tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post8003047811515144361..comments2024-03-28T12:35:42.918-07:00Comments on The Forty-Five: October ThinkingToirdhealbheach Beucailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-21405220788832683432009-10-07T17:25:23.255-07:002009-10-07T17:25:23.255-07:00A good point Songbird - so often I get caught up i...A good point Songbird - so often I get caught up in being the center of my universe (that's the way it is, right?)that I sometimes forget that there are other people involved.<br /><br />When that thought finally penetrates my brain, the next thought that comes into my mind is "That's so unfair. What about me? I'm the one that has to put up with...(fill in the blank)." I can certainly get caught in the "I deserve a fabulous life" concept - far too easily, perhaps. <br /><br />Hmm. A brand new area of self centeredness. Maybe worthy of a new post...Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-31837982946961057152009-10-05T22:16:17.779-07:002009-10-05T22:16:17.779-07:00what if the recent changes in your life that promp...what if the recent changes in your life that prompted the decision to move to Austin really are for the benefit of someone other than you? It sounds cold, but what if God is gently manipulating things not to provide you with an amazing new life but to begin to move pieces around in the life/lives of the girls, who are just starting on their life paths?songbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12033116857868041012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-25584851383194293942009-10-05T17:52:17.010-07:002009-10-05T17:52:17.010-07:00There's a seemingly delicate balance between t...There's a seemingly delicate balance between the intervention of God and what we are to do ourselves. My fear is that I too often have done nothing "waiting" for God to show me the way, when in fact I should have made decisions and set goals on my own. On the other hand, all the goal setting I did for my life in Old Home have been set by the wayside (and then some), so one wonders what the point of all the planning and scheming was.Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-11106771396351822102009-10-05T17:05:34.491-07:002009-10-05T17:05:34.491-07:00Interestingly enough, our Pastor touched on this s...Interestingly enough, our Pastor touched on this subject in Sunday's sermon. The Sermon was on Luke 1:26-38 and in reference to Mary and the Angel Gabriel coming to her and telling her that she would give birth to Jesus.<br />It seems many of us have these plans of how our lives are going to turn out and we have the plans laid out ahead of us for the next month, year, decade, etc. and then God shows up and says something to the affect, "No, I think we are going to go this way.." Although, now that I think about it since you just had a major life change, I am preaching to the choir....Otishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14075115436954655107noreply@blogger.com