A Good Old Fashioned Ponder

Man, i have just been overwhelmed by stuff to make me think lately. What i'm reading, what i'm hearing in church, talks with my lovely wife, chats with friends - it just doesn't let up. Let me go over some stuff in a little more detail.

I just read Ted Dekker's latest novel called "Skin". I love Ted's stuff! He's so readable and makes some great points along the way. This book really made me think about who do i think i am and who do others see me as. It really brought out the point of real and imagined and what is reality.

After i finished Ted, I started on a book by Dr Henry Cloud called "The Nine things You Must do to Succeed in Life and Relationships". with a title like that, i HAD to read it. it has been increadibly thought provoking - do i do these principles? how can i apply them to my life and current situations. I'm on #4 - i only read about a half a chapter at a time and then chew on it for a while. Great stuff that i don't want to give away, you NEED to read it!

We just had author and speaker John Bevere here at Wave Church. First off, let me say, i was very bummed that Gez didn't make the trip with him - next time, man, or else we're all meeting in the Springs! Anyway, he spoke out of his latest book about the church needing to be more eternally minded, our calling, our rewards, heaven. Probably the two most significant things to me were:
1. What we do with the Cross determines WHERE we spend eternity. How we live out our calling determines HOW we'll spend eternity.
2. As Christians, we won't be judged by what we did, but did we live out our calling.
I need to go through my notes and verses again and dig more out.

Basically, i've really been thinking about my calling and why God has me here for this time in history. Obviously there is a very beautiful Brook and three young ladies who sit at my dinner table every night. But what is the plan God has for me? What are the good works that i should walk in? I'm getting it, i just really have to be focused and not bogged down by the good on the way to the great.

what about you? are you fulfilling God's plan for you life? are you entangled by the stuff that trips us so easily?