in this world. Oh, we may be able to occasionally bask in His Presence for short times and receive some profound truths from Him, but we will never know it all! If you are like me, most of the time you don't even know what questions to ask, much less know the answers. God has an appointed purpose and time schedule for each one of us. Yet, He doesn't treat us like puppets on a string. He has given us the ability to make choices and that's where life gets truly difficult. Do we hunger to do His will or feast on our fleshly desires? Whatever we choose He allows. As I've many times, He has given me a second chance in this life and I'm going to do my best to not let Him down too badly. My time to be born has passed and my time to die is somewhere in the future. I've already wasted a lot of time in self-pity and wandering around. It's time to get serious about His plan for me. Yet, I can only take and process that plan one day at a time. Only He knows what time it is for me today, but if I'm close enough to Him I'm sure He'll share. Lord, I praise You and thank You for Your Word and Your truth! I want to rest in Your embrace and be in the right time frame You have for me. Help me this day to hear Your voice and know what choices I need to make. I trust You to steer the way - one day at a time. ******************************************* O. Addison Gethers e-mail address : [email protected] or [email protected] window live messenger: [email protected] aim: durangoadd64 skype: cowboys62 yahoo messenger: OADDISONGETHERS --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/DBILG?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
