The View From Here

“Nevertheless I am continually with You; you hold me by my right hand. You will guide me with Your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. Whom have I in heaven but You? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You. My flesh and my heart fail; But God is the strength of my heart and my protion forever. For indeed those who are far from You shall perish; You have destroyed all those who desert You for harlotry. But it is good for me to draw near to God; I have put my trust in the Lord God, that I may declare all Your works.”

Psalms 73:23-28

A very comforting few verses…..

Brian

Well, today was just one of those days that just was. There was nothing very exciting that happened. Well, I was out of school. That is something. But other than that all I did was go to work and come home. I still have the whole evening to do something, but it looks like I will sit around here and do nothing. That is fine by me though. I dont have enough time to do that these days. Always busy, busy.

I have several trips I want to take in the upcoming months. I want to take a trip to Dallas to see my brother and some of my friends from high school that I found out live there. I also want to get a group together to go to the Ft. Worth Zoo. I also want to take a trip to College Station to see my cousin Joe. It would be fun to go catch a baseball or something. Then this summer I want to take a trip to Houston to see Chelsea and Laura. It would be good to see Laura and to meet chelsea’s family that I have heard so much about.

Have you ever thought that you had something pretty much figured out and then it just blows up in your face? There are several things like that in my life right now. It is weird that it all seems to happen at once. Oh well, that is life. I usually expect life to give me a kick in the pants every now and then, but not so many, so fast, so hard. I choose to look at it like that trials that are talked about in James. They will result in my spiritual maturity. “This too, shall pass.”

Brian

Wow! This day seemed to drag on forever. I only had two classes this morning and they seemed to take forever. I did have a test in one of them. That could be the reason. I hope I did ok. I really didn’t study as much as I should have. Work seemed to take forever as well. We were very slow until about 7:00 when these two ladies came in and bought the whole store, at least it seemed that way. Then, right behind them another lady came in and bought all the rest of the store that the other two did not buy. That helped a bit, but we still did not make our goal. Oh well. Then I got to have coffee with Chelsea. That was probably the highlight of my day. She is going home for easter and I wanted to see her before she left. Good times.

I did get some good news today. My mom had some tests done today. Just precautionary, but still a bit unsettling. Apparently everything is absolutely fine. Praise the Lord!!

Well, I hope everyone has a good day tomorrow doing whatever it might be. I have the day off and I don’t really know whhat I am going to do with myself yet. I don’t have any homework. That doesn’t happen very often. A day off with no homework. Well, that’s about it for now. Goodnight!

Brivolbn3q (that spells Brian — if you don’t know where I got it from, you should ask…it’s funny)

Well, this week is getting more jam-packed with homework by the minute. I have to admit that I did kind of put off some of it till the last minute. I have two papers to write and a test to study for tomorrow. Good thing I am off work. Your prayers would be greatly appreciated.

I have something I want to share with everyone. This is a thought that I have had for a long time, but I want to put it down in ….ummm….well….typing. I believe that we as believers in Christ have a much better idea of “the meaning of life” than people who have not accepted Christ. I wanted to share a mindset that I try to keep at the front of my thoughts during my moments and days and helps me find meaning in life. In Revleation 4:10 we see a picture of the twenty-four elders falling down at Jesus’ feet and casting their crowns at His feet. There are many types of crowns spoken of in scripture. There is the crown of life that I believe represents salvation. There is the crown of righteousness, crowns spoken of as rewards, and several others. I also take the scripture that speaks about laying up treasure in heaven as a type of crown we will receive when we get to heaven.

With all that said, I believe that after we are given our crowns in heaven we will regard them much like the elders did: as worth nothing in comparison to Jesus. So the mindset that I spoke of earlier is this: I want to have as many crowns as I can, so I can throw them at Jesus’ feet. I know it is only a small thing but this is one way I can show Him how much I value His sacrifice, grace, mercy, and love for me. I want to gain as much heavenly treasure as I can on earth so that I can give it back to the one that made it possible for me to be in His presence. This helps me to focus my actions and thoughts on the purpose that I have been put here for: to glorify my Lord and Savior in everything do so that people will see Him in me and be drawn to Him.

This includes every aspect of life. Have you ever tried taking a test to the glory of God? All of a sudden studying for that test becomes more important. Have you ever tried to do your job to the glory of God? All of a sudden my attitude and work ethic at work means so much more in the big scheme of things. An eternal perspective in absolutely necessary to glorify our Father. It is so easy to get caught up in the small details of life when there is an epic mural being painted by God.

Lord, please help me to lay up my treasure in heaven and not waste my time pursuing things of this earth that will pass away. Make your glory on earth be my focus.

1 Cor. 10:31

Brian

I like good days. One good day can seem to make up for multiple bad days. This was a good day. To begin with, work was pretty good. Slow start, but it ended up busy and productive. I got off work a little early so that I could head down to my grandparents farm. Some of my cousins were in town and they were staying down there. I was there for almost 2 hours. It was really good to talk to my family.

After that we headed back to town to celebrate my sister’s birthday. Good food and family time. Always a blast. Chelsea and Emily came over to drop off a couple CDs and we talked them into staying and playing Uno with us. For such a simple , Uno is alot of fun; or maybe it is just the people you play it with that make it fun. Anyway, it was fun! Ice cream sundaes are always good too! And now I sit here playing my guitar and typing this. All of this = a good day! And to make things better, tomarrow is Sunday. Another day to glorify my Lord and Savior!

Well, that’s about it for now. Goodnight!

Psalm 138

Brian