Seek First the Kingdom of God. What's that?

"Seek first the kingdom of God and all these things shall be given to you"

We hear it all the time, but do we really have any idea what it means? Most of the time it's used as a "how-to-be-blessed formula", but I doubt that it was ever meant to be like that.

I read a blog from a long-time friend in Ireland today. Allow me to quote him a little.

"Edification does not mean making you feel good. It means to build up; and that is bound to mean knocking down a few things first, such as ego, personal ambition, and so on.)"

Life is so short. It seems there is so much to do and so little time to do it in. Which keeps making us busier and busier with less and less time for God.

So my blogs will be short. I figure if I spend more time reading the Word and praying, and less time writing, what comes out will be owrth more in the end.

This is definately a season of change. Did I mention lately that I hate change? Those who know me know that I do. My emotions don't always submit to my intellect, never mind the Word of God and fear of the unknown can be overwhelming at time. Silly, when we know that all things work together for good for those who know God and are called accoring to his purpose.

So off I go, to be built up - one way or the other.

Do you believe or do you know?

"Faith...the substance of things hoped for...the evidence of things not seen."


And so we spend our time struggling to increase our faith.

Why?

To have more things?



Is it not better just to draw near to our God, as He promises to draw near to us?


A deeper revlation of God Himself would remove the fears that contradict our hopes.




Who struggles to believe what he knows to be true?



Reveal Yourself to us, Lord Jesus, today.

To do or not to do - that is the question.

As the school year draws to a close for a little while, other things begin to rise up to take the place of all the activities that have consumed my time for the last 9 months. The move in the next few days, plans, more plans , and still more possible plans for September...all exciting, but also things that could cause great anxiety as so much of the 'unknown' is still a factor. I fear taking on too much responsibility and being overwhelmed by it, but I fear even more missing opportunities to be involved in God's great and awesome work, becuase I will not allow the Spirit to guide my decisions.

"Be still and know that I am God"

I know that it is in the times of greatest pressure and anxiety, the most important thing is to withdraw from it all, completely, even if it is only for a short time, and re-establish that place in my spirit, where I commune with my God and He with me. It is only from that place that I can hear His voice and follow His directions. There is no need to ask "How?" or "Why?", only "What would you have me do, Lord"

Help me stay in this place today, Lord

My Summer To-Do List

Move to new apartment

Re-write Social Studies LES and provides easy-to-follow rubrics for them all
Prepare Science PowerPoints and LES for secondary 1-2
Prepare Math Powerpoints and LES for Secondary 1-2
Prepare ERC for secondary 1-2
Prepare English reading lists for secondary 1-5

Learn as much as I can about Quabtum Physics. Got a really great PBS video link. Will post soon.

Read as many Ted Decker novels as I can

Visit as many free-concerts-in-the-park and Jazz Fesival concerts as I can

Eat as much Dairy Queen ice-creams as I can afford (maybe more!)

Blog every day.