Learning to Listen More

As we consider the previous post on pursing God, the following prayer by A.W. Tozer seems only fitting:

Lord, teach me to listen.  The times are noisy and my 

ears are weary with thousand raucous sounds which 

continuously assault them.  Give me the spirit of the 

boy Samuel when he said to Thee, "Speak, for 

thy servant heareth" (1 Samuel 3:10).  Let me hear Thee speaking

in my heart.  Let me get used to the sound of 

Thy Voice, that its tones may be familiar when the 

sounds of earth die away and the only sound

will be the music of Thy speaking Voice.  Amen.

I am pursuing...

As one year quickly draws to an end and another begins, it's the perfect time to reflect over the past year.  Remembering how the LORD has answered so many prayer requests, so many "what ifs".  How His perfect plan collapsed all your fears.  Those fears, which almost kept you paralyzed are now forever forgotten.

It's also the perfect time to ask ourselves the question, "What am I pursing?".  Or to put it another way, I am pursing...  How would you finish the sentence?
One online dictionary defines this word as to strive to gain or accomplish.  If you were to ask your spouse or a close friend what they thought you were trying to gain or accomplish, what do you think there answer would be?  Would it be to love others as Christ loves, to put off sin and put on righteousness, to build up the body of Christ by practicing your spiritual gifts and hiding His Word in your heart?  Pursing these things brings joy to the heart and peace to the soul!  We can find ourselves pursing many things, but only one thing truly satisfies our longings. 
"O taste and see that the LORD is good; How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!" (Psa 34:8 NAU)

Seizing the Time

Examples of one generation praising God and telling of His goodness to another are all around us.  For one specific example see the link below:

  The Story of Jonah link

Upon watching this video, one can deduce that not only had this little girls' parents shared the Word of God with her, but she is now in turn, proclaiming His Word to others.  This is only one example of how we may seize the time in telling of His goodness.  You may be reminded of times in your own life where you have been faithful to seize the time.  Please feel free to share other examples with us so that we may be encouraged as well.
May the LORD be glorified through each of our testimonies of His amazing grace!

For the Young & Old

Our first blog post!  What a time to celebrate and to reflect upon what the Lord has done.  He is molding and making us into the image of His Son and using different means to accomplish this.  One of those means is each other.  God created us to be relational beings.  He wants us to fellowship with Him and others.  Specifically, to share His love with others as the following Psalm states,   

"One generation shall praise 
Your works to another, 
And shall declare 
Your mighty acts."  Psalm 145:4

May we all seize the day...Carpe Diem