Perspective...

First off, I just have to say that God is sooooooo good! 


With that out of the way...as Americans we tend to forget how good we have it. I mean really, considering that 36% of people in Africa live on less than $1 a day, I'd say we're sitting pretty high on the hog. If you look up average American income, you start seeing stuff like "net worth" and "social class" and all kinds of other stuff. Net worth? What is that anyway? And, why does it matter? To me, that's just another piece of proof that America is going to hell in a handbasket, and fast....unless we do something about it. What are we going to do? Sometimes it takes you and I stepping back and getting a different view on things...a different perspective...before we can do anything.


Today at church we had some guest speakers from Teen Life Challenge in Dallas, TX. Those men had some amazing stories! But, in my opinion, those men wasted their time if all we got out of it was a 'good story'. The words were spoken and it is our (yours and mine) responsibility to allow them to change us...even if just a little. Hearing other people's testimonies always reminds me of where the Lord brought me from...not a great place, trust me. So, what to do? Well, I for one am not going to sit here and watch all my lost friends and family go to hell. What would God say to me if I did that? He has given me plenty of opportunities to speak life into them and what have I done with it? Wasted it! Well, no more! Starting today, I will speak life and be obedient to the voice of the Lord...first I have to stop long enough to listen. So Lord, I ask you for opportunities to speak life into the people in my realm of influence, and I vow to be obedient to Your voice. In Jesus' name, amen!


Ah, Sovereign LORD, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you. Jer 32:17