Friday May 7, 2010

 

 

I’ve Been Thinking

 

It was a combination of things today that caused me to think about Romans 12:2 (New Living Version).

Let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think.

  

Am I allowing God to transform me – or am I satisfied with my human nature?

 

 

 

Am I more patient than I was a year ago?

 

 

 Am I less selfish than when I accepted Jesus into my life at the age of ten?

 

 

 Am I doing better in giving the things I would like to control over to God for His control?

 

 

How about the times I feel like being stubborn? (Stubborn is not a fruit of the Spirit). Am I less stubborn than when I was ten.

 

 

 Am I more joyfilled than when I was twenty.

 

 

 Am I more loving than when I was thirty?

 

 

Am I more longsuffering than when I was forty?

 

 

Am I displaying more gentleness than when I was fifty?

 

 

 Am I feeling a deeper peace in my soul today than when I surrendered my life to the Prince of Peace?

 

 

 Do I feel a deeper calmness during times of uncertainty than I did twenty years ago?

 

 

 Is God satisfied with my progress?

 

 

 Am I?

  

 

 It’s good to examine ones life.

I discovered growth, but I also found much room for improvement.

 

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Friends, don’t get me wrong: By no means do I count myself an expert in all of this, but I’ve got my eye on the goal, where God is beckoning us onward—to Jesus.

I’m off and running, and I’m not turning back.

Philippians 3:13-14 (The Message)