Who are you Listening to these day?

"If you say there's no hope, you're listening to the father of lies (John 8:44). You've encountered the thief who comes to steal, kill and destroy. (John 10:10)-the one who's determined to keep you a failure, to defeat you on every front he can. The only way you'll bring him down, the only way you'll extinguish those fiery arrows that will impale you on the stake of continuous defeat until you're consumed on its flames of destruction is through the Word. His Word is truth, and it alone can sanctify you-set you apart for victory. You may think there's no recovery from your failure. But my friend, if you have God, you have a future-and it's not a dismal one."

--Kay Arthur

New thoughts

Our evening plans were changed unexpectedly today so my sweet man suggested we go see Star Trek at the cheap theater. Now not being a "trekkie" by any stretch of the imagination, I simply went along for the show. Surprisingly, I found myself enjoying the movie much more than I ever imagined that I would despite the intense action. Action movies are usually not my cup of tea because I become so engrossed in the movie that I am tense for hours afterwards. There was a scene in the movie that really was insightful. At one point the older Spock shows up to give a young Jim Kirk insight into the years to come and then in a later scene Kirk is reassuring a young Spock that he can't fail in the mission he is embarking upon. And then I wondered what I would step out and do if I knew that everything would turn just fine in the end. Of course, as a Jesus follower I know that it will ultimately but too often I live in fear afraid of failing. Isn't it amazing what God can teach us through a exciting movie on Labor Day?