Sunday thoughts

I think I like this blogging thing more than I thought. I like being able to put my thoughts out there and sort through them to write them down. I don't really care if anyone reads them as long as I have written them. My pastor had some great "pearls" of thought today. He explained defining wisdom as God's way of thinking. What a great definition. Because, how do you explain wisdom? Especially to a younger child. It isn't being smart. I guess I like to think of wisdom as a gift. (That maybe everyone isn't blessed with, haha)

We were in the book of James this morning and James talks about being double minded and doubting. Now, for someone like me who thinks ALL THE TIME I can read into that pretty harshly. But Pastor Jim talked about sometimes when he prays he isn't doubting God's ability to do whatever He wants, he is doubting if he should be praying for A,B,C... and so on. That is EXACTLY what I think. One of those agreeing moments. I don't doubt God's ability to do whatever the heck He wants. I doubt myself and the situation. It's like you always kind of put a clause at the end of your prayer, "But if this isn't supposed to happen, let it be to Your will..." it's like our escape route. So when God says, "Hey, Krystle, remember when you prayed for a,b,c and d... well yeah, that wasn't cool." And I'm like, "oh, hey yeah, God, remember I said at the end that if it wasn't meant to be to not do it." Maybe I should pray for wisdom for myself :)

Cool thought. Discipline not as a punishment, but training. So the next time my little dog does something I won't "discipline" him, I will discipline him!

Last but not least, this is something that keeps coming up in my head, so I feel like I need to really focus on it in my life.

Ask yourself. What are YOU doing for the kingdom of God?

......Yeah. I have no idea what I am actively doing right now. Yes, I pray. I go to church. I read my bible. But right now I wish I can say, Oh well I'm doing this, this, and this. But, I'm not. Hm. Or maybe we can think about it this way. How are we being changed by God? Are we? I don't want to ever be content where I'm at.

Any ideas?