Thursday, January 26, 2012
A Psalm a Day
1For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation.2He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall never be shaken.3How long will you assail a person, will you batter your victim, all of you, as you would a leaning wall, a tottering fence?4Their only plan is to bring down a person of prominence. They take pleasure in falsehood; they bless with their mouths, but inwardly they curse. (Selah)5For God alone my soul waits in silence, for my hope is from him.6He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken.7On God rests my deliverance and my honor; my mighty rock, my refuge is in God.8Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us. (Selah)9Those of low estate are but a breath, those of high estate are a delusion; in the balances they go up; they are together lighter than a breath.10Put no confidence in extortion, and set no vain hopes on robbery; if riches increase, do not set your heart on them.11Once God has spoken; twice have I heard this: that power belongs to God,12and steadfast love belongs to you, O Lord. For you repay to all according to their work.
Monday, January 2, 2012
One Focus
"Perhaps every person is a victim of preoccupation and distraction."- Gary Cleveland
I appreciate that fact I read this on a recent blog by my good friend and I immediately though about something else. Then I said to myself, "What did I just do?" Just like all of you I get distracted from time and time. I may be watching a baseball game, but flip channels just to see what is on the other channels. I often read more than one book at a time. I need to keep busy and I love the internet because I can switch from a theological discussion on one page and an article about Andrew Luck on ESPN.com on another page. Then I might check my balance on my Debit Card and check my e-mail before I watch a movie on Netflix. This is the world where I live a world with 15 second televisions and thousands of ads popping on my Macbook everyday. Anyway my point is: my world not one that I sit and wait often. I do not take time to let my mind focus on one thing very much. I think of 4 or 5 at a time.
I live with distraction and preoccupation.
The year is 2012. Some say it is the end of the world, yet I stay my world will keep going. I want to be a person of focus in 2012. I want to take more time to be in prayer and only prayer. I want to read, one book at a time. I want to be focused on one thing at a time. I want to live in one place, not two or three. I will continue to wear many hats; student, minister, teacher, and friend. Yet, I was to be in the moment. Whatever that moment is. I believe if I start writing more I will enjoy life more. This is one thing that will help me focus.
My life has a purpose and that purpose to bless people with my words and works. I believe I need goals in order to grow. I am an organized and driven person and I am a type- A personality that likes neatness and simplicity. Hopefully, but focusing on this blog and on this new perspective I will grow spiritually and emotionally.
One purpose. One mind. One life.
Let the journey of 2012 begin.
I appreciate that fact I read this on a recent blog by my good friend and I immediately though about something else. Then I said to myself, "What did I just do?" Just like all of you I get distracted from time and time. I may be watching a baseball game, but flip channels just to see what is on the other channels. I often read more than one book at a time. I need to keep busy and I love the internet because I can switch from a theological discussion on one page and an article about Andrew Luck on ESPN.com on another page. Then I might check my balance on my Debit Card and check my e-mail before I watch a movie on Netflix. This is the world where I live a world with 15 second televisions and thousands of ads popping on my Macbook everyday. Anyway my point is: my world not one that I sit and wait often. I do not take time to let my mind focus on one thing very much. I think of 4 or 5 at a time.
I live with distraction and preoccupation.
The year is 2012. Some say it is the end of the world, yet I stay my world will keep going. I want to be a person of focus in 2012. I want to take more time to be in prayer and only prayer. I want to read, one book at a time. I want to be focused on one thing at a time. I want to live in one place, not two or three. I will continue to wear many hats; student, minister, teacher, and friend. Yet, I was to be in the moment. Whatever that moment is. I believe if I start writing more I will enjoy life more. This is one thing that will help me focus.
My life has a purpose and that purpose to bless people with my words and works. I believe I need goals in order to grow. I am an organized and driven person and I am a type- A personality that likes neatness and simplicity. Hopefully, but focusing on this blog and on this new perspective I will grow spiritually and emotionally.
One purpose. One mind. One life.
Let the journey of 2012 begin.
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