What do you do when you don’t understand what you believe is true?

I know that is a HUGE question but I am curious as to how others respond to this circumstance. I was reading this passage and saw how fast Nicodemus was confused and wondered just what was going on in his mind. I mean the way Jesus put it at first had him puzzled! I’m sure I would have been the same way. But through that conversation, though confused, Nicodemus knew that Jesus was the Son of God and that whatever He was saying was truth.

When I find things in the Word like this I just dwell on it for a couple days so that’s what I’m doing with this. I hope some of you join me in this and comment on my page. I REALLY want to know your thoughts. Here’s to growing together!

What do you do when things don’t happen the way you want them to?

For me, most times I get upset and pout and I feel like I end up blaming something or someone for my misfortune. For instance, I was out of town and really ready to get back home and got on a plane for home when the pilot says ” We are going to have to deplane to fix a problem with the air conditioner”. Even though it was for our benefit I was mad! Not only had I gotten comfy on the plane but now I must deplane AND I won’t be arriving when I wanted to. Not cool.

Funny how I totally didn’t think of how beneficial being able to be cool and comfortable on the flight would be. Or how (even though it wasn’t) there could have been something malfunctioning there and triggered something in the plane elsewhere that could have made our plane not make it to our final destination.I went straight to how it will set me back and how its wasn’t what I planned. I know that is such a diva thing but let’s get serious.

Whose plan are you going after? How are you responding when things don’t go the way you want them to? God’s plan or yours?

Jeremiah 29:11-13 (New International Version)

11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. 12 Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. 13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.

It’s funny how similar that story is to life. Somewhere down the road we seem to think that we have all the answers we need in ourselves. I don’t know what causes it but we definitely just DO. But then things don’t seem to look like they need to be and so we try different things to make it work. The hard part is that we never seem to find our way. I think thats why God gave us a roadmap. The Bible and our relationship with Christ can lead us through the hardest times in life. There may be some hard roads but still there is a path to get us through it. And i like how its not just one straight shot, but steps. Just like Mapquest or whatever you use goes one step at a time as for us to not get ahead of ourselves.

All this to say USE YOUR ROADMAP! ha! We can’t do it alone. Psalms 119:105 says ” Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.” Remember he is the light and without Him its like driving with no headlights in the woods. We need that light.

Now! back to where i was going. There are tons of ways to worship God and I am interested in things everyone else does. Write a comment below and take a look together at some different ways to worship our King.