Hot breath on a mirror..........

Good morning! What is time to you? This morning when I got home from work I stopped in the kitchen and looked out at the back porch. I got a cup of coffee and again went out on the porch to do a little studying. As I sat there and read, everything seem to come alive out there. I didn't hear it all at once. But, little by little more sounds started to fill my ears. It made me realize again today that we rush through life so fast sometimes that we don't stop to listen or enjoy the sounds and smells. We don't get days back, they are here and gone. That brings me to today's Bible verse. Let's dig into the good stuff and see what it shows us..........

Bible verse: Psalm 144:4 Man is like a breath, His days are like a passing shadow.

I have talked about this a lot over the years. What is a breath? One minute we have it, then we let it out and it is gone. I think David is saying in this psalm, not to waste any piece of or lives, to let God be in every minute. Have you ever put hot breath onto a window? It will leave its mark, but for a brief moment. Then it will fade away. Is that how we are in this world? I guess what I am trying to get at is.......Seize the day! Take chances! Never leave something unsaid that should be said. Open your heart up.

Do we have plans for our lives? What will be doing in ten years, one year, or even tomorrow? Are they all planned out? Is God at the center of those plans? Do you pray about them? Sometimes our lives seem to be spinning out of control. Are they? Is God trying to show us something? I remember a conversation about a week ago with my daughter Joslyn. She was telling me something and I told her "You're getting the cart in front of the horse!" Well, she said "Dad, why don't you just take the cart off the horse and ride the horse!" The more I have thought about that the more I smile. Maybe our plans are right and maybe they're not. Or just maybe we might miss Gods' plan because we are not willing to just ride the horse. I think we get so caught up in our own lives or even listening to others that we forget the big picture. I have said before that we should slow down and listen. God will tell us all we need to know. We just have to LISTEN.

In the book of James 4:14 James writes, Whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. Instead, you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that. I must ask you a question. Is God the center of our plans? Do we let him guide or shape our future? Or do you do what you want and hope God can fit in there somewhere? Think about it. Have a great day and God bless!

Ponder on this........Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will......