The Aftermath

It is a terrible thing that happened in Virginia this past week. My heart and prayers go out to the families of the ones who lost loved ones. My heart also goes out to those who survived and that things of the past should not get a foothold in your lives and that you will be stronger after all of this.

God is all powerful, and he is there and here now and always. In our darkest hour, he is there. He is amazing and loving. The enemy is always trying to find ways to destroy us and pull us out of sync with what God is doing in our lives, but God is our shield of armour and our protector. After all, he did make us and would not want anything to happen to us. That is not to say accidents do not happen, but spiritually, we are always protected as long as we remember him.

I have thought a lot this week about where I am spiritually, and mentally. I have issues with not being firm in decision making. I have always been wishy washy and I hate that. I think about things way too much. It is hard for me to make decisions some times. Not to mention, sometimes I make the wrong one. But that is part of growing and learning I guess. I am thankful that I have made the decision to get married and have kids at a young age. I am thankful that I have chosen to follow God and that is awesome. I have learned to not be as selfish as I used to be, but I still have a way to go.

Life can be cut short. You never know when your time is up so it is important to not miss out on important decisions. Decisions to hang out with your family (wife and kids) instead of working all the time, or filling that time with other things. Decisions to serve others instead of yourself. Decisions to worship God only instead of earthly things which is easy to do. We should be content with what we have and make it work. It is so easy want something, but harder to just say, look at what I have, that is sufficient for now. There are those in this world who don't have the ability to have that new Mac, or iPod, or car, clothing, guitar, etc... So we all need to take our focus off of how much can we acquire, and be content with what we have. You never know who is buying a gun right now.