Monday Night Musings... 21-12-15

The year has gone by sooooooo quickly.  It's crazy I know!  It feels just like a few days ago when we were all telling each other 'Happy New Year'  and now it's Christmas time and the end of the year already.  You will agree with me that it's God's faithfulness that has kept us through it all.  Just like the Bible says,  His mercies are new every morning. (Lamentations 3:22-23) Well it's another new week,  and here I am musing over lessons learned in the last one week :

1. God is faithful.  He cannot deny Himself. (2 Timothy 2:13)  

2. Many have lost sight of the true reason for this season; Jesus Christ.  I must never lose sight of Him because once I do,  then the true essence of Christmas is lost.  

3. Honoring God would mean going against the flow of the world but God gives trench to me to live in ways pleasing to Him for His glory.  

4. God made us and only Him can satisfy us.  Without Him,  we are all empty.  He alone fills hungry hearts with good things.

5.   I can take refuge in God's presence.  He's my safe resting place. 

6. Jesus gave up so much so that I could gain salvation.  Words cannot express my gratitude.  I must strive to live in a way that honors the sacrifices He made for me.  

7. Jesus' birth brought LIGHT into this dark world of sin. 

8. "Look and live,  my brother live. Look to Jesus now and live.  Tis recorded in His word, hallelujah.  It is only that you look and live!" (William Ogden) 

9. "Never fear to suffer; but oh!  Fear to sin.  If you must choose between them,  prefer the greatest suffering to the smallest sin."  (Thomas Guthrie) 

10. I must never compare myself with others who may 'seem' to be having it better than I am.  When I compare myself with people,  it only succeeds in breeding envy,  jealousy,  and contempt in my heart.  Trust me,  it's the truth. 

Well, as always I hope today you leave this page with at least one lesson etched in your heart. Have a wonderful Christmas celebration ahead! May love and compassion rule our hearts AND our actions this season.  God is counting on us to shine His light to a dark world.  

Good night!

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..... 

Monday Night Musings... 14-12-2015

Hey guys!

It's me musing this Monday night again..  I'm sorry I couldn't post anything last week due to some technical difficulties..  Haha.  :)
I would go straight to the point.  Here are my Musings tonight as I snuggle in my blanket and drift off to dreamland.  

1. The cold in my present geographical location (Jtown) is just uncensored.  Don't mind me.  But it's cold.  Brrrr!!! 

2. It's Christmas time again!  Whoop Whoop.  The story of the cross and salvation is not complete without the story of Christmas.  There is no death without a birth.  Jesus' birth was the start of our story of salvation. I must never forget to celebrate the true reason for the season this Christmas and always. 

3. The secret of contentment is taking one day at a time.  It is realizing that God has given me everything I need for my present happiness.  

4. When I choose to follow Christ,  He begins to make me more like Him daily.  It's not about pretending to be what I'm not,  but about becoming more and more what I am in Jesus Christ.  

5. God is sovereign over the good and bad situations in my life.  He uses such to build character in me.  These experiences revelation who I really am inside,  after which God can directly confront my heart's problem. 

6. I must feed on Jesus Christ.  He should be the center of my desires. 

7. To gain contentment,  I must equalize my desires to my circumstances.  

8.My soul can be filled with nothing else but God Himself.

9. In a world full of fear,  I must remember that Jesus came as the Prince of Peace.  I desperately need His peace and when I look up to Him,  He will calm my heart and ease my fears. 

10.So some days ago I got into a taxi to go home after a long day at school and we approached my drop off point when I removed money to pay the cab man.  Moments before the person sitting beside me had given the can man money and told him he was paying for 2. But of course I didn't know him so I didn't care.  So when I tried to pay,  the cab man refused the money and then the person beside me told me he had paid for me.  I wondered why and he told me he'd met me before when one day I paid somebody's cab fare. Therefore,  he decided to pay my cab fare that day.  I was dumbfounded that if I was indeed the one he spoke about (because I've paid cab fares for quite a no of people),  then I was shocked that he remembered.  I realized that indeed we reap what we sow.  Sometimes we get our blessings here on earth.  That little good you do to someone may leave a lasting mark on that person's heart. Let's sow good seeds into the lives of people we meet.  Let others see Jesus in me and in you.

Hope you learn a thing or two today. Sleep tight! 

Monday Night Musings... 30-11-2015

Hey there,

I know many times we TGIF (thank God it's Friday) but today I've decided to TGIM (thank God it's Monday)!!!
Mondays to me are days full of expectation and hope for the new week.  Mondays give us something to look forward to in the new week.  Tonight I've decided to share some of my 'Monday Night Musings...' in other words, lessons I have learned today and am pondering on before I turn off the light, pull the covers and drift into dreamland.  (LOL)

1. Impatience never gets you anywhere.  Impatience causes great damage. I must learn to patient and wait my turn. If we all waited our turn,  I think many lines would move even faster.
2. Satan's power to do evil is subject to God's power.  No matter what even in the bad times of my life,  God is still steering the wheel of my life.
3. I must always be grateful and never allow vanity cloud my vision.
4. I must always remember that Jesus is my example for a godly life. Jesus alone.  He is all I need.
5. Finally,  others can be a great influence in me,  but it is Jesus Christ whom I am trying to imitate.

I hope you learn a thing or two.

In Christ,

Petite.