Full Ride Scholarship

At the time I was smart and confident, as time passes I can see I was an idiot. My freshman class at Everett High School went out one day and put a time capsule in the ground. We put down what we wanted to accomplish in life. My list looked like this: get a full ride scholarship to either Michigan State, Western or Central Michigan to run track or swim. If I failed at that I wanted to be a sports writer. I put more stuff down but can’t remember it. As I look back now, I wasn’t that bright.

I didn’t have a standout freshman season and in no way was capable of getting a full ride as most swimmers and runner weren’t even offered full scholarships. You couldn’t tell the 14 year old me this. I thought I would work hard and improve. Man was I off base. Sometimes in life we give ourselves more credit than we deserve. I thought I was wise and knew what I was talked about. I was off base.

Sometimes in life we think we are wiser then we truly are. No matter how smart, there is always someone smarter who knows more. I thought this about faith, I thought I understood this and nobody could tell me otherwise. God wisdom trumped my wisdom though.

1 Corinthians 2:6-8…

“We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. No, we speak of God’s secret wisdom, a wisdom that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began. None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord or glory.”

It took me all of high school to realize, God is way smarter than me and there is a lot I don’t understand. Ever pray to God and not know the result or be disappointed when things didn’t go your way? I have many times, sometimes I look back at my prayers and think if I got what I wanted I wouldn’t have been taught a valuable life lesson. Sometimes my prayers were a want list from God, I want this….please make this happen…etc.

God’s wisdom goes beyond our own. There are many times he has proved that I am not as smart as I think. I appreciate that time. It’s a time where I can learn. Can you look back and see where you were wrong and thought you were right? God’s wisdom goes beyond our own, it’s nice to know that there is a greater plan that goes beyond our own understanding.

How can we explain the world when we don't know much

As I was reading scripture today, I read through this scripture and thought it deserved to be by itself.

Rather than writing around it, I just wanted to share it Romans 11:33-36 (The Message)...

Have you ever come on anything quite like this extravagant generosity of God, this deep, deep wisdom? It’s way over our heads. We’ll never figure it out.

Is there anyone around who can explain God?
Anyone smart enough to tell him what to do?
Anyone who has done him such a huge favor
that God has to ask his advice?
Everything comes from him;
Everything happens through him;
Everything ends up in him.
Always glory! Always praise!
Yes. Yes. Yes.

 

Man, there so much we don't understand and that is why God is so awesome.

 

Have a great day.

Standing up for what you believe in

Life can pass by.

In a blink of an eye life can pass us by.

We are through the day, through the week, through the month and through so many things.

I was meeting with a couple of Church leaders a couple of weeks ago, we were talking about life and things in general.

They mentioned when you are older, you don’t know how much time you miss.

The guys mentioned, you wouldn’t believe how much time you waste when you are younger.

They shared some great knowledge, “I wish I would have spent more time with my kids,” one said.

The other guys nodded his head in approval.

Time flies they said and they are only going to be young once. One went on to talk about how you miss out and there is no way to go back.

If I value my kids, I need to change some things in order to spend more time with them and less time doing meaningless things.

I enjoy getting knowledge from people I respect.

If the guys didn’t believe what they said, they wouldn’t have said it.

Do our actions backup what we say?

John believed that there was one more powerful than him coming.

People wondered if he was the Christ, he kept denying it.

Finally he saw Jesus.

Was he going to backup what he said?

John 1:29-31…

“Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! This is the one I meant when I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’ I myself did not know him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that he might be revealed to Israel.”

John believed Jesus was coming and it came true.

His actions stood behind what we told people.

Are we people that are going to change and improve or are our words going to speak louder than our actions?

I am going to go play some basketball with my kids.

What are you going to do?

Have a great day.