I did a little reading today, and thanks to a devotional by the author Rick Warren, I was left with a lot to think about.
Ask yourself these 4 questions...write them out;not formally, but just to have an idea of what your SPECIFIC goals are. I know it seems simple...it did to me when I first read it, but when it came time to answer them, I was all over the place!
What do I want to be?
What do I want to do?
What do I want to have?
Why do I want it?
Don't worry about the "how" yet...once you figure out what and why you want what you want, God will grant you direction. How can God grant you the desires of your heart and you don't even know what you want yet? I mean, of course HE is all-knowing, and HE knows the stuff we want that we don't even know yet...but I'm sure HE would like it if you could express what your desires are to HIM so that they can be dedicated to HIM...
John 14:14 reads, " If you ask anything in my name, I will do it." Just a thought...
( There is a catch to this...my God is not a genie...don't get it confused. Psalms 37:4)
Now this is just for your own personal meditation/reflection. Oftentimes our goals are left open for scrutiny when we start letting the world in on our desires, and in some cases it causes us to lose focus or reshape our goal bc we are concerned about what ppl may think.( I'll save that for another "spill of the day") So it's best you just keep it between you and God. However, if you feel the need to share, you are still welcome to do so.
I do want to leave you with a scripture though...think about it and tell me what you think:
Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; But happy is he who keeps the law. Proverbs 29:18
Is that pretty much the sam message as the saying, "A man without a dream(s) will perish"? (Not sure if that saying is biblical, but if it is, please give me the exact scripture!)
Or is it saying like, where there is no Word from God, or your vision/dream isn't aligned with HIS plan, then its chaos from there? Hmmm....
Until next time,
Be blessed and FOCUS!
-Tiara Andréan
And my soul says YES! This links back to our conversation last night and what God has been poking at me with. I appreciate you being such a profound vessel of His word....even better, I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE MY WIFE!!!.....and AMEN
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ok so i've not been coming up here but hey since i no longer have a facebook,phone,twitter i'm guessing i am going to be spending most of time here now..well lets get started, i did the whole goal thing and i think i know what i want to do and why i want to do it, but i guess the whole thing about when you get to college, you really do start to find yourself, well i have come to one true conclusion that i am very very very emotional. i mean i knew i was emotional before now but then just now i have come to realize that i am not as strong as i thought i was and i am very emotional. now is that a good thing for someone that wants to be a pediatric neuro-surgeon. i have no idea. i cry about every little thing, i don't know if i'm going to have the courage to tell a parent that there child is not going to survive or any news that is not a positive one..well maybe i've wrote way more than i need to but oh well lol..btw i love you !
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