I'm selfish!

My girl Emily ROCKED this morning quoting Lamentations 3:1-24 by Memory!!! She is so awesome and such an amazing person God has laid in my path of life. I love her, but that's not the point of this blog.

Lifepoint kicked off a series called "HOPE" Cause lets be honest...we all need a little more of that with what's going on!!! I kind of got kicked in the butt today during the service. Man am I selfish. I have become a consumer.
I have a job that I am lucky to have, yet I complain about the distance.
I get a place closer to the job, yet I worry about having a slower paced life and being bored.
Which is funny cause I also complain of lack of sleep.
And my list goes on and on......
My thoughts should be: I have amazing friends and familiy that love and support me, I have my health, I have a car to get me to work, and God also blessed me after my whining with an apartment 20minutes from work. Not only did he bless my prayer request, my amazing church family is filled w/ loving self-less people that are willing to make the 45minute drive to help me move in. I need to "turn my frown upside down" and praise God cause He is GOOD!!!!

I'm ready to stop being a baby and truly learn what walking in God's scripture means. Not just read it and move on, but let it affect me and choosing to trust him. And to be thankful for what He's given me and trusting Him to continue to take care of me, not just walk through like a buffet line and take what's mine. Like Pastor Jeff said today Trust is not an emotion, its a decision.
"Remember my affliction and my wandering, the wormwood and bitterness. Surely my soul remembers And is bowed down within me. This I recall to my mind, therefore I have hope. THe Lord's loving kindnesses indeed never cease, For His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS. THE LORD IS MY PORTION, says my soul, THEREFORE I HAVE HOPE IN HIM." Lamentations 19-24


Our anchor verse is Romans 15:13 "Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit" I pray this not only for myself, but for all that shall come across this blog. I pray we all find more joy and more hope and definitely more of God.