Knock it off the list
by Kyle on Feb.05, 2010, under Devotionals, Journal
Today was another busy day, no surprise. I find it most difficult to keep myself together when I’m busy, it’s a weakness of mine. If I’m working on something that’s my own busy is fine, but if it’s for a million different people and they’re all emailing, calling, messaging, etc. it gets insane. Everybody wants their hot fries, and unfortunately it’s common for them to all ask for it at the same time. Yippie…
I got a bunch of little things done today, including depositing that investment check into the Praise Pictures bank account, so that’s a load off. I’m still trying to get ahold of my tax guy to get something done so we’re all set for 2010, but that proved a failure today, I’ll try again tomorrow. I finally got access again to our online banking too, something I was having trouble with. Speaking of which I need to also get a new rim for my left front tire, which I dented when I bumped a curb a month or so ago, ugh. Lots of little chores to do, and they always take the longest for me.
I think I’m going to start blogging about the new booklet I’m doing alongside my E-group at Vintage. That’s basically small groups at Vintage, and Vintage is a local college ministry I’ve been apart of for a year or two. I was supposed to start yesterday but never did. I see how my work can get in the way of Jesus sometimes, and that’s gotta stop. When the business increases, study time decreases but it’s in the times of business that I need his truth the most…funny how that works out huh?
The process we’re doing is called The 4-D Revolution: The Four Decisions. They’re basically this, and we’ll be concentrating on them for the next number of weeks. Love God First, Love Others, Love the Lost, Love the Least (not what it sounds like, it’s referring to those who need help and doing service projects for people). I’m going to go through the first few verses that they include to go through and do this everyday as apart of my blog (recording my thoughts). Here it goes…
Psalm 1: I like this chapter, it’s basically an expression of what a Christian should do and what God does for him. It’s the “on it he meditates day and night” that strikes me hard as that has been my weakness in the past, something I’m trying to change. While I might use truth in my decision making, trying to keep God at the forefront of my logic as best as I can, I need to get better at being able to specifically grab portions of scripture for myself while in that moment…something I haven’t been good at. This chapter is also tells us what stands the test of time. Those under God will last forever, while the wicked will not. This gives comfort that no matter how tough the circumstance or situation, God still stands on top, and those under him are protected. The truth will always stand the test of time and tribulation, even if we can’t see the results here and now.
Psalm 119:1-10: Again like Psalm 1 we see a passage that is an expression of what a righteous man does. They walk in His ways not their own, they obey His laws, they praise Him, etc. This also seems like a prayer as many verses have a “let me not” element to them. These are good verses to memorize to use in prayer…
Psalm 119:11-24: This continues as a prayer where the previous left off…and you can see the writer talking of things like “delight” and “rejoicing” in His Word and ways. It should be joyful to serve God, to serve the purpose he has for us. It’s a form of worship, an outward expression of our love for Him. That’s what we were created for, to Glorify him. It’s all about His Glory, nothing else. Many tend to think Jesus’ death was all about us and saving us when really it was only a piece of the pie, one could argue a small one. God was restoring his Glory through Jesus’ death and redeeming man in the process. What a beautiful thing
Those are the first three I’ll do for now, good stuff in there. Hopefully these little snippets of what I think aren’t useless to some lol, I just write what I see…
Denise came over later today, we sorta sat around figuring out what to do. We ended up going to Lewiston to eat, at the Brickyard…my favorite place
She’d never been to Lewiston before, so I was happy to show her. I like that little town, I hope to shoot there sometime. It’s got a great look to it, very “small-town” feeling. We ate and chatted then ran to Tops on the way home to grab every kind of junkfood possible. I grabbed two 6-packs of Orange tic tacs and some other things (yes I love them…can’t you tell? I’m like Pauly Bleeker in JUNO…minus the yellow shorts and fornication lol). We watched Star Trek, her favorite movie from last year. That movie is stunning on Blu-ray, always gets me. It’s always fun hanging out and chatting and watching movies, good times!
I think it’s time for bed folks, wish me luck tomorrow, lots to do! Also, please keep my composer in prayer as he tends to some family issues, and also my friend Ben who’s health seems to be declining quickly (Cystic Fibrosis). This could be a big problem as he’s gotten back into school, health problems could ruin things all over again. Thanks, Blessings!
