Things to Remember

Beauty is-- Not what you are but what you will become

Learning is -- Not how much you know but what you comprehend

Knowing is -- Not just having something in your mind, but in your heart.

Courage is -- Not the absence of fear but the faith and love to over come it

Being is -- Not just existing but Living life to the fullest

Talking is-- Not just commenting about the weather, but what brought you through the storms and how you've grown through them.

Silence is -- Not the absence of noise, but the loudness of the still small voice

Listening is -- not just hearing, but understanding.

Growing is -- not become two inches taller but growing deeper in you faith (thanks Angela)

Loving is -- Not a feeling, but an action you live out every day. (1 Corinthians 13: 4-8)

Winning is -- Not where you place but how you played (giving it your all)

Maturing is -- Experiencing the unknown and dealing wisely and honestly with what life brings you.

Burning is -- Not a just a single flame, but an All Consuming FIRE..

Becoming is -- Not looking at the past, but looking to the future.

It is also -- Not outward, but it starts in the heart.

Falling is -- Dangerous, but at the right time totally worth it.

Breaking is -- Not the end of the world.. but the beginning of a wiser you.

Liking is --  not complicated, its simple.. I LIKE!! (wuv you Pendo ).

Missing someone is -- Not something small, but a hole in your heart and life..

Asking is -- not just stating a question but requiring an answer

Prayer is -- not listing your problems but conversing with your Father

These are things to remember... And of which I need to be reminded of daily!

-MiniMug

His plan... Not Mine

He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it.
-1 Thessalonians 5:24
You know, some how I always think that I've got this one. And every time I think I've got it down I wind up falling on my face. Wow, how graceful. Thank God that he is full of grace and does not kick me out into the street for being a selfish idiot. I'm humbled by the fact that I'm not perfect...
It happened any recently, I tried to take control of my life and mold it into my plan... And again I was disappointed with the result. I started asking God why things weren't working out for me, and then that quite voice said "Your trying to drive your life without a license..." That usually is a problem and accidents almost always happen with inexperienced drivers. The verse here in 1 Thessalonians 5:24 doesn't say that when you call your self he is faithful, but HE who calls you is faithful.
Hmmmm... That's right he does the calling... there is another slight laps in memory that led to a week of frustration and bad attitude. Wow, thanks God for jogging my memory...

And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.
-Rom 8:28

But when God, who set me apart from birth and called me by his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles
-Gal 1:15-16

'For I know the plans that I have for you,' declares the LORD, 'plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.
-Jer 29:11

Habits only stay Habits if you make a Habit of doing them

So sometimes I forget that even if you have good study habits... habits are only habits as long as you keep them up. It takes many times to build a habit but only one time to break one.

So here is the thing.. I think I forgot this term that you have to keep up the study habits if you want to keep on succeeding. I've been struggling with finding a balance between school, play, God and reaching out. I think I forgot that I'm not just at this school by chance. I'm here for a reason, I'm here to be taught but also to teach. The more time I spend tutoring and mentoring people. The more I'm convinced that its going to have a permanent place in my life.  But recently I've gotten so caught up in the teaching and reaching out, I forgot about the learning.

Today I was reading my devo's and this was a little reminder to me.
2 Timothy 2:15
Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth.

Now the way I saw it today was:
Minimug, be diligent to present yourself approved to me!
First thought that comes to mind is diligence, I have not been employing diligence in my life. I'm been doing a lot of unnecessary things that were not needed in the lest.
Second thought, I haven't "presented" myself to God in the longest time. In fact I think I've been doing a lot of hiding from him.
3rd thought, I don't think he'd approve of a lot of things that I've been doing.. For the past week and a half I have been a grump.... G-R-U-M-P Grump and extremely irritable. (So much so, I find it hard to believe my friends still hang around me!). This needs to change, NOW.
So Next part of the verse:
As a Workman who is need not be ashamed.
Not much to be said here but in the past few weeks I've been ashamed. And that feeling has done nothing for my self esteem or poise. I feel like crap all the time, and not that it should but it causes me to treat other people like crap as well. (Oh, grace and mercy please).
Lastly,
Accurately dividing the word of truth.
I don't think I've done a good job of this lately. Actually I think I've done a pretty sucky one.

In short I've realized again that you have to do the work to get the grade. And I am rightly corrected, and humbly chastened. So this is me going home to study for my test tomorrow and read some of that Good Book that is the word of Truth.

Be diligent and be Blessed!
-MiniMug
 
Study and be eager and do your utmost to present yourself to God approved (tested by trial), a workman who has no cause to be ashamed, correctly analyzing and accurately dividing [rightly handling and skillfully teaching] the Word of Truth.
2 Tim 2:15