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Carolina Cobra and a revelation

visioncgbc | May 05, 2009 10:14

We had a good weekend.

On Friday we did nothing. On Saturday Mark went and coached softball for the you, I slept late. When Mark suggested we take advantage of our Carowinds season pass (given by Nanny) to go that afternoon, I was all for it. Chloe has already been one time and she was very excited to be going back. She was very excited for us to ride Cobra. The lines were really short, which was an added bonus. The temperature was perfect too. When you get old like me, little things like that become much more noticeable.

We got to Cobra. As we stood in line we heard over and over again “If you do any obscene gestures while the camera is taking your picture, the police will escort you out of the park immediately. We got on and a very steep incline holds you by a cable suspended until you almost have a heart attack. Then it releases you, you do two double flips, go up a hill, and then do the same thing backwards. It is beyond my imagination how anyone would be cognitive enough to do anything during the picture taking on the ride than hold on to the bars and scream.

You know that guy let us know, if you do this…………………….then you’re outta here. I’m not insensitive to the enormous pressures that Christians are under today. I am one! I realize that most of us don’t feel like we can here an audible voice from God of completely clear instructions sometimes. At least I don’t. It’s a discipline to spend time asking him, listening for His answer, through whatever way He chooses to reveal it. We know to pray and read out Bible. Yet, (at least for me) I struggle at times to do this. We know to forgive, and that when we don’t a wall goes up. Yet, (at least for me) I struggle at times to do this.

I am on a new quest to find God’s desires and will for my life. It required patience, humility, obedience and a lot of other things, that I lack in. But for me I am realizing that anything other than what He wants me to do won’t work

Ask God for What You Need

⁷ "Ask, and God will give to you. Search, and you will find. Knock, and the door will open for you. ⁸ Yes, everyone who asks will receive. Everyone who searches will find. And everyone who knocks will have the door opened.

⁹ "If your children ask for bread, which of you would give them a stone? ¹⁰ Or if your children ask for a fish, would you give them a snake? ¹¹ Even though you are bad, you know how to give good gifts to your children. How much more your heavenly Father will give good things to those who ask him!

But what we must understand is this: Our greatest need is Him. End of story. “Till we get that, nothing else will be right.