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“Focusing too much on today  can cripple tomorrow.”

I’ll break that down for you. I know for me personally, whenever I’m worried about something, I dwell on it to the point to where it makes me sick. It’s not healthy. So when we’re too focused on today, it’s crippling our tomorrow.

“What matters is what you do with today. Don’t worry about tomorrow. Live today.”

This is basically the same thing as above, but laid out differently. We have to stop worrying  about life and what’s going to happen. When you’re too caught up in wordly things, you miss opportunities you never even knew you missed. And I don’t just mean opportunities for yourself, but opportunities to bless others. Like I said in a recent post; I was having a really bad day, and I was caught up in my bad day and how it was affecting me, that I didn’t smile at people in wal mart. I know most people probably think that’s pretty lame, that smiling at someone can in no way affect anyone in a positive or negative way, but trust me, it can.

“Does your love for God hinge on things going well?”

When pastor paul asked this question on sunday morning, it completely blew me away. It’s easy to be all like “God is so good. Praise God!” when you just got a brand new lap top for free. But what about when you’ve lost your job? Or you’ve lost a best friend? Or you feel like you’re so stuck in life? What about those situations? I’m not saying you have to be happy and have this grin plastered across your face with your hands in the air dancing around singing “PRAISE GOD!!”. No one expects that, and no one does that. But to be like “This sucks so bad. But I’m giving it to God no matter what it takes. I’m going to trust that this is what He has planned for me, and this is just a detour on a road to bigger and better things He has for me.” I have such a hard time doing that. And I’ll be honest, most of the time, I forget to do that. Because I’m too caught up in what I want, and how things aren’t going my way.

Why can’t we just be content with today? Why can’t we be content with what we have now, even if it’s only one thing. Why can’t be get over ourselves and focus on others for a change? Why do we put God on hold until everything is exactly as we want it? Because honestly, no matter what you think, nothing is ever going to be exactly how you want it. There are things I adore about my life. And then there’s things that I would love to change. But I just have to live with the fact that my life is how it is for now. And I don’t need to sit around trying to change the unchangeable. I don’t need to sit around and think “Well, if I only had this one thing, then I could be happy.” Because you could conquer  the whole world, and own every possession there is to own, and you still wouldn’t be happy. Only God can make you eternally happy.

You know what I hate? I hate it when people come and whine to you about something, so you try to give them advice, and they brush it aside. Or they talk back and say “I know. I already do that. No, that doesn’t work.” I HATE that. It makes me so mad. And I know that’s something that I just need to get over. But it just makes me want to vomit when people do that. So here’s something I have to learn. Proverbs 15:29- “He who is slow to anger has great understanding, But he who is quick-tempered exalts folly.” There’s also a verse in the bible about listening to advice. Proverbs 12:15- “The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, But a wise man is he who listens to counsel.” There’s so many verses about heeding words carefully, and listening to counsel. It makes me wonder why so many people won’t listen, and just brush it aside. It makes me wonder why I didn’t  listen so many times when I should have.

Another thing that I can’t stand is how we’re so negative. Especially about people. I don’t like spending time around people who constantly look for people to make fun of. It’s pathetic. It’s tearing others down to make you feel better about yourself. Proverbs 15:31- “He who opresses the poor taunts his Maker, But he who is gracious to the needy honers Him.” I think this verse relates to all people. It just makes me sad when I’m with someone and they’re like “Wow…look at that person! He’s hideous! Ewww, look at his hair, it looks stupid. Wow, his clothes are so gay. He’s probably gay.” It makes me want to leave. I don’t like putting myself around people like that. Because they’re negativity rubs off on me. Sometimes I find myself looking at someone and smirking and thinking “Wow…” and I don’t like that. That’s not who I am. It’s hurtful and it just makes you look like a jerk. I don’t need anymore negativity in my life. I love being around people that are happy, and encourage me. I like being with people that I can tell them what’s going on, and they listen and don’t demand 80 questions from me, and then we can go on and talk about something different or go hang out and have fun. I don’t like sitting around dwelling on negative things or things that I can’t change.

anyways. those are pretty much my thoughts for this morning.

~ by Hannah on June 16, 2009.