Remembering God

Some of you that read this, will have already heard this message. But to those few that didn't get the privilege to hear it, here it is. This week, Evangelist Will Galkin is preaching for our Evangelistic meetings. He's only preached 2 messages, but they have both been AMAZING. Last night's message was this one, Remembering God. He preached from Ecclesiastes 11:9-12:1. Chapter 12 verse 1 says, "Remember now, thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;" He talked about how we can forget that we have a Creator and a God, that He is good, that He will judge us, that we're growing older, and that we will die. We forget God in our daily lives so often. I know that I do. This was such a rebuke to me last night, especially when he said, "You will be what you are becoming." He said, "You don't just wake up one morning a prayer warrior." And this is so true! If we want to have a close personal walk with Christ, we have to start NOW. If we do want to be a prayer warrior, we have to start now, and not only start...but keep up with it! To hear him speak, is very eye-opening. He talked at the beginning of just living in awe of God's presence. What would that be like, if every day, we were just in AWE of God and His presence? How amazing would our walk with Him be?! But, how much of our lives, have we wasted? That's a point that he kept saying over and over again last night: Don't waste your life!! And in different things, much of my life has been wasted. And it hurts me to think of that and realize that my life has been wasted. And last night, I prayed that God would help me to not waste the rest of my life...but to life it for Him and let every day count for HIM. Not me. I'm so excited about the rest of this week. It's going to be an AMAZING week, I'm sure. God's going to continue to do great things.

On another high note, my Pastor's lung surgery went well and he's recovering nicely. Praise the Lord! He's such an awesome God, how could we ever doubt Him?! Classes started today and so far, it's gone well. I'm excited about what the semester holds. God knows what's best, and He will do what will glorify Him. Praise Him for that!

Well, I think I've rambled enough for now. Maybe I'll have something else to write soon...we'll see. Oh yeah...I get to see Beth Rebert (and Breleigh!!!) tomorrow night at church. I'm SUPER excited. CanNOT wait.