April 28, 2007

• Worry verses trusting God

        "...do not fret - it leads to evil...(zits)." I know it does lead to zits on my face when I do worry. We all places on our body that will show when we are stressed and my face for all to see is one of those places. Yet, you might say it helps me with some great accountability aspects about it due to anybody who can sees me, sees I'm stressed.  If  I'm stressed, am I  totally trusting God?  The previous verse part quoted about is Psalms 37:8 and as I read it to myself over the years I follow the word evil with zits!  So, this verse has challenged me not to have them in life.

  
  

      Praise God!!! I just have the last shift exchange confirmed in May for being able to go back on the same mission rebuild team that does electrical work!  Knowing you are suppose to do something and watching God work it out is faith growing to watch!  God does fulfill our needs according to his riches in glory!  

  
  

       Oh, I do have questions in other areas of life but I know I must trust the Lord in these areas and not lean on my own understanding which can get me into  trouble.  Psalms 37 has been challenging me a lot this last month as it did as a teenager. Yet, life is different in ways compared to that as a teenager. But does the timing in my life change the truth of this chapter? No way, because...." Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever." Hebrews 13:8   I may change but Jesus does not. Gods Word stands the test of time. Living may help me understand it better in how it applies to life.

  
  

       I have not done electrical work prior to the Mission trip in April. I have worked construction with my Father but we contracted out the electrical work. On these trips, I'm doing something I don't normally due which opens me up to learn new things which helps with an attitude of learning other things at the same time. It is different than what I do at work despite not knowing what I will be doing the next minute in my line of work. Yet, in general, I do know what I'm going to do with the situation is to try to help people and try to take the people to a place to get more help. In some ways it is a routine what I do at my job because I have been doing it for over 13 years at this particular location.

  
  

        In ways, my focus is not on the electrical work but about everything else in dealing with people on the trip. The electrical work allows us to share Jesus and love people in New Orleans as it is a way for me to learn more about loving people that are on the team and those in New Orleans. It is about learning more who God is and how He works. I'm seeking and will find!!!!  No need to fret over it!!!

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