I dreamt last night that I was hanging on the side of a grocery store display case that was submerged in the ocean. It wasn't floating. It was a grocery store but below it was dark ocean depths. I was wearing a bathing suit and Emily was there with me. It was like hanging onto the side of a pool and kicking our feet around in the water. We were chatting it up about...eternity. I remember saying one thing, "I don't think the challenges stop when we pass on, I think this is just practice trusting God now. That's why it will be hell for some people..." Then I got distracted by some kind of doll that was displayed, but really I wanted to think about what I'd just said before I said anything else.
I don't know whether or not to keep the restaurant/bar job so I guess I'll wait and see. I've been refusing extra shifts though. So I have already taken steps toward quitting. I don't know if that's stupid or what. I have three weeks of holiday unemployment coming up for Thanksgiving and Christmas. I'm thinking about all the money crap I need to think about...am I trusting God?
I've been listening to Charles Stanley's series called, 'The Ways of God" and it's really good. The last one was "God's schedule." It's funny how much humans try to manipulate God. If we fast and pray enough then God will work faster, right? Wrong. We do all we can sometimes to beg and plead with Him, but He knows what is best for us and only grants us grace enough for His plan. (Proverbs 19:21) God's plan prevails always.
In Micah 2:1 he mentions that we are able to carry out plans of iniquity. But I recall time and again when the LORD God foiled the plans of man for His own purposes in the New Testament and the Old. Is being more dependent on God for my finances a lazy thing to do? Am I quitting the stinky, worldly bar for God's sake or because I'm tired of giving up my evenings? I suppose it's all in the motives. I got bronchitis and then I had to constantly breathe second-hand smoke for hours. I also enjoy working there in a social, worldly way. I am good at it. Hmmmm.
Pray 4 me.
Pray for my friend David.
Pray for my roommates.
Thanks!
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God talks about being responsible and feeding the poor. How can one be generous and give when one is much of the time "getting" and not working adequately to demonstrate practical care and generosity to others? You are strong and capable, you have abilities and the energy of youth to work and provide for self and others. The faith should come in when an opportunity arises that will bring about growth and increase. I have never really understood this confusion. I am praying, sweet lady for you and yours and I trust that you will see the basics of the life that our Creator lays out for us through word and his own earthly example. (preparing for 30 years and then teaching and providing for the masses) He had a plan. I love you.
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