Risk vs Reward

 In golf there are usually several situations in a round where risk vs. reward comes into play.  For example, when playing a par 5 and you hit a great tee shot you may be left with a situation where you have a long 2nd shot to make the green, but there are hazards surrounding the green.  The prudent 2nd shot is to lay up and have a safer 3rd shot.  The risk of hitting into the hazard on the 2nd shot has a great reward if you manage to hit it on the green.

I think we can apply that same scenario in our faith.  The risk of giving up and letting God take over has a great reward.  The safe thing that I did for years was to rely on myself because I'm predictable.  When we let go and let God there is a certain amount of uncertainty, but in taking that seemingly big risk the reward is freedom.

There is no real freedom without taking risks

 

On winning...

WINNERS...
ARE NOT THOSE 
THAT NEVER FAIL
BUT THOSE THAT
NEVER QUIT!
 

I can't think that way

I think it is my human inability to truly grasp what life in heaven will be like.  I've certainly read John the Baptist's attempt at describing heaven and for me, it is still insufficient.  We, as humans, can only describe things in our terms and we are definitely incapable of thinking like God.

I feel that is one of Satan's tools to try and use against us.  Feeding thoughts in our heads of inadequacies, our past, and the inability to truly fathom what heaven will be.  It is times like this in that I am reminded of 2 Corinthians 4:18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

It is the basis of my faith.  Hebrews 11:1 (says it succinctly), Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.

It is in the constant seeking of commune with my God where my faith is strengthened and cannot be marred, damaged, undone, or harmed.

Today my prayer is that the God of eternal love finds you and instills a grain of faith and that the seed would be nurtured until it bears fruits for others to see and believe.

Was-Is-Will Be

Life changes, and changes, and changes.  We do the same thing as people, or at least that's what I think we are supposed to do.

I can look in my past and see what kind of person I was.  Just as I can take an inventory of my life as it is.  Also I can look at myself and how I want to be.  Admittedly sometimes I am personally guilty of remembering far too often of who I was.  The mistake in that is that it keeps from seeing myself as I am now.  I've certainly changed over the years, and as far as that goes, I'm different than I was a few months ago.  I know who I want to be and I am getting there.  Perhaps I'm closer than I think, but again, looking into the future takes away some of the joy from my now.

This life can seem long and arduous when we think in it human understanding.  As a believer in Christ, I know the promises of eternity, but for the life of me, it's not really something I can fully comprehend. 

Isaiah 55: 8-9  For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.

Since I can't understand it completely, I'll have solace in knowing that God has something so wonderfully delicious in store for me that humans cannot accurately describe it's grandeur.

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Knock knock

Opportunity comes knocking in many shapes and forms.  Sometimes it's in the area of work to get a better job.  Sometimes it's in the midst of family where we have the opportunity to guide those we love to a path that will help them avoid future strife.  At other times it's the people placed in our path that may need a kind word or a meal.  Knock knock happens nearly everyday, we just have to listen, open the door, and do what our heart tells us to do.