LIFE IS LONG—IF YOU KNOW HOW TO USE IT

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December 26th LIFE IS LONG—IF YOU KNOW HOW TO USE IT

 “It’s not at all that we have too short a time to live, but that we squander a great deal of it. Life is long enough, and it’s given in sufficient measure to do many great things if we spend it well. But when it’s poured down the drain of luxury and neglect, when it’s employed to no good end, we’re finally driven to see that it has passed by before we even recognized it passing. And so it is—we don’t receive a short life, we make it so.” —SENECA, ON THE BREVITY OF LIFE, 1.3–4a 

No one knows how long they have to live, but sadly, we can be sure of one thing: we’ll waste far too much of life. Waste it sitting around, waste it chasing the wrong things, waste it by refusing to take the time to ask ourselves what’s actually important to us. Far too often, we’re like the overconfident academics that Petrarch criticized in his classic essay on ignorance—the types who “fritter away their powers incessantly in caring for things outside of them and seek themselves there.” Yet they have no idea this is what they’re doing. So today, if you find yourself rushed or uttering the words “I just don’t have enough time,” stop and take a second. Is this actually true? Or have you just committed to a lot of unnecessary things? Are you actually being efficient, or have you assumed a great deal of waste into your life? The average American spends something like forty hours a year in traffic. That’s months over the course of a life. And for “traffic,” you can substitute so many activities—from fighting with others to watching television to daydreaming. Your life is plenty long—just use it properly.

Don't Think Your Wise

Doubt and Dread

From my book "My Upmost For His Highest " I defy you to worry. It is virtually impossible to doubt when He is there.

I love this also it is hard to dread something when you have the Lord also .

I could remember reading a message a few days ago about dread and I was trying to find it but it was hard I couldn't remember were I read it. But I'm glad I had written a blog about it that's why it's good to keep notes of things . Well I typed in Dread in to my search bar on my blog and I found it hooray here it is ....

DECEMBER 2 Joyce Meyer Devotional

 DON’T DREAD

 The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. —HEBREWS 13:6

 Dread is a close relative of fear. It anticipates the future with fear and apprehension. We are tempted to dread many things. We may dread simple daily chores such as getting up in the morning, driving to work in traffic, going to the grocery store, or doing the laundry. But we can just as easily believe we can fulfill these responsibilities with a good attitude, trusting God to give us the grace we need for each one. Dread not only steals joy; it also steals much-needed energy. We hear people say often, “I dread doing this or that,” but this is useless. They must do the task anyway, so why dread it? If we consistently verbalize our dread, our words will defeat us. We will do what we must, but we will be miserable while doing it. If you have given in to the temptation to dread things in the past, now is an opportune time to decide that you will have a happy attitude instead. We can and should all be thankful that we have something to do, that food is available for us to purchase, and that God gives us the ability and strength to take care of our possessions. Turn the table on the enemy (the devil) by finding the good in everything. Be positive, and think of what you do have, not what you don’t have. Make today a happy day by refusing to dread anything. “Father, help me not to dread the tasks I have to do. Thank You that I am able to do them and that I can ask for Your help, knowing that You are with me in everything I do. In Jesus’ name. Amen.”

Love Your Enemy.Like Jesus Did..

Jesus told us to love our enemy but right now it's hard for me when I see clips about how the Muslims are taking over our country and then turning around and destroying it. They come here but don't abide by our laws. And hate arises and it is hard to do as He says but I must if I am to follow him. 

When you think of what Jesus went through and then when he was hanging on the cross He said " Father forgive them for they know not what they do" WOW!!!!!!

In today's plan on my Bible App...1 Peter: Exiled, but Not Alone | Video Devotional: Day 4 • Devotional

http://bible.com/r/DIC

  ...this stood out for me about how Jesus is our example.......

"And when Jesus suffered and was beaten like a slave, he didn’t hate his persecutors, but offered forgiveness like a priest (1 Peter 2:22-23)! By his faithfulness and sacrifice slaves are made righteous and healed from their scars (1 Peter 2:24). And just as Jesus died to save and make pure his bride, believing wives can win over their husbands by their gentleness and respect (1 Peter 3:1).

Jesus is our example (1 Peter 2:21). Jesus shows us that when God’s people sacrificially behave like chosen exiles, royal priests, and treasured people, the world is blessed, our persecutors are transformed, and we will rise from our humiliation."

After I read today's message in Eyeslave Devotional i know why I can't love my enemy "IM AFRAID" and it tells use 365 times in the Bible to not be afraid. I think this is key to my problem. "STOP BEING AFRAID"

December 24 

Read: Zephaniah 1-3; Revelation 7-8 Zephaniah 3:13

 “The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.” Remnant believers love the word of God. Once they feed on it and receive from it, they have rest, even in the midst of a busy day. No trouble in our nation and no devil from hell can make them afraid.

Make Your paths Straight.

Time For A Heart Check..

My Musing : "TELL ME WHAT YOU KNOW"

December 22nd 

STAKE YOUR OWN CLAIM

 “For it’s disgraceful for an old person, or one in sight of old age, to have only the knowledge carried in their notebooks. Zeno said this … what do you say? Cleanthes said that … what do you say? How long will you be compelled by the claims of another? Take charge and stake your own claim—something posterity will carry in its notebook.” —SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 33.7 

Musing in his notebook about the topic of immortality, Ralph Waldo Emerson complained how writers dance around a difficult topic by relying on quotes. “I hate quotation,” he wrote. “Tell me what you know.” Seneca was throwing down the same gauntlet some twenty centuries before. It’s easier to quote, to rely on the wise words of others. Especially when the people you’re deferring to are such towering figures! It’s harder (and more intimidating) to venture out on your own and express your own thoughts. But how do you think those wise and true quotes from those towering figures were created in the first place? Your own experiences have value. You have accumulated your own wisdom too. Stake your claim. Put something down for the ages—in words and also in example

It's funny yesterday i had written the word musing then i just noticed it's in tomorrow message from The Daily Stoic Meditation 

musing: a period of reflection or thought.

So the message is when I wake up to be with God in the morning I need to write down my Musings. Because as it says in the message for tomorrow "Your own experiences have value. You have accumulated your own wisdom too. Stake your claim. Put something down for the ages—in words and also in example.

      ---TELL ME WHAT YOU KNOW ---

Some people will never understand what you bring to the table until they watch you in action

People who don't support you and discourage you may not actually be bad people who intentionally want to destroy your dreams. Sometimes, they just don't understand why you do what you do, so they voice out their concerns Not everyone will see the spark in you, just make sure you see it in yourself and never give up

And what i do know is "Faith based on experience is not faith; faith based on God’s revealed truth is the only faith there is."