7 minutes in Heaven

Do you recognize what you have?

I love Joel Osteen. He gives the most amazing uplifting messages that always give me hope.  Some may think of him as Gospel Light and have a problem with that.  But, why? Are we really in need of someone standing over us telling us that we screwed up and need to repent everyday. Personally I already have someone in my life to do that. One is enough. What I really need more of are people around me that give me hope.

Back to Joel’s message. (Click here to read his original message.) We may not have the tools we think we need to complete the task at hand, but if we look closely we will realize that God always provides us with the tools we need to complete the task at hand.  There is a good example of this in the book of Judges, Chapter 15. Sampson was captured by an army of Philistines and escaped with the help of God and the use of a jawbone (I doubt that was on his list of 1^st or 2^nd choice weapons).  It was by the power of God and Sampson’s faith that he came out of that situation alive. 

It’s amazing to see when we really look through God’s eyes all we have at our disposal.  It’s not always easy “Thinking outside of the box.” Try it sometime it can be fun.

Here is a great example of how much fun thinking outside the box can be. Last night I went to a single’s activity and we played hide and seek. Some people got the brilliant idea of teaming up and hiding in the closets together. Can we say “7 minutes in Heaven.”  A fun kid game just turned into a fun adult dating game. 

So that dance I went to the other week really lousy music could have been chocked of as a lousy time, but because my friends came it was a lot of fun.   Good thing I looked beyond the beats or lack of.

What we have may not look like much at first glance, but with God anything is possible.   Tom Sawyer is a good example of thinking outside the box. He turned a not so fun job into a Money Making opportunity. A lot of things in life have to do with our perception and attitude.