FOCUS

Keep your eye on the goal! Stay focused! We have all heard thees statements but do we do them? You can see that the dog in the picture is focused very intently on something. How can someone achieve their goal in life if they keep getting distracted by other things? One of the hardest things to do in life is to stay focused on the task at hand and not look aside and start day dreaming about something else. How many times have we found ourselves off in never never land when we should be behind the wheel of the car we are driving! That is staying focused on the task at hand! We need the focus of the dog in the picture. What is he focused on?

ENEMYS

If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat: and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee. Proverbs 25:21,22

By showing true compassion and love to your enemy it may not stop him from doing you harm but in the end an aggressor can't sustain aggression toward someone that doesn't fight back. They will lose face due to your actions. Also winning isn't everything, the promise of reward isn't given to the winner it is given to the one that follows the Lords will by showing compassion to their enemy. The Lords reward is far greater than winning ever will be!
God has never asked us to do something with out a promise attached to it. But don't fall into the trap of doing things just for the reward, do them because it is the Lords will, and then you will receive His reward.

At least that is what I think.

STOP

And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. Exodus 14:13

Get this computer It will save you time, it is the fasted thing on the market. For several decades we have been told to surround ourselves with time saving items, get this, get that. All of which will save us so much time we will have time to set back and relax. We all have these items in our houses, and we still don't have time to sit back and relax! Relaxing is a state of mind, your aren't relaxing if you are thinking about what you have to do next! I found myself getting irritated at the computer because it wasn't booting fast enough for my needs just now. I wanted to get this thought down right now!! We have instant messaging & text messages, there are people out there that probably don't use their mouth to talk because their only form of communication is text.

"Stand Still, and see my glory! We can see God's glory all around us. It is in nature, God's creation, but we can't see God's glory going 70 miles an hour down the road of life. We will be lucky to just see the speck of the butterfly left behind as it hits our windshield. Take time, no MAKE TIME to look around you and see God's Glory! We are surrounded by it if we make the time to stand still and look. If we look after the important small things in life God will take care of the big things!

Don't get so tied up with your life journey that you don't enjoy the ride!

At least that is what I think

Remember When?

For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world: but that the world through him might be saved. John 3:17

It's a good thing that newspaper, and TV journalists aren't doing a background check on anyone wanting to get into heaven. They can dig into a persons life and make mountains out of molehills! God on the other hand will just ask one question at heavens gate, "Are you trying to enter on your own good deeds and merit, or do you stand washed in the blood of JESUS CHRIST?" If we are forgiven by GOD, He has forgotten about all of the sin in our past. It is a non issue to Him. We are forgiven!
How many sins of other people have we forgiven but not forgotten! If you forgive someone it shouldn't matter what they have or have not done in the past! Live in today. Learn from God, set your priorities correctly, and I will see you in heaven!
At least that is what I think.

Wise men

A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool. Proverbs 17:10

Gods plan for us is simple. Man has clouded His plan up so much that it is hard to understand let alone follow.
Our own self interest drives everything else to the rear in our minds. We must constantly strive to do His will.
We have been told that knowledge is king, but without wisdom ,the ability to apply knowledge to our lives, knowledge is nothing. The adage of "can't find their way out of a wet paper bag" describes a person with nothing but knowledge! Like the passage today says, be wise, know how to apply knowledge to your life and the world around you.
A wise man will encourage criticism. It is a way to improve yourself.
A wise man learns from their mistakes.
A mistake made once should be a learning experience. Made twice you didn't learn!
How many mistakes haven't you learned from? Our education into wisdom never stops.

At least that is what I think.

Rods

He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes. Proverbs 13:24
Without discipline what kind of world would we live in? I can do anything I want to do! So can you. Laws and the enforcing of them (discipline) is the cement of society. With out them society will fall apart. Left alone human nature is very self centered! Basic man will not consider others before himself, that is a learned experience. Love of fellow man and concern for their welfare goes against basic human nature. God gave us 10 simple all encompassing laws. If we as humans would do just those 10 we would e amazed at how peaceful the world would be.

At least that is what I think

Abomination's

Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are His delight. Proverbs 12:22
How hard is it to believe someone again after you have caught them in a lie? You have to really struggle with believing them. Are they lying again? How hard is it to keep a lie alive and believable? How many more lies have to be told? It is easer to tell the truth and take your lumps than to try to keep the web of lies intact.

