Pale Side of Life » God http://blog.palesideoflife.com There's a bright side and a dark side... so why not? Sun, 09 May 2010 16:26:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 God in the Center http://blog.palesideoflife.com/archives/126 http://blog.palesideoflife.com/archives/126#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:44:49 +0000 Chad http://blog.palesideoflife.com/?p=126 This morning I had coffee with a Brother in Christ.  The discussion led to the difficulty of putting God in control.  We both concluded that being a Christian is the hardest thing we’ve ever done.  I’ve sat in church for years listening to various sermons on the difficulty of being a Christian and I spend years [...]]]> This morning I had coffee with a Brother in Christ.  The discussion led to the difficulty of putting God in control.  We both concluded that being a Christian is the hardest thing we’ve ever done.  I’ve sat in church for years listening to various sermons on the difficulty of being a Christian and I spend years disagreeing with that sentiment.  What’s hard? I’d ask myself.  These were the years as a passive Christian, a Sunday Christian, a Christian of convenience (for me), a Christian-By-Name-Only, a feel-good Christian. 

In many ways I’m still all these forms of a Christian.  I sin regularly and repeatedly, with forethought and spontaneously, with malice and empathy, in the open and privately.  I am a man, therefore I am a sinner.  But today I work on it, today I’m conscience of it, today I pray about it, today I try.  And that’s probably why being on the battlefield of Christ is so much harder than sitting on the bench.  I’m trying to put God in the center of my life.  It’s hard.  It’s very hard.  But it is awesome!

Below is a link to a very interesting slide show.  Thank you, Mark.  I said a prayer for you.

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Share/Bookmark]]> http://blog.palesideoflife.com/archives/126/feed 0 Handbook 2010 http://blog.palesideoflife.com/archives/108 http://blog.palesideoflife.com/archives/108#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:02:03 +0000 Chad http://blog.palesideoflife.com/?p=108 My father sent me this list and I thought it worth passing on.  Most notable to me are items nos. 5, 11, 17,  and 21.  We are all guilty of “the grass is always greener” syndrome.  But always remember that those thoughts are only through your perspective… you have no idea if the person of your envy feels their grass is greener than yours.  Chances are they don’t.  Also, I’m learning through my own stubbornness that God truly is in charge if you let him.  I’ve learned a few things lately… first is that God’s love is inherited and unconditional because we are his children.  Second, asking God to take the wheel in your life is free will.  It reminds me of the great song from Sting titled “If You Love Someone Set Them Free”.  It should be enough to know God’s love that He sent his son Jesus to die for our eternal life.  But He takes His love a step further by granting us the freedom to follow Him or not.  What more power is there than to reign over the earth yet not force obedience?  On with the list…

Health:
1. Drink plenty of water.
2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
4. Live with the 3 E’s — Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy
5. Make time to pray and read your Bible daily.
6. Play more games
7. Read more books than you did in 2009.
8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day
9. Sleep for 7 hours.
10.Take a 10-30 minutes’ walk daily. And while you walk, smile.

Personality:
11. Don’t compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
12. Don’t have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
13. Don’t overdo. Keep your limits.
14. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
15. Don’t waste your precious energy on gossip.
16. Dream more while you are awake.
17. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
18. Forget issues of the past. Don’t remind your partner with His/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don’t hate others.
20. Make peace with your past so it won’t spoil the present.
21. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
22. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
23. Smile and laugh more.
24. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree…

Society:
25. Call your family often.
26. Each day give something good to others.
27. Forgive everyone for everything..
28. Spend time w/ people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6.
29. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
30. What other people think of you is none of your business.
31. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.

Life:
32. Do the right thing!
33. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.
34. GOD heals everything.
35. However good or bad a situation is, it will change..
36. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
37.  The best is yet to come..
38.  When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it.
39.  Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy.

Last but not the least:
40. Please Forward this to everyone you care about, I just did.

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