My Spiritual Bucket List

I heard something on the radio today that I wanted to share. The guest speaker asked, "Do you have a spiritual bucket list?" "If you do, how is it going for you?"

This is such a good point. I have a bucket list of things I want to do in my lifetime but I don't have a spiritual bucket list. 

It's a great thing to think about and to follow through with. I once heard someone say, "We can be as close to God as we want to be." This is so true! What are we waiting for?!? I want to be closer to God and know Him more than I ever imagined I could. I want to be so close to Him that I experience Him in ways that most people don't get to. I want to build my faith and have the faith to pray and heal others in His name and all for His glory. This is the start of my spiritual bucket list. What's yours? :) 

What is maturity?

What is maturity? Maturity means I cannot treat people how I want to based on my current mood. It means having respect for others and doing the right thing even if I don't get what I want. Treating people however we want, when we want, are the ways of a child.

"When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things." (I Corinthians 13:11 NKJV)

For Yours God is the power

And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. II Corinthians 12:9 NKJV (Bold emphasis mine.) 

There are many things beyond my control but that's ok because when I can't do anything to fix my problem, He gets all the glory. 

Personal Observation

Sometimes when I receive something that I prayed for, I discover that I don't really want it after all.

On the contrary, I have hoped for something not to happen and then it does, and it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it'd be. I actually really liked it! 

My conclusion to this? I don't always know what's good for me but The Lord always does! :) 

These experiences remind me to trust Him. 

It is not always easy to step out and be obedient to God regardless of what other people think, say, or do. It's an awful feeling to know that I let fear stop me from being obedient to God. Even if it's the smallest thing, sometimes I don't move or speak when I should because I try to over analyze and make sense of things. But God helped to bring me this wisdom that helps me to keep moving forward:

Jesus didn't need other people to agree with Him or understand Him before He made decisions for God. He didn't wait for approval before He did what God asked Him to do. 

"Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ." (Galatians 1:10 NIV)

Today is the first of July 2014. Although I can't commit to writing in my blog every day as I did in June, I can commit to writing in it as often as possible. Every other day or every few days. 

Thank you to my readers, my encouragers. You have helped me to continue to move forward in the direction that God has called me to.