At least that is what I think

Remembering

The Lord trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth. Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
Psalms 11:5-6
This is a fitting verse for today 9-11-08. In our remembering lets make sure that when we point fingers at the wicked people of this world we don't forget to look at ourselves, how have we demonstrated our righteousness today, or are we consumed with bitterness and hate toward someone or some thing.

The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
Proverbs 11:5
If we let hate or frustration guide our lives what separates us from them?

At least that is what I think

WORK?

It would be nice if I could publicly try for a new job, not have to show up and work at my old job, and if I don't get the new job, go back to work at my old one welcomed with open arms! I could do this as many times as I wanted, time after time, no repercussions!! That would be great. YOU CAN DO THIS! Just work for the elected government! At a time when Washington was setting records of non-accomplishment, several of our elected officials decided to change jobs and pursue a higher public job. So forgoing their public job and setting all things aside they set-out on their course towards higher glory, all in the name of public servitude. All of these public servants continue telling us that they were working for our good. Continuing to tell us to trust them with our future, they have a plan to improve our (their) state of life.

I think that the truth be known, if they all had stayed at work, with their nose to the grindstone, trying to find real solutions to the major public problems: energy, health services & care, border security, jobs, tax relief, the list is endless, we would have been better served!

HOW MUCH HAS YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS REALLY DONE FOR YOU THE PAST 4 YEARS. ARE YOU SATISFIED? IF NOT WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?
VOTE RESPONSIBLY!!!

At least that is what I think

FILLING JARS

All of us have heard the story of the collage professor that brought in a glass jar to class. He filled the jar with large rocks and asked the class if the jar was full. “Yes” they replied. He thanstarted to put smaller rocks in with the large ones filling the jar to the top. When asked if the jar was full the class replied “yes”.
The professor then started to pour sand into the jar until it was full to the top. Was it full? The class replied “yes”!
He than poured water into the jar filling it to the top.
The point? There are a lot of things that try to fill up our lives. Small rocks, sand, water. If we don’t hold our family and friends close and make sure they have space inside our jar first, it will be filled with everything else.

At least that is what I think.

Who's looking up to you?

Keep in mind that our walk in life is not alone. No mater how alone you feel as you walk down life’s streets there are others that your life touches. People that look toward you as an example (good or bad). Even the worst criminal in our prison system has people that look at them as an example of how to live their life. How many young lives and old lives are you touching today? What are you showing the people that look up to you?

What has 9 zeros?

This was sent to me and it speaks volumes!!

How many zeros in a billion?

This is too true to be funny.

The next time you hear a politician use the
word 'billion' in a casual manner, think about
whether you want the 'politicians' spending
YOUR tax money.

A billion is a difficult number to comprehend,
but one advertising agency did a good job of
putting that figure into some perspective in
one of it's releases.

A.

A billion seconds ago it was 1959.

B.

A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.

C.

A billion hours ago our ancestors were
living in the Stone Age.

D.

A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.

E.

A billion dollars ago was only

8 hours and 20 minutes,

at the rate our government

is spending it.

While this thought is still fresh in our brain...

let's take a look at New Orleans ..

It's amazing what you can learn

with some simple division.

Louisiana Senator,

Mary Landrieu (D)

is presently asking Congress for

250 BILLION DOLLARS

to rebuild New Orleans.

Interesting number...

what does it mean?

A.

Well... if you are one of the

484,674 residents of New Orleans

(every man, woman, and child)

you each get $516,528.

B.

Or... if you have one of

the 188,251 homes in
New Orleans ,

your home gets $1,329,787.

C.

Or... if you are a family of four...

your family gets $2,066,012.

Washington, D. C

HELLO!

Are all your calculators broken??

Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
CDL License Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Federal Income Tax

Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Gasoline Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax)
IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
Liquor Tax
Luxury Tax
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Service charge taxes
Social Security Tax
Road Usage Tax (Truckers)
Sales Taxes
Recreational Vehicle Tax
School Tax
State Income Tax
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
Telephone Federal Excise Tax
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax
Telephone State and Local Tax!
Telephone Usage Charge Tax
Utility Tax
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Watercraft Registration Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax

STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?

Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago...
and our nation was the most prosperous in the world.

We had absolutely no national debt...

We had the largest middle class in the world...

and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.

What happened?

Can you spell 'politicians!'

Take time to think about this. if you earned $50,000 a year it would take 20,000 years for you to earn 1 billion dollars!!! The American people have to wake up and make our government start thinking about what they are doing!! They can't just keep spending more and think that the American people will give them the money, the tree is dead there is no more money! Start being fiscally responsible!

At least that is what I think