Things I'm Thinking

What I'm thinking about this morning......

1. I'm thinking about how someday I will have to give an account for how much I grew in my relationship with God. What if that day is today? What will the account I give look like? If that day isn't today, then what can I do to improve the account I give, because that day will come.

2. I'm thinking about how this year I learned that the way to keep from holding grudges and to forgive someone who hurts you is to pray for them. Which, I can honestly say that I do pray for my enemies. It wasn't hard to do, because it's what you're supposed to do, I didn't really have a choice did I? (Matthew 5:44) BUT this morning, I realized that I'm not just supposed to pray for my enemies, I am supposed to thank God for them, too. (I Timothy 2:1). That definitely seems like something that will be hard to do. Yet Jesus died for the person who hurt me. Jesus, who forgave my sins, shed His pure blood so I could be free. I KNOW that I just didn't deserve it in anyway. I think about my sins and am I any better than the person who hurt me? I can't even imagine His love and mercy to do that for me. Well, He died for that person, too. He wants them to come to Him and be free as much as He wanted me to. So how can I not thank God for that person?

3. Finally, believe it or not, I am also thinking about Starbucks and a caramel frappuccino. I really want a caramel frappuccino! Why do I live so far away from Starbucks? Oh, how I wish I could just pull in that parking lot right now! The caramel, the foam, it's so yummy, it would be so nice to have a caramel frap right now, and nothing else will do. Yet here I am, miles and miles away.