I saw an awesome summary of the story of God yesterday! I found it on the cover of a bible. Gave me something to think about and i just think that something like that might draw ppls attention to the bible..

 

People; they are an everyday part of life. We see them in the streets, we work with them, we live with them and we learn from them. People; God created them to love him but people were people and decided to do their own thing. They decided to turn their back from God, disobey his command and as a result sin entered the world giving rise to “difficult people.”

I define difficult people as those who want to challenge you. Those who don’t accept your opinion and want to force theirs on you. I see difficult people as those who are self absorbed and think of their own self rather than giving consideration to others. I see difficult people as those who have their heart set on one thing and will not compromise for anything…

Perhaps I am a difficult person in some peoples eyes. My heart is set on Christ and I will not compromise. Christ is God and Christ is Lord of my life. The Be all and End all. Period!

2 Timothy 2:23-26 States (in the NLT Translation)

 23 Again I say, don't get involved in foolish, ignorant arguments that only start fights.24 A servant of the Lord must not quarrel but must be kind to everyone, be able to teach, and be patient with difficult people.25 Gently instruct those who oppose the truth. Perhaps God will change those people's hearts, and they will learn the truth.26 Then they will come to their senses and escape from the devil's trap. For they have been held captive by him to do whatever he wants.

Think about this…how often do we try and challenge others because they do not believe the same things as us? How often do we find ourselves in little arguments about something as small as why style of music is best in church? Now that you think about it, its quite a reality isn’t it?

You see deep inside we all have the tendency to be difficult people but God doesnt want us to be. He wants us to approach people in love and with kindness. Someone will not change their opinion or turn to God if they are yelled at, or condemned for not. That gives rise to the issue to street corner preachers which is a whole different story.  People will only come to their senses and turn to Christ if it is done in a gentle manner. If people are able to ponder on things, ask civil questions and see that you are genuine in your approach and in your beliefs then yes, God may even be able to make that difficult person turn around.  It is only through love and understanding that we can really touch and speak right into the hearts of others.  Satan has blinded non-believers in Christ and its only through love and kindness that their eyes will be opened to the true identity of Christ.

God Bless you

Simi.

IM MARRIED...will post pics or something soon

PS for now visit here....Cath made it. Aint she speshul!

 

Blessings

SIMI

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Opening a can of worms. Its something we don’t want to do. It’s rather messy really. Once the can has been opened, theres not much you can do about it. And really, its not the easiest thing to clean up. Once the can is opened everyone becomes aware of it, and some way or another, people are impacted by it. I guess it then comes down to who had the can in the first place..and who dared to open it.

 

Why would someone want to open a can, a can that is filled with slimy, creatures that infest their way into any crack. Creatures that will crawl up your leg and really interfere with places and things you really don’t want them to.

 

Its rather dangerous really, For the opener of the can,,,and well anyone who happens to be closeby.

 

Well hey I can now see why its such a common metaphor for unearthing the problems we face in this life.

 

So often we have things to hide. Past experiences, for example. We tuck them away behind us in a hope that in that place they will be confined, out of sight to others and evidently forgotten about. We don’t want to think about them, cause they either come back to haunt you or creep into aspects of your life that you don’t want them to be. Like a can of worms really. Don’t you think?

 

Do you carry a can of worms around with you in your handbag? Are these worms weighing you down? Are you trying to hide this can from someone?

 

Have you bottled up all your feelings and emotions? And placed them into a can… (which mind you getting those worms into the can would probably be harder than just getting rid of them one by one individually I mean, you put one worm in the can and the other slides out…and hey the cans gotta get full sometime, and worms don’t die that easy…not hard creatures to get rid of)

 

I know this is babble and probably all over the place but what I am trying to say is. Don’t try and put all your worries and experiences into one box. Don’t try and tuck it away somewhere people wont see. The longer you carry them around, the more damaging it will become in the long run.

 

If you have a can with you, open it. That’s the only way you can deal with the past and move on. Yes its hard, yes its messy but hey think of the relief when all is sorted. The longer you carry them around, the heavier they get and the harder life becomes.

 

Talk to someone

Share your thoughts

Lef it all out

You will feel a peace when you do

 

You get offered something. People tell you not to do it. Your mind says it would be good. The opnions of others start impacting on what your mind says. You try to talk to God about it, but doubt hinders your mind... you fail to notify the person in time about your decision...and let is pass.

 

Well that happened to me about a month ago. I thought to myself... well i will go for something more acute...little did i know what he had instore for me. 

 

The other night...i was having a chat to God, a chat about where my career is heading, what im going to do next year etc. The next morning. i formally get offered a job. A job in the same place as i was sublty offered a molnth ago. This time it was in an email...from a different person. I realised that i had to take it.  I had been ignoring God's sublte hints and tried to go things my own way.

 

I ummmed and ahhhed about the rehab position because i wanted to deal with people who were really ill, People who had IV antibiotics. complex wounds. etc. I was told yesterday..that rehab is going to be acute rehab. they have totally changed. THey have a large numnber of discharges a week. iv antibiotics everywhere... 3 day post op patients. its great! I dont like surgical cause of obs and obs but i like the IVAB part of it and seeing people gbet back on their feet after a major operation.

 

I also got to choose how many hours a fortnight i wanted. At present im going 40hrs with an RDO once a month...10, 8 hour shifts a fortnight. but now. im doing 9 8 hour shifts a fortnight so i get a day off every 2 weeks pretty much. ojne week i work 4 days the next i work 5. It suits me well...i can spend more time wedidng planning, working with the youth etc. lol life is toooooo busy but i love it!!!

 

I START ONJ THE 15th of JANUARY!!!!!!

Thanx for hitting me over the head with it GOD