A Life Uncommon: The need for Widom....

Monday, June 18, 2007

The need for Widom....

Free will verses destiny is a topic of mind today. I think it is both. I have prayed that if it were Gods will.... that he knows the best for me. I offer you a choice" free will". I have choices to make. That is "we" because when you wed it is no longer a singular choice to make.
Destiny.... Gods design for our lives. Do we have a destiny? "For I know the plans I have for you ". Well as I have witnessed we are place into a moment in time to glorify Him. Or is it that wherever we are it is our choice to glorify Him and within our choice (right or wrong) He cant help but be glorified?

It seems a dangerous thing to call our choice hearing from God to do so, is then filled with all the "what ifs"... if we were wrong. We really didn't hear or God has let us astray "how dare he"? I have watched more believers fall by the way side over this very issue than any other in all my years of Marriage. Then it seems to me we are laid open to blame God for any of our own errors.

So is this fine line here in the sand before me. If I say it is up to my choice to respond to any given decision as I determine fit then I am the one responsible for the errors or challenges that lie ahead and maybe even for some of the success. If I am given such freedom then I must depend on Him for the Wisdom to choose wisely. It will be His hand to show us through the desires placed into our hearts. Yet are were following Him or our own wants? Or are they the same thing? What of all the outside influences? How do we know if we are following the desires of others over us? Everyone has their own interest in each of our lives. Where do the influences divide from our own design or can they even be. Perhaps it is that tension that pulls us into a balance

2 comments:

JUST A MOM said...: go throught the motions if it si NOT GOD somethign will stop it,,, if it goes smooth then go for it.; June 19, 2007 at 10:53 PM
Mister Ed said...: I think the waters run much deeper here than meet the eye. It seems to me that nearly any decision could be made "rightly" if we saw all of the consequences laid out for each possible path laid before us. We don't see like this even though God does. It seems to me that no matter what choice we make God has a strategy to give us a gift along the route, no matter how easy or hard the path. Sometimes I don't see the gift but I must confess there is no path I've ever taken that I had no opportunity to learn something from it.; June 20, 2007 at 8:55 PM

By Maya Angelou

'A woman's heart should be so hidden in Christ
That a man should have to seek Him first to find her.'

When I say... 'I am a Christian' I'm not shouting 'I'm clean living,'
I'm whispering 'I was lost, Now I'm found and forgiven.'

When I say... 'I am a Christian' I don't speak of this with pride.
I'm confessing that I stumble and need Christ to be my guide.

When I say... 'I am a Christian' I'm not trying to be strong.
I'm professing that I'm weak and need His strength to carry on.

When I say.. 'I am a Christian' I'm not bragging of success.
I'm admitting I have failed and need God to clean my mess.

When I say... 'I am a Christian' I'm not claiming to be perfect,
My flaws are far too visible, but God believes I am worth it.

When I say... 'I am a Christian' I still feel the sting of pain...
I have my share of heartaches, so I call upon His name.

When I say... 'I am a Christian' I'm not holier than thou,
I'm just a simple sinner Who received God's good grace, somehow!

Words have power. Here are a few of my favorite sayings.

A warm cup of tea is like a cuddle with a friend.
The North American Indians have a more eloquent word for ‘friend’ than we do in English. In their language, the word for friend literally means, “the one who carries my sorrows on his back.”
Return with Honor
The sage anticipates things that are difficult while they are easy, and does things that would become great while they are small. All difficult things in the world are sure to arise from a previous state in which they were easy, and all great things from one in which they were small. Therefore the sage, while he never does what is great, is able on that account to accomplish the greatest things."
"HOME IS WHERE YOUR STORY BEGINS"
“Live so that when your children hear these words they think of you… Fairness Caring Integrity Honesty Love Trust.”
"O Lord help my words to be gracious and tender today, for tomarrow I may have to eat them."
"No man has ever been shot while doing the dishes"