Synthesis - Day 72

There are many reasons that people compromise their beliefs in Christianity. They do it so many people like them. They want fame. They don't want to stand out in the crowd. They want their flesh to feel good. They don't want to be inconvenienced. Etc.

Revelation 3:16 - So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.

As we synthesize with the world we will become lukewarm. Trying to be neither hot nor cold is very unwise.. God will spew you out of his mouth.

That doesn't call for us to be unwise and foolish with the words that we say. We are still supposed to deal wisely. But synthesizing isn't an option.

Picture of the day #72: (old, but I deleted all the picture off my camera before I could save one. They were all bad anyways... Slick)

JUST KIDDING - Day 71

Augh!

I say just kidding too much. If I say just kidding/just joking/just lying too much I'll never be taken seriously. Why would anyone ever take me seriously? Words do mean something. If your constant source of words comes from a spirit of joking, where's the edification and how will anyone ever know when you're serious? They'll just assume you're joking. I think more of my words should be more than just blah, blah, blah. And they need more meaning to them.

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Motivation - Day 70

This post has sat on the shelf for almost eleven months, and I finally decided to post it. Lol.

Irony.

Motivation can be a daily struggle. Just to get yourself moving, especially when it's "optional" and difficult. Sure, when you're required to do something it can be easier to get things done.

You can see it in the corporate world vs. entrepreneurial world. You don't have to stay quite as motivated in a corporate job just because things tend to be more structured and you're actually required to show up. While at the same time the entrepreneurial job requires motivation every single day to market, be innovative, etc. Instead of giving yourself 19 coffee breaks a day?

People love to talk about what they're going to do. But getting that motivation to go do it is a whole different story. Words are cheap. Action is much different.

So, why should we be motivated? To glorify God. To serve him to the best of our ability. When you do things for yourself they turn out to be pretty empty. It's like when you're trying to buy a new toy. You build it up in your mind, it may become an obsession and by the time you get it you've wanted it so bad for so long that when you actually get it, it's a letdown. Or you build a vacation up in your mind and then get sick once you get there.. (Nice)

There are many things that will help you with motivation and there are plenty of self help books and such out there. But in the end it's going to be God and His Word that will fulfill you with profits, happiness, peace, love, and maybe even monetary wealth.

And I'm posting this earlier than I normally would because I'm motivated to go to bed.

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Balance - Day 69

Much of life's problems come when we have a lack of balance in our lives. We eat too much sugar. We eat too many fruits. We don't discipline enough. We discipline too much. We are too kind. We are too rude. We are too strict, we aren't strict enough.. You get the point.

And people ask how to get balance in their lives. People don't like to be unbalanced and so they go looking for it by talking about karma, doing yoga, and worshiping their ancestors. And in reality it comes down to they want to take a morality system and wisdom and have it balance out their lives. But there is really nothing else compared to the Word of God. If you want balance in your life you'll study God's Word and learn from it.

Life is a balancing act, and honestly it's hard to do anything without looking to God and asking him for wisdom.

Picture of the day #69: (old picture - it makes me laugh)

Sunday Quote - Day 68

Time = life; therefore, waste your time and waste of your life, or master your time and master your life. - Alan Lakein

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Life vs. Death - Day 67

Millions of children have been flushed down the tubes of abortion clinics throughout our country. It's funny how people try to cover over it with things like saying it's not life. Then saying that the world's already overpopulated. Pretty soon they're going to be killing the old people. Then, they'll kill people with IQs of less than 80 or at least neuter them. They're going to have ads encouraging parents to neuter their children instead of dogs and cats.. Lol. Maybe that seems like a far out example, but it's not new. They've already done that in America once, who's to say they're not going to do it again.

When your entire worldview is based on selfishness of course this is the way your culture is going to go. Down the drain. No matter what you say is going to convince someone to give up their selfish desires if they're going to be consistent to worshiping themselves.

In Genesis God called Adam to take dominion of the earth. I believe this still applies to us today. And one of the best ways to take dominion is reproducing. You're only going to last 80 years by yourself, but if you have 6 children that's another extension of 60 years. Etc. etc. It's easy to be affected by the culture that says selfishness is the way to happiness. It's a very short minded approach to life and will fail in the end.

Try looking beyond the end of your nose once in awhile.

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How are You - Day 66

Every time we meet someone we ask the question how are you? Do we really mean what we say? Do we actually want to know how they are doing? Or is it just a habit? Are we just talking for talking's sake?

This is kind of a pet peeve of mine. The what's up or how are you question. I've done this before, where I ask how are you and they say terrible and then I say good. Wha?!

Do we mean what we say? Or do we just talk for talking's sake?

Picture of the day #66: (old picture from Sunday, but I wanted to use it. :-( )