When you think about the future are you scared or hopeful? Have you ever noticed how most movies about the future make it out to be a terrible place?
Madmax…we are all out of water in a world filled with violence. Terminator…our technology has turned on us and is trying to annihilate us. Even Disney got in on the doom and gloom with Wall-E…we have become an obese society living in outer space on a cruise ship because our planet is destroyed.
Everyone has great ideas. I bet you have some pretty inspiring goals and dreams you hope to accomplish one day.
The difficult part is not having a great goal or idea, it’s taking actual steps toward making it happen.
You have a default playlist that you listen to everyday. I’m not talking about rocking out to your favorite jam. I’m talking about what you say to yourself. Your internal dialogue.
The things you are saying to yourself every day are either reinforcing your negative outlook or are pushing you to become all that God has created you to be.
Chances are you are more creative than you give yourself credit for. In fact, most creative people I know don’t think they are creative. Could that be you?
I think we all have a little bit of creativity in us because we are made in the image of God, and God is creative! Just looking at the world around us shows us his love of diversity and beauty. We each live out that creativity differently. Some of us express it through song, art, cooking, writing, landscaping, sewing, fashion, business deals, problem solving, photography, decorating, designing…lots of ways.
Have you ever felt judged before? It’s the worst feeling in the world, especially when you feel like the crusader for morality doesn’t know the whole story.
My wife drives a suburban. It takes some backbone to admit that here in New York. I know some of you are already judging my family. 🙂 “How could you drive such an environmentally destructive vehicle? Don’t you care for God’s creation?”
Forgiveness is hard, but what if you are making it even harder than it has to be?
What if the way you’ve been practicing forgiveness is harmful to you and others?
What if all of the stress you have right now is a good thing? Or what if at the very least it is preparing you for something greater?
We often look at stressful situations as God being angry with us or we have somehow lost “favor” with God. Sometimes we even think our stress proves that God doesn’t care about us or isn’t paying attention. But what if that stress is actually God’s blessing?
Ever thought “Man, this would have been a lot cheaper and easier if I would have paid attention to it sooner!”
Recently I found myself in a lobby listening to an audiobook while my wife’s car had new tires put on. Getting tires replaced is not such a big deal except when the ones getting replaced could have lasted longer.
Everyone knows they should be reading more books but they aren’t because, let’s face it… Who has the time?
I bet you have some books sitting on a shelf making you feel guilty you didn’t get past the first chapter. You bought it in an airport shop with the best of intentions but you fell asleep on the plane never to pick it up again.
It’s way easier to start things than it is to finish things. It’s a lot of fun to start stuff, but you only get credit for what you finish.
Do you have a wake of unfinished projects and initiatives behind you?
