"God is intimately personal with us and He speaks in ways that are peculiar to our own quirky hearts - not just through the Bible, but through the whole creation...God's word to me comes in many ways - through sunsets and friends and films and music and wilderness and books...Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive." - As told by John Eldredge in Wild at Heart, pg. 200.
As I was reading this, I began to feel something familiar. I have this feeling every so often. It's pure, honest, and very clear. I feel that God wants me to try and honor Him through the giving of myself. Volunteer work. I love helping people. So, I'm going to start praying, and ask that you do the same, that God gives me a cause. That He presents Himself to me in some organization that I can impact in a positive way. I will let you know what He reveals.
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Call In "Gay" Day?!
I mean seriously?! I'm glad that it was a total disaster. Many of you know where I stand on that life-style anyway, but how selfish this truly is! We're just in the middle of a recession and approaching a depression. No big deal. Let's not stimulate the economy. My Mother-In-Law's coporate HQ had to make sure that her and all the other managers were sensitive to this deliberate insubordination.
Ponder this: Call in "Hispanic American" Day... Now, this actually would hurt the economy. But the difference is...Legal or Not the Hispanic American population is, for the most part, a very hard working group of people! I know that would have a major negative impact on my business. Because I know this, I make sure that that I respect Cinco De Mayo with a different day off.
Call in "Caucasian" Day... That's just racist. That's just biggotry. The nerve of me to actually compare the two. "Straight White people have all of the rights and freedoms that gays don't!" Yeah, like picking up every rediculous sensitivity tax burden that is proposed and passed! Sweet!
I could go on and on, but I think you get the point. Right now isn't the time or the season to be selfish. We need to focus on what's most important. We need to be working harder. We need to find ways to stimulate the economy while not creating more debt. Also, we need to focus on love, kindness, and mercy. As we near closer to Christmas, try and think more about others and less about yourself. Try and think of ways that you can give even if it's just some of your time.
Ponder this: Call in "Hispanic American" Day... Now, this actually would hurt the economy. But the difference is...Legal or Not the Hispanic American population is, for the most part, a very hard working group of people! I know that would have a major negative impact on my business. Because I know this, I make sure that that I respect Cinco De Mayo with a different day off.
Call in "Caucasian" Day... That's just racist. That's just biggotry. The nerve of me to actually compare the two. "Straight White people have all of the rights and freedoms that gays don't!" Yeah, like picking up every rediculous sensitivity tax burden that is proposed and passed! Sweet!
I could go on and on, but I think you get the point. Right now isn't the time or the season to be selfish. We need to focus on what's most important. We need to be working harder. We need to find ways to stimulate the economy while not creating more debt. Also, we need to focus on love, kindness, and mercy. As we near closer to Christmas, try and think more about others and less about yourself. Try and think of ways that you can give even if it's just some of your time.
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