Thankful Tuesday

I want to start off by saying, "God is Good and Faithful". Yesterday I was going through my plans for the week, seeing what needs to get taken care of for the week, what projects I need to complete or start....so on. In addition I had to make sure that everything that needed to be paid was taken care. As most of you know, when you have a new house, the bills come in at different times, and because it is new, you are never sure how much they will be, so you cannot plan accordingly. I can tell each of you that God is good, because as I sat down and estimated what was due in the next or so, and what funds were available I knew that it would be close. However yesterday I found out that money was sent to us earlier than expected and we were A-OK. Now let me just say this.....this was a big step within me. As I believe with many people, somethings are easier to give to the Lord, such as thanks when something is going well. But as I have talked to people, money is one of the hardest things that we as humans can give to the Lord, we never feel like we have enough, there is always something that we need....or want....in most cases. Momma and I have really been tyring to place all of our finances at his feet, trust in him and not worry about it. As new home owners, some of the times have been harder than others, but each time God has proven faithful, which makes it easier on our human minds! I do believe that by taking that small step in faith and ensuring that we continue to tithe and trust, he will continue to reward us.
Another thing that has been on my heart these past few days, is all the families that are being affected by the earthquake in China that occurred yesterday. As of this morning, I hear that over 12,000 have died and over 18,000 are still missing. China is considered a Buddhist country and many of do not believe in God. This really sat hard on my heart, this may have been the last chance that many of these had the opportunity to ask the Lord into their lives. This scares me so much. It is hard to imagine the situation of losing a loved one, and all the destruction that is going on there, while sitting in my nice office. Yet on the same note, I am hurting because we live in a county that allows for us to choose to love and worship a perfect and loving God, and so many of us don't take advantage of it. None of us are promised tomorrow.
It is kind of weird but death has been on my mind....not that I am worried about dying, but certain lyrics in songs have caught my attention. And the storms in the mid-west and east coast have made me think more about it. I also think that as I get further back in the word, and my prayer life continues to grow, the Lord is showing me compassion. Something that I think I was losing. In addition, I feel that that the Lord was revealing to me, that time is short on this earth, what am I doing with the time that he has blessed me with, am I serving him or me?

I will leave you with lyrics to a song, (sorry cannot remember the name of the song or the artist, but I will update when I find them)....."Why did I wait until I was dying to start living"