Live in His Word

  God is in control. I hear people say that all the time. I know that it is meant to make us feel better, but the way it is used sometimes makes me cringe a little. People say it so flippantly I wonder if they really stop to think about it and if they really mean it when they say it, and what it implies to people who want to believe in God, but aren't sure if they do. I want to challenge us to dig a little deeper into this thought of God being in control by asking a few questions. Is God in control of your life? REALLY in control? Is He in control of everything you do? Do you have free will, or does he make you do the things He wants you to do? Is God in control of everything you watch on t.v.? Would you be watching everything you watch if you thought of the fact that God sees you and is in control? Would He have turned it to that show? Is He in control of everything you put in your mouth? (ouch, just stepped on my own toes). Is He in control of everything that comes OUT of your mo...

 Today is not a normal blog post for me, but this is what is on my heart. Today is September 11th.  So many people today are talking about how they want to remember what it was like on September 12th. The day people drew together. The day people put differences aside and remembered what was important. Why did we do this? We were hurting, fearful, facing the unknown. So what did we do? We put aside our differences and were there for each other. We had a common "enemy" so we banded together. I can't help but think of life right now. So many are so desperately hurting. So many are facing so much unknown. Facing doubts and fears. And what are we doing? We are making each other the enemy. Instead of banding together we are biting, hating, devouring each other. Why? Because we are convinced we are right. We feel it is more important that we are right and everyone knows it than to listen to each other, and understand the pain that each person is dealing with. What kind of world ...