The Nothing Blog

"Be  very careful, then how you live--not as unwise but wise, making the most of  every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish,  but understand what God's will is...be filled with the Spirit.  Ephesians 5:15-16 Self-absorbed people seem to have the most regret until we learn to be selfless. Yes, I'm speaking from experience. It means we haven't denied self to follow Jesus. Until the grace of God steps in we think like this: "I wish I had spent more time with_________," "I wish I had humbled myself and forgiven _____", "I regret I never said, 'I love you' every time I saw _______" , "I wish I had said I was sorry to _______..".  Anything here kind of sound familiar? Uh-huh. How can we fully enjoy anything in this life if we're consumed with ourselves? We can't truly love other people if we're in love with ourselves. And that means we don't really have room for God in our hearts...

🎶 🎶   Worship Leader Grace Balint sings "Surrounded"  🎶🎶 The LORD will keep in perfect peace  those whose minds are stayed on You because they trust in You. Isaiah 26:3 Enjoying the peace of God with our little grandson, Jesse Agee. "Perfect Peace? Uh-huh. Yeah, right! Sure." That's what some will say. The truth is, everything about the Christian life is supernatural because we serve and belong to a Supernatural God. Nothing about Him is worldly or material. He is a Spirit Who is more loving and more powerful than anything in the universe! If we don't believe this truth then we are missing out on all the "love, power, and sound mind" ( 2 Timothy 1:7) God has already given us. Fear is not from God. That being said, we should resist fear and turn to God, preferably on our knees in repentance, and read our Bibles. "What?" we say. "Nope. Not gonna do it because then I'd have to admit I can't control my life's circumsta...