Out of Here

"Get me out of here," or "I can't wait to leave here"

How often do you hear people say that? I know I say it. But why do I even say it? Is it because I actually want to leave the place that I am? Do I really want to leave the place that I call home? What I am looking for that I want to leave? What do I think will be there that I don't have here? Where is there? Am I looking for different opportunities? But what opportunities am I looking for? What am I searching for that I can't seem to find here?

Do you ever find yourself wanting to go somewhere else, to do something new? I think at some point we all get to that point or feel that way. And then when we are still at the same place and have been doing the same things we don't understand why we can't go somewhere else.

Well maybe it's because we are actually supposed to be where we are at the moment. And maybe God's plan actually has you exactly where you need to be and what you feel about leaving where you are are new desires that are stirring up in your heart that one day will be fulfilled.

If you get to that point where you want to leave and haven't yet take a few minutes to think and even pray. Think about what you do every day. Think about the people you see and interact with every day. Give yourself credit for the things you do and how what you do is helping someone else. If you can find one thing that you do and even constantly do that is helping someone out well then you just found a reason why you are still where you are.

Trust God's plan for you. GOD BLESS!!

"To this end we always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling and may fulfill every resolve for good and every work of faith by his power, so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ"- 2 Thessalonians 1:11-12 

Vows

Hey Everyone,

This past week at church a couple renewed their vows. They were married ten years earlier in the same church. They were still both glowing. Witnessing them renew their vows, a man and woman that I don't even know, I was touched. 

I watched them as they approached the altar, the bride of ten years wearing a white dress and the groom of ten years dressed in a suit. 

As I sat there and listened to them renew their vows, I felt the presence of God.

Priest: (Name), do you take (name) to be your wife? Do you promise to be true to her in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health, to love her and honor her all the days of your life?

Groom: I do.

Priest: (Name), do you take (name) to be your husband? Do you promise to be true to him in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health, to love him and honor him all the days of your life?

Bride: I do.

I really understood and felt why God created the sacrament of marriage to be an example of His love here on Earth.

Just look at the vows: Do you promise to be true in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health-- God is always true to us in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health.

To love- God always loves us.

Honor- God always honors us.

All the days of your life- Good does all of these things all of the days of our lives. 

As I watched them look at each other, hold hands, and recite these vows, the presence of God was so evident. These vows are the vows that God gives us and those who are called to be married are given the gift to promise these vows to another person to show and be an example of the love to them that God has for us.

Amazing. Truly Amazing.

"Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. For if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion."- Ecclesiastes 4:9