Am I a Church Bully?

Sometimes as a 'church person' I can come across as a pushy sales person.....

who is really only concerned with my own ego and self gratification...

 'Get them to MY church so I can put another notch in MY spiritual belt'.     

I push MY God agenda rather than loving people now, 
right where they are.

I point my imperfect finger at imperfect people.

I end up pushing others away from the very loving God I want them to know.

Why?  Because I want them to know Him on MY TERMS.

I end up angry and frustrated and resentful because others
are not doing what I want them to do.  


WHAT IS THE ANSWER?

Look to God and pray.
Concentrate on my own need for God's correction
and direction in my own life.

Ask to keep my eyes fixed on Him and the
changes, 
life, and hope
that He is working in my own life.

STOP POINTING FINGERS!

"Look to Me and be saved".   

When I, as a church person, focus more on my own agendas,
rather than on loving people in the Now,
AS THEY ARE,
then I am just self centered and bullying under the guise of church.

Hurricane Coming? Flooding? Make your own sandbags!

1. Double up large heavy duty garbage bags into a container....on a dollie....

2. dig ditches to divert water...

























3. fill the garbage bags with the dirt.....ziptie...
 (Don't overfill them... so they are pliable and easier to mold to where you want them to go.)

and now you have sandbags....

and ditches. 

Roll the bags (on the dollie) to where you want them......

Knock the container over....

pull the container off.....

sandbag is in place.

Feeling useless, feeling like you are not worth anything?

Sometimes there are events that trigger feelings of insecurity and uselessness in us.
Sometimes we think,
WHY AM I EVEN HERE? 

Those low times when we feel lost and alone are when God says,

SPEND TIME WITH ME.

Sometimes our GPS of life gets off track.
Sometimes we feel lost or depressed or of no value.

It is precisely these times that we need to get our prayer time
back on track.

It is like we are using a compass.
When we miss a prayer time our compass gets a degree or two off track.
We need to get our prayer time for God to steer us back in the right direction.

FAILURE

Read this today, thought you should hear it:   

When you are on a budget......Peanut Butter Chocolate Bunnies for my Easter honey's. You can do this using organic ingredients!

So, I wanted to have some Easter candy for the family.
Not too much.
But just one chocolate bunny can be expensive, if you are buying for a group.

I started brainstorming.

What did I already have in the house? 

I realized I had an old bunny toy.

I cut it in half and washed it thoroughly.

I mixed a half cup confectioner's sugar, 1 cup peanut butter, 1 tsp. vanilla, 1/2 tsp. salt.
You can use your favorite brand peanut butter, chunky, creamy, organic.
Which ever you like.     

Then I took, some butter and rubbed it on the inside of the bunny.

I melted 1 square of chocolate bark. 
Again, you can use your favorite chocolate,
dark, milk chocolate, organic if you like.

I poured most of it into the bunny.

I put three dark chocolate chips in each ear, for texture, strength, and taste.

I let it cool for two or three minutes.

Next I put some of the peanut butter on top of the chocolate.

Next cover the peanut butter with chocolate.

Cut out a piece of cardboard the size of the bunny.

Put a goody bag around the cardboard.

Put the bunny on the bag covered cardboard.

Now put another bag over the bunny and tape shut.

I spent about two hours, and used only what I had. You can do this using organic ingredients! 

I want to be important!!! I want to be famous!

He knew what He was doing, not doing it out of guilt or low self image.
He knew who He was.
He did not have to grasp for value.
He gave us an example of what real serving is.
Find your value in Him.
He will show you what is next.

Overloaded.