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| Author | Topic: chapter 3 |
| Pastor |
posted 3/11/09 2:20 AM
Question 1, B, asks if you would like to change the way your diary reads, what would you have to do. I have actually been thinking about this for a long time and I have several changes I would like to do: 1. Write it more from God's persepective than from my perspective. I see each day as and end, but God sees it more as a step in a direction. 2. Recognize that other people have issues, and concentrate on them more than what I think they are doing to me. 3. Not spending so much time on things that do not matter and spend more time on things that are important to me. I wonder how much I would write in a diary that I would not care about a year later, and how much stuff I glossed over that I wish I would have savored more. 4. Analyze less. sometimes I can't stop myself from turning things over and over in my mind, and the final answer is still "don't know." 5. And finally, I would like to embrace my problems more. I do keep looking for an end instead of enjoying life. When I play sports or a game, I really enjoy a challenge, not one that is easy or completely one sided. I need to bring more of that attitude to life. And that is how I want to change my diary. |
| tom |
posted 3/13/09 1:06 AM
I have never keep a daily written account of my days except for work. The pages are full of appointments,phone numbers and people's names for work. That in its self is sad to me. All of the little personel items that go on in my life and I do not take the same care to remember them like I do a business item. So if I was to change what I write it would be notes to myself about the little things that God provides to us each day. The singing of birds in the morning in my backyard, warmth of the sun. Even the rain to make the plants grow can be rewarding. All though enough rain has fallen for now. I would remember the morning air crisp and clean. The feel of grass on your bare feet. It does not need to be the big items that you should remember but the little things that touch you and help to make the day go by. So I need to start keeping track of the gifts we are given everyday just to enjoy what God has given us should fill volumes. |
| Pastor |
posted 3/13/09 2:33 AM
I have to note two things about keeping a journal - 1 Write down the things your family say to you that are funny. Kids and grandkids grow up fast and we forget the wonderful things they have said. 2. Keep a journal as a testimony to what God is doing. It serves two purposes- One you can look back and see that God really does answer prayer, and secondly it becomes a personal story of faith, that one day might be read and inspire others (most probably our children) |
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