Tag: decisions

How Did I Get Here?

On By Judy GlasserIn October5 Comments

We can spend all of our lives just reacting to whatever happens to us.

Our days quickly fly by as we focus on taking care of the urgent.

Meanwhile, we totally miss the important.

God tells us several times in the first couple of chapters of Haggai that we should give careful thought to our ways.

Where are the decisions we are making going to take us?

If we give careful thought to our choices and plans today, we should not be surprised by where we end up.

In Haggai, God told the Israelites that they had done a lot of planting but they had harvested little.  They ate but they were still hungry.  They drank but it was never enough.sept-26-2016-give-careful-thought

Do you ever feel like that?  It’s never enough?

Do you lack contentment and peace and fulfillment?

I think we all do at various times…..but is it an everyday thing for any of us?

God tells us to give careful thoughts to our ways…..

because our choices are going to determine our destination.

Take a look….sept-26-2016-give-careful-thought-b

if you don’t like where you’re headed, you can change your direction.

And the best direction you can choose is to turn towards God.

He is always ready

and willing

to help.

Thank you, dear Father.

The Writing On The Wall

On By Judy GlasserIn September2 Comments

The decisions we make.

What we choose to do.

How we live our lives.

All of these choices cause other things to happen to us.

Consequences.

The decisions we make set off a chain of events – good or bad.

It’s the ‘handwriting on the wall’.

God gave me a strategic – thinking brain which means that my brain connects everything.  I can connect events and decisions backwards to understand how I got where I’m at today.  And I can connect the dots forward to the future based on decisions that I’m making today.  It’s very clear to me where these choices are going to take me.

I can also do this as I watch others make decisions and choices.  It all connects in my brain.  Sometimes it almost feels like I can predict the future because each action leads to the next action and it’s moving in an obvious (to me) direction.

I can see the ‘writing on the wall.”

I enjoy reading again the historical account in Daniel when King Belshazzar  decided to hold a big party and he brought out the gold goblets that had been taken from the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem.  Not a smart move, Belshazzar!

A human hand appeared and wrote something on the wall while the king watched.  His knees were knocking and his legs became weak as he watched the hand move across the wall.

None of the king’s wise men could interpret what the hand had written so Daniel was called into the party.  Daniel had a reputation for being able to interpret dreams when no one else could.

Daniel told the king the words said that, because of the king’s actions and behavior, God had decided to end his reign and his kingdom would be split up.  Belshazzar lacked the humbleness and wisdom that his father had when God put him in his position of being king.  His sacrilegious use of the temple goblets while praising false gods was the last straw.

The king died that night.

It was the writing on the wall.

The king’s actions and behavior had led to this.

Just like our choices and decisions determine our direction.

It all connects.

Please give us wisdom to make decisions that help us go in the right direction, Abba Father.