Uncertain

Death puts things in perspective.
Yesterday I had the opportunity to get to talk to some teenage girls about my missionstrip to Peru with LWB - the point I was trying to make was that it wasn't what you have or don't have, its what you do with it, and its your attitude toward what the Lord has given you. About 45 minutes before I was supposed to leave to give this talk, I got news that a girl I went to high school with had gotten killed in a car accident. Obviously, I was shocked....it was all so sudden.
Steph was a beautiful, sweet girl with an unforgettable smile who really loved Jesus. As sudden as it all is, I am so excited for her that she is getting to see Jesus right now! But in the mean time, my first response is to hope and to pray that since life is short, and uncertain, that I am not going waste my life, the time I've been given.
The other day I was reading Romans 1 and in verse 21 it talks about how mankind has not honored God as God and instead become futile in our thinking....I ended up looking up the definition of the word futile and learned that it means "serving no useful purpose, ineffective, occupied with trifles." I think one of the biggest issues for Christianity today is the fact that rather than spending our time and energy looking for ways to glorify the Lord, we waste it. We waste our time, we waste our energy on things that will have no impact on the kingdom of God. I don't want to get to the end wishing there had been more time.... I'd feel content that I'd done what the Lord had asked me to do.

So, cliche as it is to say "what if today was your last day" its a question that we should be asking ourselves seriously. Are you ready? Life is uncertain.....don't waste it.

I dreamed a dream.....

So I have dreams.
Like weird dreams. (This is the part where you say: doesn't everyone?)
But apparently dreaming can sometimes be an extension of the spiritual gift of prophecy, interestingly enough.

I recently talked to someone who has a lot of insight into this area, who believes I have this gift. There are times I wake up and get a feeling that a dream has meaning....there have only been a couple of times when I know what that meaning is though. I'm reading a few different books on the topic - interesting stuff. Some of it is a *little* hard for me to swallow, but I'm trying to be open minded, and at the same time measure up these teachings with what I know from the Bible.... There is so much I don't know. I think the older I get, the more I realize that fact.

Both cool and weird....our minds are so creative and or crazy. I do like dreaming though, I am happy to be dreaming again. Whether or not a dream has meaning, they sure are entertaining!