Oh I can't begin to count how many days I laugh because my teenagers think they know everything. I recently saw a status post on Facebook where a Mom was encouraging her know it all teenager to get a job and get out! haha Teenagers aren't the only ones who walk around thinking they know it all...so do we adults.
I have begun to notice something about myself...I tend to not listen! I know my Momma just about fell out of her chair when she read that sentence. Momma, it's okay, growth is part of maturity...look at me...growing up! =) Okay, okay, moving on...but anyway, I realized this just the other day. I asked a question and as the person was talking I immediately started thinking to myself "What? You have NO idea what you're talking about...." And when this person was finished they looked at me like I was a moron because I had not listened to them. I asked for help, yet I didn't heed their instructions.
Isn't it funny how we go through life just thinking we know everything about everything? I found a saying several months ago and I'm not sure who the author is but check this out...
Any fool can count the seeds in an apple. Only God can count all the apples in one seed.
How true, how true!
I received an email yesterday explaining that Psalm 118 was the middle of the Bible. An exact number before and an exact number following. Chance? Nah, it's just God proving that HE is the answer, HE is the way, HE is our salvation. He is the beginning and the end, the Alpha and the Omega! We don't know anything and it's about time we realized that!
Thank God because he's good, because his love never quits.
Tell the world, Israel,
"His love never quits."
And you, clan of Aaron, tell the world,
"His love never quits."
And you who fear God, join in,
"His love never quits."
Pushed to the wall, I called to God;
from the wide open spaces, he answered.
God's now at my side and I'm not afraid;
who would dare lay a hand on me?
God's my strong champion;
I flick off my enemies like flies.
Far better to take refuge in God
than trust in people;
Far better to take refuge in God
than trust in celebrities.
Hemmed in by barbarians,
in God's name I rubbed their faces in the dirt;
Hemmed in and with no way out,
in God's name I rubbed their faces in the dirt;
Like swarming bees, like wild prairie fire, they hemmed me in;
in God's name I rubbed their faces in the dirt.
I was right on the cliff-edge, ready to fall,
when God grabbed and held me.
God's my strength, he's also my song,
and now he's my salvation.
Hear the shouts, hear the triumph songs
in the camp of the saved?
"The hand of God has turned the tide!
The hand of God is raised in victory!
The hand of God has turned the tide!"
I didn't die. I lived!
And now I'm telling the world what God did.
God tested me, he pushed me hard,
but he didn't hand me over to Death.
Swing wide the city gates—the righteous gates!
I'll walk right through and thank God!
This Temple Gate belongs to God,
so the victors can enter and praise.
Thank you for responding to me;
you've truly become my salvation!
The stone the masons discarded as flawed
is now the capstone!
This is God's work.
We rub our eyes—we can hardly believe it!
This is the very day God acted — let's celebrate and be festive!
Salvation now, God. Salvation now!
Oh yes, God—a free and full life!
Blessed are you who enter in God's name — from God's house we bless you!
God is God,
he has bathed us in light.
Festoon the shrine with garlands,
hang colored banners above the altar!
You're my God, and I thank you.
O my God, I lift high your praise.
Thank God—he's so good.
His love never quits!
Psalm 118 (MSG)
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