Thought Quotient

I’ve re picked up a copy of Po Bronson’s What Should I Do With My Life? Its an inspiring yet truthful book. Its full of real people, real lives, and real choices. More posts to come. . . .

In the author’s words:

If there is a message to the book, I hope it’s the message that’s never stated but present in every single chapter. So often, people feel stuck. They feel trapped by inertia or by financial constraints or by a lack of experience, or the simple shortage of hours in the day. In traveling across both oceans, being welcomed into the lives of strangers, investigating so many domains I had absolutely no prior experience with, I was demonstrating that the world is a far more open book that we usually imagine it to be. The world is full of incredible, rich opportunities. If you strengthen your curiosity as you would a muscle, by exercising it regularly — if you can empathize with the lives of others, if you are willing to see a potential friend in the face of every stranger, if you are willing to suffer some embarrassment and discomfort, and if you are patient — you will not be stuck forever.

Jeremiah 29:11 (The Message)

11 I know what I’m doing. I have it all planned out–plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for.

This past Sunday’s sermon talked about how God’s will is so amazing for us, and how we should not miss out on His best for us by being disobedient to His word and doing things on our own. God knows and wants what is best for us. Yet, we miss out by not seeking the wisdom of His word, and we do things our way - and often yield to the temptations of this world. We make poor decisions. We get hurt. We get in over our head. We can get to the point of no longer being able to do anything about it - even wanting to give up. But don’t ever believe the lie that you’ve gone too far. Just cry out to God for help and he’ll be there for you, whether you’ve messed up for the first time, or the hundredth time.

Are you feeling like you’ve messed up too much? Do the scars of your past keep you down? Just remember that Jesus has scars too. And by His wounds we are healed…

Healed - Nichole Nordeman

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