Views We Can Use

Welcome to the weekend everyone!

Today I am bringing you a mixture, just to get you thinking.

• Message from Word For Today
• News from Agape Press
• Quotes from Abraham Lincoln

Word For Today: "In Him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of His will."- Ephesians 1:11

In the Bay of Naples there is a jellyfish that loves to swallow a certain snail. But the snail has a hard shell and the jellyfish cannot digest it. So the snail fastens itself to the inside of the jellyfish and slowly begins to eat away at it. By the time the snail is fully grown, it has consumed the entire jellyfish.

Understand this: a lot of the things we think we can handle, finish up consuming us ” things like appetites, overwork, stress, greed, or simply the aimlessness of our lives; there is a real killer!"

Fred Smith, author of Learning to Lead, once sent his friends a letter with three questions:

1. Am I enjoying what I am doing?
2. Am I happy with where I am going?
3. Am I satisfied with what I am becoming?

One of his friends, a top Wall Street broker, called him back and said, "When I read the question, 'Am I satisfied with what I am becoming?' I said, 'absolutely not!' I am tired of grabbing the wall Street Journal first thing every morning like it is my Bible. My life has no real meaning outside of my investments, so today I liquidated them all; I am quitting! Tomorrow I am beginning a new life and I want to thank you for giving me the courage to do it."

Do not end your life feeling empty, having your insides eaten away by a quest for things that cannot satisfy. God has a wonderful plan for you. (Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.)

Spend time with Him today and let Him tell you about it.

From AgapePress: EUROPE VS. AMERICA Ironically, 225 years after the United States of America broke the shackles of a great European empire, our country is yet again struggling to free itself from Europe. Will we become another Europe? Or will America remain separate from the dark cloud of secular humanism that has engulfed that continent?More details: http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/5/62005gst.asp

Quotes - From Abraham Lincoln:

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. --Abraham Lincoln

I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go --Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

I believe the Bible is the best gift God has ever given to men. All the good from the Savior of the world is communicated to us through this book. --Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

Job 11:18

At the beginning of this blog I wanted to share a verse that brings both comfort and hope, from a book of the Bible that is riddled with trials and struggles that challenge even the strongest in faith.

Job 11:18

"And you will feel secure, because there is hope; you will look around and take your rest in security."

As I work with this new medium of expression - blogging - I hope to share awesome stories of how I have seen God working in my life, fun and games, stories from friends and family, and anything else that comes to mind.