maybe…

Today has been a weird day…I was watching the news and seeing all the remembrance stuff about 9/11 and thinking about all the families that lost loved ones, I couldn’t imagine the amount of anxiety they must have felt as the towers fell six years ago…Maybe God is reminding me to not take anyone for granted.This morning I was at our local eatery for breakfast. (My way of keeping up with the community news) and ofcourse the pancakes are awesome. Anyway, i learned that a member of our small business community lost his 21 year old son yesterday. He was a soldier in Iraq. I did not know his son or him that well other than on a business level but for some reason it affected me greatly. Hanging a wreath on his door and passing out ribbons to the other merchants just to let him know we are thinking about him just kinda made it worse…Maybe God wants me to be more thankful for the blessings in my life.Then as I was putting out the jewelry I got a phone call that one of our jewelry salesmen was attacked in Acworth last week by a Colombian gang and stabbed 7 times in the back… He’s going to be OK but it makes me a little more nervous about the girls at work and our safety during the day.Maybe it’s God’s way of reminding about all the years he has protected the store and my family.After all that I have been really busy with little poblems all day long, nothing major. Just one of those days when it all piles up and you have to deal with it.Maybe that’s God’s way of telling me that all I have to do is depend on Him fully and he’ll take care of it all..I Don’t Know… Maybe

ch…ch…ch…changes

I have never embraced change.I have lived in 3 different houses in my life. All within close proximity of each other.I have slept with the same pillow since the day I was born. My parents have been married for 31 years, I have had the same best friend since I was 8. I have worked in my family business, i get up every morning and meet the same people at the same restaurant and eat the same breakfast. Will all that said…God has been molding me for a change lately. At first I was nervous about what it could be. Then as I read Acts and I see how Paul gave his whole life to Spread God’s Love, I felt a little guilty! I mean for goodness sake, he was writing to the Collossians telling them about God’s love while he was sitting in jail! I felt guilty that I complain about little things like having to set up sound equipment or how the drums sound bouncing off a metal ceiling in a gym or having to wake up from a Sunday nap to go practice. Just think…what if Paul had not accepted a change in his life. What if he complained about the little things. He could’ve been content the rest of his life making tents and raising a family, not traveling all over creation getting beaten and thrown in jail.The definition of…Change: To give a completely different form or appearance to; transformAnyone who has been around me lately has noticed this change. Now… I was not a wild rebellious teenager or someone who was reckless. My change was a little more subtle. I didn’t have a Come To Jesus breakdown at the alter or anything it was Kinda like when you pull the cord on a lamp and a light bulb comes on.Whatever God has in store for me I will dedicate the rest of my life to not just going to church and singing a song, but making sure I let His love shine through me and help light a few bulbs along the way!