We've been talking this week at my church about ensuring that our lives are built strong - on solid ground/foundation and with the strongest materials - ensuring our lives are founded on God's word and centered on that...

As I was praying this morning and trying to center my life on God, I thought about the fact that each morning, my devotions are just that - a time to try to center that day correctly, to center my whole focus on God so that as I go forward during the day, that basis I established in the morning will guide me through...

Some days I follow through well; others, not so much! Those days that are not so good made me reflect and really ask myself the key questions we discussed at Church:

Who am I listening to?

Who am I following?

Who do I trust?

Basically, what is my real foundation - what are my real goals for life? I know what I say they are -but am I living that?

Hmmm.... The answer to that last question comes to me very quickly - I don't think I am really living it! If I were, why am I so dissatisfied with things about myself?

There's so much I know I want to see changed in my life, and I don't mean things outside of me - things inside of me! I pray about it, but am I opening my heart to God's work to transform me - am I letting go of the wheel - or am I fighting Him?

Who am I really following? God - or the material world? Am I really motivated by God or am I motivated by stuff...

Do I show God's love and power to others around me or do people see someone just after the same stuff they all are - nothing new, nothing different; just one of the same!

Every year, people usually make New Year Resolutions. They take some time to analyse the past and plan and prepare for the new! Businesses also have planning time - time to reassess the past, see what has been working, what hasn't and plan how to go forward!

Being a Christian is very challenging, because I think as a Christian, your reassessment and planning needs to happen each day and needs to be vested in God's word...

Each day, one day at a time, we need to take time each morning to review how we served or how we failed our Lord the day before...

We need to plan and prepare how we must go forward that new day - and we need to PRAY with our whole hearts to God for His strength and His power to take charge in our life that day - and then, we need to let go and let God!!!

"Father, I know I fail you constantly... I know I want so badly to be a good steward and to really live a life centred completely and wholly on You!!!

Some days I do okay Lord, but I have a long way to go to let go so that You can transform me and use me for your kingdom and for your glory!

Today, Lord, please help me to let go of the wheel! Take charge today Father - transform me, melt me, mold me and use me to share Your love to each person I come into contact with...

Guide me in every situation so that everything I do is Your will and is pleasing to You...

In Jesus' precious name, I pray...

Thank You Lord, for this day!"

Decisions...

Sometimes we're faced by a really challenging question in life - are we doing the right thing? Is this what God wants us to do; is this the right path for us to take?



Sometimes, its hard to distinguish between that fact and that which we wish to be the case - do you know what I mean?



Let me give you some examples:

Some of us, we make alot of money and we have to file our taxes each year - do we be completely open and honest about it or do we try to find a great CPA (and I do know one by the way ) to limit our tax exposure in the most honest manner, of course?



Some of us are Realtors and if we don't close the deal we don't make money! Do we do whatever it takes to get the deal closed or do we put the clients' interests before our own?



Some of us are single and we're living in a world of complete diversity - especially in the area of BELIEFS and COMMITMENT... Do we hold to the WORD or do we give in to the flow?



Some of us are married and maybe things are not at their highest tide right now - do we hold to the WORD or do we give in to even an imaginary relationship for fulfillment?



There are many ways this question could hit us - and you know, we're HUMAN! We do follow the way we KNOW is right sometimes, and sometimes we mess up and sometimes, the path is unclear...



The only thing I can say is that in each circumstance, if you pray - pray with your true heart for guidance - and if you WAIT and if you LISTEN... God will show you the way... It will APPEAR as the answer, it will FEEL right and it will have a peaceful resolution!!!



I am not a Pastor and I don't profess to know it all or to get it right all or even most of the time - in fact, this BLOG is as much to help me as it is to help others find their way as they struggle towards living in FAITH....



I do know that the times I have acted in faith, prayer and listening for guidance I HAVE absolutely experienced that peace that comes from knowing what I did was the right thing and that peace results - can I tell you - in JOY!!!!



I don't know where these thoughts came from tonight - they just DID!!!! Hope it means something to someone out there - if it does, you don't have to give all the details, just drop me a line, make a comment and let me know...



God Bless!