July 18, 2005 11:32:02 AM
Throughout the past week or so, God has been able to reveal to me his promise of providing for us and giving us compete comfort. Yesterday was my Dads birthday and I completely forgot, and so at 12 am on Sunday, I decided I was going to go home for him. But I had no clue what I should get him, he has every CD, every DVD and every possible electronic item ever made. I ended up buying him a 100 dollar deluxe BBQ set, stainless steel, red wood handles, it was beautiful. So I wake up the next day at 6 and start driving home. Before I got home, I stopped off at Star bucks and bought my Dad a coffee and a slice of Carrot Cake and arrived home. I walked into his room and he was just so happy I made it or maybe it was that he saw the coffee and his favorite carrot cake. Well anyway, later that day I told my sister what I bought him and she smiled, opened a kitchen cabinet and pulled out a deluxe BBQ set, with stainless steel and everything. I then realized, it is the little things that count that add up to one large sum. The fact that I came home and woke up at 6 to get home and bought him coffee, just made his day and that he could have cared less about the present.
God has also shown me others out there preaching his word, telling us we are not alone in this world. One of my friends stared a prayer meeting and in two days, he has doubled the amount of people in his group. If we put trust in God, he will always provide. Just these little things God has revealed to me, tells us he will always be there to provide, to comfort, and to welcome us. Other people this week have impressed me and shown a side I knew they had, but they were just hidden.
I have to tell you, ever since I left for college, I felt I had failed my Saviour in High School, I could have done so much, I could have helped so many more people, yet I was to warped up in my own world and problems. Some may say, "oh no, you were great, you were one of the best Christians in our school, just look at they other teenagers in the world," but there is a problem with that. We can not compare ourselves to other people, because no one is the perfect example, we can only compare ourselves to Christ. But now that I am in college I feel I have grown up a lot. I am growing closer to God then ever, I have dedicated an hour a day to him, and I am just realizing how horrible my life will be without him in it. And looking back on the past week, I see that others here( UF) and back home ( St. Auggie) are growing up also, and I pray that they will keep up the great work.
God Bless you ALL,
Tim
God has also shown me others out there preaching his word, telling us we are not alone in this world. One of my friends stared a prayer meeting and in two days, he has doubled the amount of people in his group. If we put trust in God, he will always provide. Just these little things God has revealed to me, tells us he will always be there to provide, to comfort, and to welcome us. Other people this week have impressed me and shown a side I knew they had, but they were just hidden.
I have to tell you, ever since I left for college, I felt I had failed my Saviour in High School, I could have done so much, I could have helped so many more people, yet I was to warped up in my own world and problems. Some may say, "oh no, you were great, you were one of the best Christians in our school, just look at they other teenagers in the world," but there is a problem with that. We can not compare ourselves to other people, because no one is the perfect example, we can only compare ourselves to Christ. But now that I am in college I feel I have grown up a lot. I am growing closer to God then ever, I have dedicated an hour a day to him, and I am just realizing how horrible my life will be without him in it. And looking back on the past week, I see that others here( UF) and back home ( St. Auggie) are growing up also, and I pray that they will keep up the great work.
God Bless you ALL,
Tim