It's the little things in life.

What a week so far! If you read my last posting I talked about Job. Well I feel like Job this week. We were scheduled to have our store tours at work. If some of you don't know I work at the great Pal's. This is a time when our founder Pal Barger and our CEO Thom Crosby come and inspect our store and our people's knowledge. Weeks before this time we are cleaning going over our processess, fine tuning you would say. Well I am naturally stressed and worried about this tour hoping I don't mess up. So during all this prep time I have been praying and Monday I stopped and told myself don't bother God with these things, why are you wasting His time. But I realized as soon as that thought hit my head that my God said he would never leave us or forsake us. I believe he loves to be right there with us in the little things of life. We as Christians always say "There is nothing to big for God" but now I can say there is nothing too little for God. So we had our tour yesterday and we did GREAT!! Actually we were the second best store out of 22 and my interview with Pal and Thom went GREAT!! They didn't say a negative thing it was all positive. So if your out there and you think something is too little to bother God, stop and think "There is nothing to little for God!!!" For all those interested this our worship set list for FFWBC this week http://www.planningcenteronline.com/plans/469582/public.

Little thoughts in this big head of mine!

In my dad's sunday school class we are going through the book of Job. For those of you that don't know about his class it's a discussion class not a sit, be quiet listen to a guy read out of a sunday school book and leave class. We were reading the first chapter and somebody asked why would God pick Job to be the one the devil aka satan would release all of his hatred on? I listened to some thoughts and then in my big head a little thought sprang up from somewhere. For so long I have heard people teach that God picked Job because he was a faithful and good man. I have heard its because God knew he could handle it. But in my head I compared it to my life. I try to do my best to serve God in my life and I know I am connected with God but I can always do better, I can worship Him more faithfully, I can trust Him with decisions more, I can love Him more, and I can spend more time with Him. That is when this thought come to my head. God picked Job because he could get better. We grow stronger through trials. I heard a preacher say that the soil in the valley of your life is more fertile and better for growth than the rocky surface of the mountains. Job was put through these trials to make him a better servant.

Job started out in Job 1:21 by saying "The lord gives and He takes away, Blessed be the Name of the Lord' But he starts having a pity party for himself and finally God speaks and says in Job 38:4 "Where were you when I created the universe" He's saying who are you to question me? But here is what put this little thought in my head. In Job 42:5 Job says " I have always heard of You, but now I see You" This was it Job was being faithful because of all the things he had heard of God but now through the trials that God let satan put him through, Job is faithful because he can see God. Now he has a relationship with Him not just knowledge. God is great because he took what satan used to try to destroy Job's life to actually develop in Job a real relationship with God. I want a relationship with God not a head knowledge. I want to see him not just hear him. If your reading this and going through a trial right now remember the valley is more fertile for growth than the rocky surface of the mountain. Hope you like the little thoughts in my head. I am going to start every week posting with my blog the set list for our church. This is mostly for you attendees, so you can see what we will be singing and be ready to worship God. To be praying over the service and our Pastor. Just click the following address to view http://www.planningcenteronline.com/plans/469582/public.