Worry is of the devil to cause us to keep our mind off Jesus.
On the contrary, it's a time when I pray my hardest, but concern is quite different to worry.
When I say it concerns me, you know what enters my head ?
Questions like, why don't governments make public transport better and cheaper so people use their cars less ? Why, here in the UK, don't they scrap car tax and put it on fuel ? The idea that a little old lady who might only use her car 3 times a week has to pay the same road tax as a taxi driver is baffling to me. Why are governments building more airport runways which in turn will send more polution up in the air ? Why don't people recycle more ? My Son calls me the recycling queen as I very often go through their bins and bring glass, plastic, paper home with me. My basic household rubbish is minimal.
So, concern about global warming ? Those are the concerns that enter my head, with an added prayer,, " please God, make these people see, you told us we are to be stewards of this planet, make them see that we have to look after this beautiful world you gave us because the world is a beautiful place, it's the people in it that make it ugly "
So, always concern with a prayer.
Know what doesn't enter my head ? That darn ole critter you just mentioned. ( I'm not even going to mention his name ) Know why ? Because I won't give him center stage. Because if I give him center stage all this faith and hope I have that God will finally get his message through about looking after this world will fly out of the window and I won't let anyone take that hope away from me. If I loose hope, I might as well give up. So I soldier on. I soldier on for my Granddaughter and the millions of children like her who are the future.
It really does baffle me that Christians who are speaking to the converted about keeping their minds on God even have to give that critter a mention. It seems counter productive to me. We know he's real, we know he exists, we know he's powerful and we should always be on alert but to say keep your mind on God, then mention the otherone ? Yes, I find it quite baffling. Even giving him a mention is putting the spotlight on him and he loves it ! Mystifies me why people would give him what he wants.
So you see Robert, until you just mentioned him, he was the furthest from my mind and right now he's laughing because yet again, he got a mention.
My point is things like evolution, global warming, are major weapons of satan's arsenal, think about it who brought out these things, man.
And the war in Afghanistan has nothing to do with man ?
Last edited by Lily; 11-23-2009 at 09:57 AM.
Never be overwhelmed by decisions, just consider the right ones and your options will be far fewer.