– Run to opportunities, but not away from challenges.
– We need to be analytical about our lives. What makes you happy? What makes you unhappy? Where are you on that scale?
– Ask yourself if your discomfort is your “cross to bear” or a “sign to move on”?
– Write a pro / con list of what you like about your job. Be specific on both accounts.
– Remember that your main purpose is to bring Christ to the marketplace. Are you doing that?
Author: kmmccaleb
Followers of Christ
Followers of Christ should feel a magnetic pull on their lives toward wartime simplicity so that they may be lavish in giving and alleviate as much suffering as they can — especially eternal suffering.
John Piper
from his book Think (p 202)
Oh Lord, help me. I am so far from this.
a good evening
coldplay
root beer float
sunset ride on a frisky horse
challenging conversation with friends over dinner
peace
Confidence
When you are deeply peaceful and confident that, because of Christ, God will bring you safely to his eternal kingdom and be the all-satisfying Treasure of your life forever, then you are free to see the truth, and love the truth, and speak the truth no matter what, and joyfully spread a passion for the truth whose name is Jesus.
John Piper, in the book Think (116)
He Leads
This World
…is a broken place, but God is the Great Healer.
There are signs of this brokenness and this healing all around us. They cannot be ignored.
In search of a gas station
We didn’t find it.
But this just means more east Texas driving adventures.
My friend Tiff and I headed out to shoot a gas station last night, but we couldn’t find it.
Now, don’t be alarmed, there were no bullets involved. But there were curvy roads, Chik-fil-A waffle fries, a sunset, and dessert with new friends. Not to mention good conversation with a friend who knows me well.
This illusive gas station resides on some back country Texas road and we WILL find it!
This Weekend
equals:
staying home
watching movies
hanging out at the barn
getting a root beer float
calling a friend
reading
sleeping in
i can’t wait.
lesson
So I was walking up Madison Ave this afternoon at a fairly brisk pace (needed to get to the Met store before it closed) and BAM! I walked straight into the guy in front of me who suddenly decided to stop and dial a call on his cell phone. I politely smiled and walked around him, but on the inside was feeling smug that I had finally learned to navigate the streets of NYC to such an extent that I now know that stopping in the middle of a busy sidewalk in this city will cause certain calamity.
30 minutes later.
I was on the phone with my sis and having lousy reception, so I stopped to look at my phone and see what was up with it. Yes. I stopped. I stopped in the middle of a busy (and very crowded) sidewalk in this city. BAM. The poor (short) dude who ran into me gave me that look as he side-stepped around me. I’m sure I can guess what he was thinking.
I’m not feeling so smug anymore. Ah pride, you do cause the mighty to fall.
a few things
i heart baby horses.
i really don’t like ticks.
a recent photo shoot of my nephew = so fun.
i’m excited about Fratz returning to TX.
John Piper’s book Think is fabulous.
i can’t believe my lil sis is graduating from college. i feel a little aged.
i think i have a crush on Rep. Paul Ryan.
i had the best caramel frapachinno the other day. so good i’m still thinking about it.
not sure i’m quite ready for the long hot summer.
i really really like Trader Joe’s flattened bananas. oh my goodness.
and speaking of Trader Joe’s, i’m stoked about them possibly coming to Tejas!
the Return to Snowy River is a fabulous movie. you probably have to be a horse person to understand this.
finalite 