HAPPY BIRTHDAY SELF

March 2nd 2007.
As I sat in church, my mind wondering and wandering, as usual I thought.
Wow!
If I live to be 100 then I am 62 percent done.
Statistically, I won’t live that long…according to the government’s National Center for Health Statistics.
The average over-weight, white, American male will live to 80.6 years.
Mathematically, that means I am 76.9% done. I’ve wasted over ¾ of my life!
I never knew what I wanted to be when I was growing up.
As of late I’ve decided I want to be a saint.
I used to think I wanted to be rich and famous.
Then I wanted to be a professional pilot.
But now, I think I want to be a saint.
I don’t have to have my picture on a prayer card and I don’t have to be canonized.
I just want to be a saint in Jesus eyes.
Man, I’ve got a lot to do, with less than ¼ of my time left on this planet.
Thank God, My God is the God of Jacob.

Yes! Jacob was a selfish, scheming, deceitful, treacherous, untruthful character. The man did not just ignore God but fought Him and defied Him at every turn.
Yet, the God of Jacob is the God of infinite patience, infinite mercy and grace.

Lord Jesus, may I experience more and more of Your mighty transforming power.

“The God of Jacob is our refuge” Psalm 46:7

“So give me clean hands
and give me a pure heart
Let me not lift my soul to another
Oh God, let me be in the generation that seeks
That seeks Your face, O’ God of Jacob”

Amen