Galatians 6:4-5

So recently this verse has been weighing on my mind. My hubby told me the other day that it wasn't fair that his dad could still do something and he could no longer do his thing that he wanted to do. Well immediately God gave me this verse! We were at a gas station and I was pumping gas. (Yes, I was pumping the gas. I told hubby that I wanted to. It makes sense since our gas tank door is on the passenger side of the car so I hopped out and started pumping.) I told him I had the perfect verse for him and to just hold that thought! So I finished pumping gas and I got back in the car and picked up my phone. (I am so thankful I have a smart phone that has a Bible app on it that I can reference any time of the day!) And I went to straight to the title of this Blog Galatians 6:4-5 and here's what it says: "4 Each one should test his own actions. Then he can take pride in himself, without comparing himself to somebody else, 5 for each one should carry his own load." I was praising God for giving me these words for Jon to hear! I couldn't believe it! I was so honored to be able to give my hubby's God's words as perspective! He got really silent and just said "Huh" then I went on to say "Honey, If you can't take pride in yourself and in what God is doing in your own life then you have a problem. You shouldn't compare yourself to your dad (or anyone else for that matter) because you and your dad are each your own person!" He agreed with me. I also admitted to him that I too could use this and apply it in my daily life. Do you ever find yourself comparing yourself to others? Do you ever find yourself saying "hmmm, how come I can't have it together like her", or "wouldn't life be easier if I had this or did that?"
I think if we all really reflect we will find that one time or another we have been like this whether it was when we were 11 or when we were 32 we all have moments of comparing ourselves to others. But the greatest thing is that we have a God who loves us immensely. Who forgives us, and casts our sins as far as the east is from the west! I couldn't think of anything better, Can you??

Crazy Love: Week One....

So I started reading this book called "Crazy Love" last week and I have fell in love with it! I am doing a study on this book with my small group starting tomorrow. I have already read all the way up to chapter 7. I couldn't stop reading it once I picked it up. I have learn alot about myself in the past 7 chapters and I am sure I will learn a ton more in study this week on the first chapter! I am excited to dive into this and figured out what God wants for me and what I need to do to have a better relationship with him. Francis Chan really puts it into prespective when he talks about an extra in a movie and that person tells all there friends and family and they all sit down to watch this movie to see the scene where for "two-fifths of a second when you can see the back of your head" then he goes onto to say: "Now consider the movie of life.... God creates the world. (Were you alive then? Was God talking to you when He proclaimed "It is good" about all He had just made?)" Haley and I were talking over this at dinner Saturday night and it just really does make you think "Hey it isn't all about me!" It's all about him and what I am doing with my two-fifths of a second that I call life! My challenge for myself is this: Live a life that is truly in deep pursuit of Christ! I pray that I can continue this throughout the rest of my life and that I can make something of my two-fifths of a second!