Please be praying:
I have a cousin named Matthew and he was admitted to the ICU last night with a case of pneumonia. They think he had a potentially fatal reaction to his medication. He's only sixteen, just a little older than me. Apparently he's doing a little better, and talking and eating. This is the second time he's been in the hospital for this, though. Just please be praying for his healing.
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I had a dream the other night that the world was ending. The sky was going dark and the wind was whipping up. I was in a park, I think, and I panicked. 'The world can't end now,' I thought. 'I haven't done anything for God. I have plans. I was going to do great things for him.' Have you ever thought of that? What would happen if the world ended tomorrow and I'd done nothing? I'd just sat around waiting to grow up so I could do something for God when I was "old enough?" How could I stand before God and tell him that I, procrastinator that I am, had done nothing? There's a story in 1st Samuel 14, where Israel is hiding from the Philistines in caves. They're on one side of a ravine and the Philistines are on the other. Now Jonathon, the king's son, tells his armor bearer, "Let's go up to the Philistines and perhaps God will deliver them into our hands." So they went. Just the two of them, and they attacked the Philistines and they were victorious. For, Jonathon said, "After all, nothing can stop the LORD from saving, whether there are many soldiers or few" (1 Samuel 14:6). There's nothing stopping me. I can do something. I don't have to worry about whether or not I will have anything to report to God. Oftentimes, though when I try to do something for God, I get afraid. And then I rationalize with God. Come up with a bunch of reasons why I can't do this one thing. I'm too busy. I'm late. What if they think I'm weird? And I end up copping out. Our pastor today said, "Stop counting your swords." Sometimes I just need to remind myself that nothing can stop God from doing his will whether it's through little ol' me or through a huge group of spiritually mature people. God can. And he will... IF I'm willing to obey and quit waiting to grow up. Don't believe it when they say, "You're just a fool to believe you can change the world." Ella posed this question today. "Why do we get an opportunity and God loses it?" Some things didn't work out like we'd planned. We were thought we knew what God wanted of us and we were ready to trust him and go the way he was supposedly pointing. And then...it was gone. It wasn't to be. And maybe it's accepting God's answer that takes the most trust. But that's what he wants us to do. Maybe it was just that he was waiting to see if we really would go wherever he called. He has a bigger plan and we just have to wait and see. It's like a switchback trail. You have to wait until you get there to see what's right in front of you until you round the curve and you can see a bit more. Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am." Notice the verb tense. Before Abraham was, I am. God is eternal. He sees everything like a map in front of him. He sees your past and future. Your life is like a book. Everything is there at the same time, it just matters what time you are reading in. (Stole that idea from Emma:). Ever pray for the movie to end the way you want it to? And then you wake yourself up and remind yourself that, oh right, the end has already been determined. So what is there to be worried about, right? I wrote a post a while ago on trust. I described trust in a story of when my Dad would hold our arms and we would lean out over the river and Abby would always go further and I couldn't because I was too afraid. I actually found pictures of it here. I've got to learn to trust. I've got to live to the fullest. I've got to embrace my life while I have it. I've got to know that God won't let me fall. I've got to let that air rush around my face. I've got to feel that adrenaline pumping through my veins. And not put God in the box of my own planning. Can't wrap my mind around you |
About Me!Hannah writes to satisfy her imagination. She's written six books so far--five of which need to be rewritten--and is working on a seventh. She ranges through a variety of genres, but favors contemporary YA, fixing broken characters. She wants to use her writing to change people and bring hope. She's currently going to college for Nursing and that takes up most of her writing time. She's a rather stereotypical writer, talking to imaginary friends, eavesdropping on people at the store, secretly being nosy, stashing herself away in her room with a paper and pen and chocolate and her teddy bear. She loves Jesus, the way the morning smells, her family of seven (four siblings), old movies, fairy tales, candles at night and helping people. She writes on another blog at nerdywriter.blogspot.com to hopefully build her chances of publication. My Author Site:Archives
December 2016
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