Wednesday 26 November 2014

129 - Google

'...seek and you will find...' (Matthew 7:8) 

Google will never hold all the answers to life...but it's still very, very useful.

For example, my DVD player recently stopped working on my laptop. All I had to go was Google a few things, and I had the steps needed to fix it.

What's the weather going to be?

Encouraging Bible verses?

Chocolate recipes?

You name it, chances are there's something about it on the Internet.

Thank you God for giving man the brains to create things like Google.

Friday 21 November 2014

128 - When we 'fail'

Strange reason to be thankful? Allow me to elaborate...

I read this book recently called Packing Light by Alison Vesterfelt. It was a very good book and I wrote lots of quotes down from it. But one in particular stood out to me.

'If we think the objective is to get a certain job, or a certain car, or a certain spouse, then of course we'll feel like a failure when that doesn't happen. Of course we'll wonder if we heard God wrong, or if we made a wrong turn somewhere. But what if the point isn't the end product? Or what if the end product isn't what we thought it was? What if the point is the trip and the end product is us?' 

This kind of thinking could change our outlook on life.

We need no longer fear failing at something - in fact we can be thankful when we do.

Because through them, we can learn and grow.

Because those failures go toward making us the person God wants us to be. Like His son.

Saturday 8 November 2014

127 - Alarm clocks (or phone alarms)

'How long will you lie there, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep?' (Proverbs 6:9)

I'm gonna be honest here. When my alarm goes off in the morning - and I don't get up that early compared to most people I know - I don't go 'YES! Thank you God for alarm clocks!' 

I'm only human. 

However, what's the alternative? An alarm clock that doesn't go off? No alarm at all?

You wake up late and in a panic. You have to get washed, dressed, fed and out the house in a rush. Traffic inevitably slows you down more. The rest of the day goes badly. 

Yeah, we don't like being woken up. We don't like getting out of our snug beds. 

But we're glad we have alarms that work; that prepare us for the day ahead in good time. 

Just watch the Home Alone movies. 

Home Alone 2 - GIF - Slept in  again!


(All because their alarms didn't go off)

Saturday 1 November 2014

126 - Our hearts

When I say "hearts" in this post, I am referring to the physical organ inside us, not the heart the Bible refers to, so no verse to start with :( Just to clarify ;)

Our hearts are really amazing, if we ever just stopped and thought about them for a moment. God essentially created something that keeps itself going repeatedly. It doesn't stop till the moment we die. Even in the night, it keeps going. The valves keep opening and closing, pushing blood round our body, keeping us alive.

If I was the scientific type, I would start spouting facts about the heart. But alas, I am the English type instead, So words are what I use...

Everyday, I take it for granted that I will wake up with my heart still beating properly. I take it for granted it will keep beating through the day. And I take it for granted it will keep going through the night.

Instead, I will pause a moment when I pray, and whisper a prayer of thanks that my heart keeps me alive long enough to form the words I speak.

When I run, I will be thankful that he made it strong enough to beat faster and cope with the exercise.

And I will be thankful that the hearts of those I love still beat as well.

Thank you God that we are fearfully and wonderfully made. Thank you for our hearts that keep us alive, and thank you for being the God who keeps them beating!