The Bible Series

Tonight my family and I gathered around to watch part three of The Bible series that has been airing on History channel. The whole time we have been watching this I am just more and more amazed.

I was thinking tonight how so many people have died for their right to honor, worship, live for and serve him. I mean the lives lost over it is unreal.

Here we are living in the greatest country in the world, free to openly profess our love for him. Free to worship, pray, and live 100% for him, and yet here we are hiding him.  Some were made to worship other idols and being denied the right to worship God. While we aren't bowing down to statues and other idols, what are we putting before Him?  We are keeping him to ourselves for fear that we might offend someone. Scared people will think we are weird.  That is nothing compared to the fear of losing your life over him. 

I too have been guilty in the past of saying "well the reason I don't spread the gospel more is because I don't want to seem pushy". Surely I am not alone in this thinking. Perhaps your excuse was different than "pushy"

Aside from our words that should be teaching and leading others, we should also be concerned with our actions. Are they lining up with what is coming out of our mouths or are they contradicting what we are saying.

Our troops fight for our right of speech, our right to vote, our right to freedom, our right to to have rights and our right to serve the one true living God. 

What are you doing with your right?

The first step

Today has been one of those days where when you wake up you have a plan and you are amped up and ready to go, but then, things have a way of going their own way. 

The first step is the hardest, or so they say. There have been times in my life where I felt there was much truth to this, and then times when I felt like keeping on stepping was harder. As for right at this moment, definitely the first step is the hardest.  I will be meeting my dear friend at the gym today to workout.  I have always been fond of the fitness classes, cause they are an hour, someone else has a plan and once I am there I am good to go. The thing about going and just working out on equipment is that I have to make myself commit to keeping on doing something. I have a tendency to get on the elliptical, do that for 10 minutes, feel like I really done something, then hop on the treadmill, tootle on it for about 15 minutes and then my mind starts going to all the other things I "need" to be doing at home or work. So I am hoping that today I will stay the course. This will be my first workout in at least a year. :( 

On a good note, I done really great last week, I am down 3lbs. I'll take that.:) Today I have done really well.I plan to weigh in every Monday morning.  So we'll see. 

I am stoked about going to bible study this evening after my workout with some amazing women from church. I also started a new bible study program today for my morning bible & time with God.

And I'm off, hope your day is going great wherever you are and whatever you are doing.