August 26, 2005
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Hey, Xangaworld! I’m working 12 hours a day right now, and it’s really INconvenient for web stuff( I usually just fall asleep minutes after getting home),,,the biggest pain is not having time to get online for more than a minute or two and follow what everyone is “doing”.
…keep the faith, all!
” Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. If you do this, you will experience God’s peace, which is far more wonderful than the human mind can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.
And now, dear brothers and sisters, let me say one more thing …. Fix your thoughts on what is true and honorable and right. Think about things that are pure and lovely and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. Keep putting into practice all you learned from me and heard from me and saw me doing, and the God of peace will be with you.”
(from Philippians, ch 4 ,v 6-9, NLT)
Be God’s…Jim
Comments (10)
Hi Jim,
Thanks for letting us know what’s up. We miss you (at least I do.) Take care, do good and of course, be God’s!
His Peace2u–
I wondered where you were, but oh, how I understand. I used to do 12-hr nights and I’m not one who can sleep when the sun’s up. Migraine central! I really beat my body up when I did that. Not to mention putting on an extra 20 lb trying to eat my way through every night. Then I spent the next 4 days trying to recover, just to go back and do it again. I think the ideal day would be 6 hrs, noon to 6 or 1 to 7. Yeah, that would work for me.
Be blessed. And thanks for stopping by to comment. I especially related to this:
I want to know His thoughts, the rest are details.” “God is subtle, but he is not malicious.” “Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind” Amazing man; wonderful child.
That’s exactly my thought. I don’t want to know what others think God thinks; I want to know what God thinks. I want to know Him as He is, not just as others have taught me to see Him. I want to be an eagle soaring up to meet Him, not a baby bird sitting passively in the nest with my mouth open, ingesting regurgitated garbage. I want to know the stark reality of Him. I don’t want others to rouse me to passion with their music, with their “eloquent” sermons. I want to feel His passion reverberating through my being.
Boy , do I relate to YOUR work tale…I also used to work 12 hour nights. After a number of years doing that my sleep cycles got completely botched up, migraines were frequent, I lost 30 lbs, and ended up having a doctor write a medical order to stay off nights…You’d get my vote for the shift pattern you propose.
“I don’t want to know what others think God thinks; I want to know what God thinks. I want to know Him as He is, not just as others have taught me to see Him. I want to be an eagle soaring up to meet Him, not a baby bird sitting passively in the nest with my mouth open, ingesting regurgitated garbage. I want to know the stark reality of Him. I don’t want others to rouse me to passion with their music, with their “eloquent” sermons. I want to feel His passion reverberating through my being.”
I heard a talk once by Bob Mumford at a conference for Christians. I was impressed when he cautioned against what he called “rainbarrel faith”; that is, catching the water after it has been sent on to you by others directly in the rain. He essentially urged us to get the rain directly…not to be isolated islands, of course (does the name David Koresh ring a bell?), but to have our own direct contact with God, as well . Work was getting a little tedious today…that last line…”I want to feel His passion reverberating through my being”, has me re-energized..shoot, I’m about ready to break into a “Snoopy dance”! Thanks..
Blessings back…Jim
You’re most welcome
Hafa Adai:
Wheww…sounds like a hectic schedule….(I used to work thoses hours too). May the Lord continue to strengthen you.
Blessings………Anita
Thanks…hey… Hafa Adai back…it’s good to hear from you. You know, I find that I get into much less trouble, and am happier if I keep busy. Fortunately for me, God has coincidentally arranged my life to be full enough to definitely keep me “out of trouble”(ha ha).
Be God’s…Jim
That is one of my favorite bits of Scripture. It’s true. I used to be a real worry wart. Several years back I had an anxiety attack that landed me in the ER. After that, I decided that I should really learn to let go of my worries and give them to God. Thanks for sharing.
Be God’s.
~ april
“…let go and let God…” I like that. I’ll have to remember that one.
It’s hard Jim my friend. I usually just say nice post, and then wonder what on earth they were talking about – I know I missed something.
luckyfreecoin:…Exactly!!! (drives me batty!)