I was asked the other day by a friend to name ten things I'm good at. I really thought hard when asked this question. After about 7.5 minutes when I could only come up with four I started listing dumb things such as eating, not doing the laundry, etc... For the rest of the day I was bumming . Why was it so hard to name at least ten things I'm good at. I am usually a fairly humble person. Lying awake all night thinking of this it finally dawned on me. The reason I can't name what I'm good at is because I concentrate way too much on the things I'm NOT good at. It's what I'm NOT good at that bugs me the most.
I can program a great Sunday morning experience for our kids, but I'll drive home thinking of a conversation I had that morning where I didn't quite say the right thing. I will do a moderately decent job organizing an event; but I'm up at 3am thinking of that one really stupid thing I did (or maybe it was a dozen stupid things I said....)
Does anyone else do this?
I read Hebrews 10:35-36 this week, I am reminded that my confidence is in God, and it is needed to endure through the end of God's will. I am learning to have confidence that God knows all my inabilities in ways that even I haven't even realized, and in spite of all of them he continues to give me opportunities to carry out His will. God doesn't focus on what I'm bad at, why should I? How can I stretch myself by only thinking of what I can't do rather than what I can. After praying through this, I can now name eleven things I'm good at (for the sake of humility I can't give you my list)
Lord, help me to look past the mistakes and errors of my life and help me to see your hand working in my life. Help me to endure in confidence to the end of your will for my life.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Thursday, January 15, 2009
My iphone
I have to admit...I LOVE my iphone. It has served me so many purposes! I have a few AWFUL confessions to make --- I figured what better way to confess a few things than on my blog that no one reads :)...especially my parents and my husband!
1) I never call my friends. I hate the phone. See, this may surprise you, but I don't really talk much...so there's nothing worse for me than to talk on the phone. It makes me sad because I haven't been able to keep up with so many friends from high school or college due to this hatred for the phone. Having my iphone has allowed me to access facebook a lot more and actually keep in touch with my friends this way.
2) I have a bad habit of not returning e-mails that aren't too crucial. I would read them in the office at work, but if they didn't pertain to work I would forget to write back once I got home. Accessing e-mail on my iphone has allowed me to quickly write back when I'm bored in line at the grocery store, or during middle of the night feedings.
3) I'm not very consistent with reading God's Word. I could be great for one whole week, and than not read at all the following. the iphone has many Bible applications on it. I have youversion on my phone that gives you a daily reading plan. I haven't skipped a day yet since I've had my iphone!! (again, middle of the night feedings help!)
4) I'm a TV aholic ... Even if nothing is on - I can still sit and watch for hours. I can ALWAYS find something to watch. Now I'm more interested in playing games on my phone (like word warp and free cell) or watching you tube videos (oh, wait -- that's not different from TV) I love searching through applications or reading everyone's twitters. (okay, so this one should also be a confession that I'm on the "phone" too much)
5) I'm an indecisive person. I can't make any type of small decisions such as "where should we eat?" Dan will no longer let me say "I don't know". I used to get really bad anxiety attacks over this. Well, not anymore! The iphone actually has applications for restuarants around you. It's been great for people like me who get threats from friends for not making decisions.
6) I'm not a cool person. In the past when I would be waiting for someone, or standing in line somewhere, it would make me feel awkward - I wouldn't know what to do with myself. So many people would tell me to just call someone -- but they didn't know about my phone fear that I discussed in numer one. Now, I just whip out the iphone and have so many things to do I actually don't look awkward anymore standing all alone somewhere.
Those are my reasons for loving my iphone --- by the way, this is not a paid advertisement.
1) I never call my friends. I hate the phone. See, this may surprise you, but I don't really talk much...so there's nothing worse for me than to talk on the phone. It makes me sad because I haven't been able to keep up with so many friends from high school or college due to this hatred for the phone. Having my iphone has allowed me to access facebook a lot more and actually keep in touch with my friends this way.
2) I have a bad habit of not returning e-mails that aren't too crucial. I would read them in the office at work, but if they didn't pertain to work I would forget to write back once I got home. Accessing e-mail on my iphone has allowed me to quickly write back when I'm bored in line at the grocery store, or during middle of the night feedings.
3) I'm not very consistent with reading God's Word. I could be great for one whole week, and than not read at all the following. the iphone has many Bible applications on it. I have youversion on my phone that gives you a daily reading plan. I haven't skipped a day yet since I've had my iphone!! (again, middle of the night feedings help!)
4) I'm a TV aholic ... Even if nothing is on - I can still sit and watch for hours. I can ALWAYS find something to watch. Now I'm more interested in playing games on my phone (like word warp and free cell) or watching you tube videos (oh, wait -- that's not different from TV) I love searching through applications or reading everyone's twitters. (okay, so this one should also be a confession that I'm on the "phone" too much)
5) I'm an indecisive person. I can't make any type of small decisions such as "where should we eat?" Dan will no longer let me say "I don't know". I used to get really bad anxiety attacks over this. Well, not anymore! The iphone actually has applications for restuarants around you. It's been great for people like me who get threats from friends for not making decisions.
6) I'm not a cool person. In the past when I would be waiting for someone, or standing in line somewhere, it would make me feel awkward - I wouldn't know what to do with myself. So many people would tell me to just call someone -- but they didn't know about my phone fear that I discussed in numer one. Now, I just whip out the iphone and have so many things to do I actually don't look awkward anymore standing all alone somewhere.
Those are my reasons for loving my iphone --- by the way, this is not a paid advertisement.
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