Beautiful spring day, great visit with my KnitWit buddies and got my grocery shopping done for the week, all in all a good day. Please pray that my pulmonary doc can figure out why my O2 levels drop so quickly when I exert myself the least bit. I have an appt next week to do some pulmonary function tests. I just need to find out what this is and hopefully how to fix it. He says my lungs are great, the equivilent of 1 2/3 lung power when sitting but drop drastically when I move around. I end up short of breath just walking 15 feet to the bathroom. So it really limits my life, can't even take my great grand D for a walk or my dog for that matter. If I can qualify for portable oxygen it would sure help, I might even drop a few pounds. So thanks in advance and I'll let you know the outcome. God bless! Karen

Good to see you back Trish I missed your daily blessings!

 

 

May 13

Selfish Christianity

John 6:22-27

Which interests you more—who Jesus is or what He can do for you? I’m afraid that too many of us are more concerned about what He can give us than we are about getting to know who He is.

But this is nothing new—Jesus had this problem when He walked on earth. The crowds often sought Him out for what He could do for them. Even though their needs were quite often legitimate, Christ knew their motives.

There is a fine line between selfishly trying to use the Lord to get what we want and humbly coming to Him with our needs and struggles. Some of the issues we bring to Him are so pressing and urgent in our minds that our desire for Him to take action in the way we want becomes greater than our willingness to submit to His will. At times, what we call “faith" is really a demanding spirit.

We must remember that our needs will come to an end, but Jesus Christ will remain forever. If our prayers have dealt only with presenting our requests to the Lord, we’ve missed a great opportunity to get to know the One with whom we’ll spend eternity. Let’s invest time in pursuing intimacy with Christ. Then we can enjoy the benefits of that relationship forever.

How much of your communion with God is devoted to your needs—even legitimate ones? Are you spending any time getting to know the Lord? Although God delights in our prayers and tells us to pray about everything, He also wants us to come to Him just because we enjoy being with Him.

Ahhh you are so lucky to have a techie son! My hubby is a geek so I just holler for him, can't even imagine trying to deal with a puter without him. I'd never be able to afford it. Have a safe rest of your trip and a good visit with the pain doc.

Hi all,

The moving company is holding out stuff hostage until we pay the $3060.  In the meantime, any money we saved is dwindling because we have to buy everything.  It isn't fair that they are doing this.  Please pray for us.