Mondays momentum

Have you ever been so frustrated because things don't go quite the way you want them to? You plan everthing out and then some little thing seems to happen to set it all back, and you wonder what is going on here? Or you have a few big decisions to make and there is no way you know which one to choose because they all seem to be the right one. Well I'm in the middle of a few of those situations. Diane and I are heading to Nova Scotia on Thursday and I was hoping to have a lot of loose ends tied up before we leave, but unless God brings a few miracles real soon I may have to accept the fact that it's out of my control. Problem with that is some of us don't like to be out of control or is it not in control, but if I do what it says in :

2 Chronicles 14-- "If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land." I need to seek God more each day, I need to humble myself more each day and realize that it's not about me and what I can accomplish, but what God can do as I continually surrender to His authority and His way and His plan because when I do that it all starts to come together real smooth. I remember one Sunday a long time ago we were in church and the pastor all of a sudden stopped speaking and just looked around. He then called all the kids to come to the front and when they were all standing at the front he reached into his pockets and pulled out hands full of candy he then up and threw it all out at the kids. Everyone of them ran, jumped, reached out and got all the candy they could grab. He then told the children to go sit down and they all did, with big smiles on every face. He then looked at everyone else standing and said that those children received because they were not afraid to reach out and receive what was being given to them, had some or all of them just stood there with their hands at their sides like all of you they would never have been blessed with the gift. Now he said if someone were to stick a gun in your belly what's the first thing you do? Why you surrender to his authority. Now as we think about all that, most of us don't like to be told what to do or how to do it, but if we would, in church have an attitude of surrender and an attitude to receive and reach out to receive the free gift that God has to offer us we would be different people. We have such an attitude problem, I remember a cousin of mine once said "ya Harold, a bit of religion is okay but you got to be careful not to overdo it." Well I don't believe you can ever overdo getting enough of God. I definitely used to overdo it on everything else in my life and it got me no where. So we need to just sit back, get the right attitude and be willing to receive and God's blessings will overflow in our lives. By the way, that pastor was a Catholic Priest in a Catholic church. Great stuff eh? The miracle of the day is that we found a place for one of the pool tables and tomorrow we will drop it off. P.T.L! Good night and I hope when all hope seems gone you will reach out and give God a chance. He is good!