Life's Good!!

You know I think God's really been working with me on several areas of my life! First, complaining---if I don't like something I can really get on to it and never get off---I don't know if I'm the only one like this, but it's not the best trait to have unless I guess if "your something" is a good thing like taking care of the needy or following Jesus. But here I'm talking about negativity!! Something I've struggled with my whole life, and actually thought I had kicked. Apparently not, because this past Sunday the light went off (ding ding God caught me), and I realized wow I need a serious attitude change about my life!! Next, I have mistaken loathing in self-pity/denying I'm any good at anything for thinking I was being humble. Wake up call, that's not right! Being humble is accepting that God gave me talents and gifts and doing my best to use those to further His kingdom and give him all glory! Wow, how Satan can use yourself against you. I hate it's this way, but Satan knows my weaknesses and every chance he gets he uses them to his advantage. I'm tired of being played like this, so I've been making adjustments in my life to combat him---he is so sleigh, but I've got God on my side. Here is what I've been doing: getting in the Bible every day and trying to memorize scripture (thanks to the siestas and Beth Moore). The difference is huge! Now I have the Word of God freshly on my mind daily and it gives me the power to fight Satan because I'm coming with the Sword---Hebrews 4:12. I'm thinking nobody is reading this, but if someone is I urge you to get to know Jesus and start today. Life is too short! Stand up and have an impact on this world like God is calling you to do!! I know getting into the Bible daily can be hard, but it's a discipline and one I know I cannot live without if I'm planning on making a difference for Christ in this World. I'll leave you with this: you would not think about going a day without food to eat because you would be hunger, but how many times do you go all day long without spiritual food? We think we don't have time to read the Bible or we don't understand it etc. We have all kinds of excuses for not reading it, but if we'd stop with the excuses and do it----the impact would change our world as we know it! Even Jesus tells us to look to him for all our needs to be met--how can we do this when we aren't even seeking to find out what he is telling us. The Bible speaks to each one of us---give it a chance!