Plans

Hi there,
Well it's another week, and we're one step closer to the end of the year.
The shops have got their Christmas things out already selling, some as early as September.
The adds are playing on the radio station to consider a Christmas gift to a poor country.
And we are thinking about what will happen next year.
For me Christmas is a time to remember Christ, and what he did.
As I was hanging out the wet washing in the garage, I listened to one of those adds about giving money or a goat to a poor person, and I thought yes, this year I will.
Because Christ didn't just come for the Christians.
In the bible when Jesus walked on the earth and around his place, he stopped and asked his disciples  because they were wondering who he was.
He asked them, ''who do you think I am?"
I want to pause there for a moment, take a short break, and think.
Who do you think Jesus is?
Someone we just pray to, and get answers back?
Or someone to hear our side of the story, and hope that it will change our outcome?
So no matter if you're making plans for today, if you're at a loose end, and you think what about me?
God doesn't have a one size fits all package, because if we were all walking down the same road, and doing the same plan, how would that make us effective in our faith?
So make plans, stretch out your ropes, strengthen your posts, and plan big for your tent.
It might just be a small yes to something, but it will grow.
Plants need water to make them strong, you can put a bulb in the ground, with some plant food, and hope for the best, but without water, it will die.
So without plan or vission, we will grow stagnant and not be effective in our walk with Christ.
So take sometime, go back to God, and ask him ''Lord who do you think I am'' and he'll tell you.
Chloe

Wrong turn

Hi there.
Well it's wet here in Dunedin.
And I'm at home managing, all by myself, ( who sang that song? Celine Dion?)
Anyway.
Have you done some bad driving, like really bad?
That happened to me this morning.
I was turning left at the bottom of a road in town, and all the traffic is coming up the hill, parked cars were blocking the view, so I just had to pray and excerlerate.
That was it, a car was turning up and gave way to me, which i'm sure that I had to give way to him.
But in my red car, i thought I had the excuse.
Anyway, sometimes in life it feels like you can't see where you're going because of the ''parked cars''  blocking your view.
Sometimes you've just got to go for it, and pray.
We sometimes read books by popular Christian authors, and get all the advice  in the world and live by that.
But tell me this, why is the bible the best seller in the world, but not that much read in the 1st world?
We need to get rid of the parked cars in our view, go back to seeing God clearly.
How do we do that?
By taking the time to talk to him, like a friend, and having a good chat with him.
If  you're finding things aren't working for you, go back to the drawing board and hear from God what to do.
Sometimes things seem right, but it's God who directs your steps.
And we need to thank him for brining us through the confusion.
And see each day as a blessing, and make the most of it.
So if you need to get rid for the parked cars, go ahead and run to God.
Chloe

priceless

Hi there,
How's your day going?
I hope that you're having a nice day.
As the year goes marching on, and we with it.
We are looking forward to the end of the year.
As spring turns to summer, perhaps you're left a bit worse for wear.
Perhaps you have been through some things this year that well wasn't planned.
Perhaps what seemed right to you, wasn't where God wanted you to be.
It's so easy isn't to confuse God's will to what we want.
How can we change the world?
By loving where people are at, how can we face disspointment and not hold onto it, life a friend.
We hand it over to God.
Handing things over isn't like a one day wonder, it takes time to see what things really are, what they look like, where we are going, and what hopes and dreams we have.
If we find ourselves in that place, it's ok to grieve for them, for a time.
I've been in a grieving place, for a while and it's hard, it's hard when you see a death of a dream die, it's hard to say goodbye to a friend, a family member who is going to be living so far away from you, it's hard work, no matter if you will see them again.
The mission field is hard, at the best of times, but God calls us to do everything for a cause. Even if it's a drink of cold water.
So in my grieving stage, when I looked at my life, as looking back on my posts, and  I've been a victim of lot of things.
Sometimes it's easyier to wear them rather to confess them, to hand them over to God.
I was talking to my friend at work who was able to help me see what things really are, and she said to pray for righteousness. in my situation
You can take all the advice in the world,  but all it takes is to be still, hear from that quiet voice, and pray to do the right thing.
You don't need to prove yourself to anyone, or anything.
Just pray to do the right thing, and all will fall into place.
Trust in God, as it says his light is a light for your feet.
You can't see where you are going in the dark, no matter where that dark place is, pray for God's light to light up your path today.
Chloe