Life is a series of choices. Some are good and bear positive fruit. Some are bad and bear negative fruit. Which thoughts we entertain, which friends we hang with, which shows we watch, music we listen to and sing - all of these affect our psyche and character and help to work together to mold us into the person we become. We are but clay in the Master's hands. Will you be soft and pliable and let the Master shape you, or will you be hard and dried up clay - already shaped by the series of bad choices made? I choose to let the Master Molder - Jesus Christ - mold me, my thoughts and to guide my life. He will scrape off the bad dried up parts and put some of His own soft clay in it's place, if we allow Him to. He has to be given permission by us.
We become that which we allow our thoughts and lives to be consumed with. Which will you be?
As for me - Consume me, Lord. I want MORE of you and less of me each and every day of my life. Use me, Lord, for your good purpose. This is my prayer to you, my Father in Heaven. AMEN. Matthew 6:21 "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."
I ask you today - where is your treasure???
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Hey mom! Have a great day. Just stopping by to say hello. I hope your day is great. From, -Ryne.
I choose to be clay, to be molded and shaped as well. I find myself becoming angry with the TV, Movies, Magazines and Music of today. Even more so I find myself becoming angry with the people who watch and listen to this so called entertainment. People, we are the temple of the Holy Ghost. Our eyes are the windows to our soul. Our attention to these shows and music is a silent witness to those around us. It may be the very thing that keeps someone you love or care about from giving their life to Chirst. If you think you are a good Christian and watching something for just a minute or for just on season is going to keep you from cracking your molded clay then think again. We must abstain from all appearences of evil! Isn't that what God says in his word in 1 Thes 5:22? I have had a major break through with this area of my life. I have sufferd with anger and dispise and even emotional ruin because I let TV, and all entertainment media make me physically and emotionally sick. Yes it is sin! Yes it is evil. But rather than harbor ill thoughts and uncontrollable emotions that would eat at me, I have given it to the Lord. I have asked him to take control of me. It is me that I can change. I now pray and ask God to redirect my thinking. I ask him for the compassion to pray for the people and media who make such things. I have to say it has really helped me grow. And growing in God is what it is all about. Have a blessed day readers! Pat thank you for your words of wisdom. You are a blessing.
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