Crazy Love

"But it's easy to think about today as just another day. An average day where you go about life concerned with your to-do list, preoccupied by appointments, focused on family, thinking about your desires and needs.

On the average day, we live caught up in OURSELVES. On the average day, we don't consider God very much. On the average day, we forget that our life truly is a vapor."

(Crazy Love by Francis Chan)

Support Colon Cancer Awareness.

Support my sister and I, Marilyn, in our efforts to raise colon cancer awareness and honor our dad, who passed away in June 2008. We will be participating in the remembrance event at the end of March in Central Park. We are excited to be able to go to a city that we love and feel like we can celebrate the life of our father while we are there. If you can donate, please do. It's appreciated. Thank you and God bless.

http://ColonCancerChallenge.kintera.org/faf/r.asp?t=4&i=327163&u=327163-284383784&e=3162670942

One day at a time...one discovery...even.

So, I have quite a bit to say, but there isn't enough time or space to say it all today (or possibly ever even). I've been soaking up a lot of reading...with the hope of reading as much as possible this year...to aid in growth.

I've coined this my year of "Selfless Discovery"....and in order to be selfless often one ends up learning a lot about how they view themselves and their own selfish heart. My journey has begun...and though it is far from over...I know all my discoveries are purifying my heart, preparing it to become that of servant's (heart).

Today's discovery: I worry about the wars of others, with others, for others...instead of seeking peace for my own spiritual warfare. I ask with my own benefit in mind. I don't ask for what's best. I ask for what's pleasing...to me, for me. I seek to change this. I seek Him to change me, to be changed.

"What is causing the quarrels and fights among you? Don't they come from the evil desires within you? You want what you don't have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have, but you can't get it, so you fight and wage war to take it away from them. Yet you don't have what you want because you don't ask God for it. And even when you ask, you don't get it because your motives are all wrong--you want only what will give you pleasure." ---James 4:1-3