Oh hey, I didn't see you there
I'm doing well, just so you know
You're good? Great! Grand
Oh the adjectives
Descriptive words without real substance
Telling me how you are
Without really telling me
That's something I wrote, just now actually! I hope it isn't deplorable. I call it "Standard Greeting" I might add it to my poetry page. http://joespoetryblog.blogspot.com/ It isn't shameless if I plug myself in my own blog, right?
Ok so, I have a job now! Hurrah! I am a proud employee of ASU Food Services. I do a little bit of everything, and I really enjoy it. I don't know what it is, but lately I have been really enjoying certain things, like work, or working out. I still need to work on enjoying homework, but that's a completely different story. I really like this change in myself. I don't know what it is a direct product of, but I know that Whitley has had a lot to do with it. She is one of the biggest influences in my life, and I love her. She has encouraged me to do more things, to try things, that I might like them. And she was right, new things are nice. Being comfortable is a weird thing.
You're comfortable and don't want to change, but change can be better for you.
So I worry a lot. I am not really a risk taker. I need to be one.
I don't need to worry. And neither do you.
Philippians 4:6
"do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God"
John 16:33
"I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world."
These two verses have really been popping up in my brain lately. I have realized that I don't pray enough. The reason I can't comply with the first part of Phil 4:6 is because I am not following the second part. Sometimes I forget to pray, and sometimes I just don't because I feel like my issue is too small for God to need to deal with. Which is dumb. I feel like the stereotype is for people to be like "my problems are too big" which is also silly. Nothing is too big for God, that I know with full confidence. But I forget that nothing is too small for God either. I need to be taking ALL of my problems to him. ALL OF THEM. It doesn't matter the size. Our God is a personal God. He cares about us, and loves us, all of us, completely. I cannot limit God by saying
that my problem is something he doesn't need to deal with. He wants to deal with it.
Isaiah 41:10
fear not, for I am with you;
be not dismayed, for I am your God;
I will strengthen you, I will help you,
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Psalm 72:12
For he delivers the needy when he calls,
the poor and him who has no helper.
God cares for us and loves us. One of my favorite passages:
1 John 4:18-20
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment.
The one who fears is not made perfect in love.
So. Moral of the story. We need to pray. And to rely on God completely. God has overcome everything of this world, both things large and small. We have no reason to worry when we are walking with God. We are loved
completely and without condition. We have no reason to fear the things of this life. God's love overcomes all.
Per usual here is a lyrical selection from something I have been listening to:
The song is "The Medicine" from John Mark McMillan's album "The Medicine"
Driving by those trucker stops
The cheap motels made of concrete rocks
With a hole inside your chest
The size of a city block
And I remember the day
When you said you weren't afraid to die
I don't think you're brave for it
I just think you're more afraid of being alive
