The trip was about 7 hours, so it was nice when we finally arrived. Tomorrow we are planning on walking around some on the beach. We don't play until 5:00 p.m., so we are going to have some time to do that. I will definitely take more pictures tomorrow as well.
I will probably not update more until Sunday! We will not be getting back home tomorrow night until 2:00 or 3:00 a.m.....WOW!
Verses of the day:
Psalm 81:13-14 “If my people would but listen to me, if Israel would follow my ways, how quickly would I subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes!”
I know so many times we can easily get caught up into thinking that we have everything under control. We turn our ears against God, and block him out. My prayer is that the Lord would help me to listen! When we listen to the Lord, he will lead us in the way that we should go. He also promised to defend and protect us when we follow him.
Proverbs 26:11 “As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.”
I thought this chapter was really good! It addresses the fool, the sluggard, and the liar. I really liked this verse, because how true it is. We are going to make mistakes on this earth, but it is important that we learn from our mistakes. If we truly repent from what we are doing, it requires that we TURN away from our sin. Repentance requires a heart change, not just a verbal response saying we will change. If we do not change our heart, we will continue to sin, and this verse tells us when we continue to do the same sin, we are a fool!
2 Thessalonians 1:11 “With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may count you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may fulfill every good purpose of yours and every act prompted by your faith. We pray this so that the name of our Lord Jesus many be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.”
It is my desire that the Lord would count you and me worthy of his calling! Ultimately, I want to bring honor and glory to the Lord. There are always areas of our life that we can work on, as there are always areas of the game of basketball that we can work on J. I was prompted to think, what areas in my life do I need the Lord to work on? What areas of your life do you need the Lord to help you with?
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My Utmost For His Highest – Feb. 26th
INFERIOR MISGIVINGS ABOUT JESUS
"Sir, Thou hast nothing to draw with." John 4:11
"I am impressed with the wonder of what God says, but He cannot expect me really to live it out in the details of my life!" When it comes to facing Jesus Christ on His own merits, our attitude is one of pious superiority - Your ideals are high and they impress us, but in touch with actual things, it cannot be done. Each of us thinks about Jesus in this way in some particular. These misgivings about Jesus start from the amused questions put to us when we talk of our transactions with God - Where are you going to get your money from? How are you going to be looked after? Or they start from ourselves when we tell Jesus that our case is a bit too hard for Him. It is all very well to say "Trust in the Lord," but a man must live, and Jesus has nothing to draw with - nothing whereby to give us these things. Beware of the pious fraud in you which says - I have no misgivings about Jesus, only about myself. None of us ever had misgivings about ourselves; we know exactly what we cannot do, but we do have misgivings about Jesus. We are rather hurt at the idea that He can do what we cannot.
My misgivings arise from the fact that I ransack my own person to find out how He will be able to do it. My questions spring from the depths of my own inferiority. If I detect these misgivings in myself, let me bring them to the light and confess them - "Lord, I have had misgivings about Thee, I have not believed in Thy wits apart from my own; I have not believed in Thine almighty power apart from my finite understanding of it."
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*I have also been reading "The Purpose Driven Life" by Rick Warren. It is a book that takes you through 40 days of different topics. I am currently on day 6. Below is a little bit from the book. If you are looking for a good book to read, I would recommend this one!!
The Purpose Driven Life – Day 6
“Life Is a Temporary Assignment”
Point to Ponder: This world is not my home.
Bible Verse: 2 Corinthians 4:18
“When life gets tough, when you’re overwhelmed with doubt, or when you wonder if living for Christ is worth the effort, remember that you are not home yet. At death you won’t leave home—you’ll go home.” Rick Warren – “A Purpose Driven Life” p.51
If you get a chance, check out the song “Temporary Home” by Carrie Underwood. This song really relates to the subject of “this world is not my home”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LraOiHUltak
Temporary Home Lyrics
Little boy, 6 years old
A little too used to bein' alone
Another new mom and dad, another school
Another house that'll never be home
When people ask him how he likes this place
He looks up and says with a smile upon his face
"This is my temporary home
It's not where I belong
Windows and rooms that I'm passin' through
This is just a stop, on the way to where I'm going
I'm not afraid because I know this is my
Temporary Home."
Young mom on her own
She needs a little help got nowhere to go
She's lookin' for a job, lookin' for a way out
Because a half-way house will never be a home
At night she whispers to her baby girl
Someday we'll find a place here in this world
"This is our temporary home
It's not where we belong
Windows and rooms that we're passin' through
This is just a stop, on the way to where we're going
I'm not afraid because I know this is our
Temporary Home."
Old man, hospital bed
The room is filled with people he loves
And he whispers don't cry for me
I'll see you all someday
He looks up and says "I can see God's face."
"This is my temporary Home
It's not where I belong
Windows and rooms that I'm passin' through
This was just a stop,on the way To where I'm going
I'm not afraid because I know this was
My temporary home."
This is our temporary home.
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!!!!!! Megan Frazee