Today is Wednesday, June 20th, 2012; Karen's Korner #2343

Happy first day of summer!
 
A couple of thoughts from Max Lucado:
 

Mix and Match

If only we could order life the way we order gourmet coffee.  Wouldn’t you love to mix and match the ingredients of your future?  How about a grande happy-latte, with a dollop of love, sprinkled with Caribbean retirement?  Take me to that coffee shop!  Too bad it doesn’t exist.

The truth is, life often hands us a concoction entirely different from the one we requested.  Life comes caffeinated with surprises.  Transitions and alterations.   Some changes are welcome, others are not.

Remember the summary of King Solomon?  For everything there is a season.

  • A time to be born and a time to die
  • A time to plant and a time to harvest
  • A time to cry and a time to laugh

Make friends with whatever’s next!  Embrace it.  Don’t resist it.  As Paul wrote, “These little troubles are getting us ready for an eternal glory that will make all our troubles seem like nothing.”

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What’s Your Problem?

If your father were Bill Gates and your computer crashed, where would you turn?  If Stradivari were your dad and your violin string snapped, to whom would you go?

If your father is God and you have a problem on your hands, what do you do?

Is your problem too large?  Ephesians 3:29 says, “God is able to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.” 

Is your need too great?  2 Corinthians 9:8 says, “God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance.”

Is your enemy too strong?  Philippians 3:21 says, “God is able even to subdue all things to Himself.”

God is able to do what you cannot.  When you have a problem—make this your first thought—“How can I get this problem to Jesus!”

It’s a day changer.  Choose to make every day a great day!

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