God IS Able

So Im really sorry that I havent updated this blog in a long time. To be honest, I completely forgot that I had a blog. Kinda hard to maintain a blog if you forget you have one. My bad! Im not gonna promise to update this thing because I keep forgetting. What I can do is try harder. Trying harder....that is what this blog post is gonna be about.

For the past couple weeks I have kinda gotten into a routine that I really enjoy...spiritually too. Andrew and I workout at 6 am, I shower at the gym, and then drive to my parking spot at JPJ to wait for the bus that runs at 9:30. During my hour wait, I read. Ive been reading "Too Busy Not to Pray" by Bill Hybels. It is really good! Brian recommended it to me back in March and I just put it in my "to read" list which was already hidded at the very bottom of my "to do" list. Doing absolutely nothing is more important than reading. Looking back...how dumb I was!

From the title, anyone can obviously tell that the book is about prayer. People might think that their prayer life is pretty good and they dont need to read it because its just not that important. That is exactly why I didnt read it. I thought my prayer life was fine. I did it every night before bed, prayed for others first and didnt beg for things like a little kid wanting candy. While reading I realized that what I was praying was sorta scripted. By scripted, I mean that I prayed almost the same thing every night. I meant what I said but it felt kinda transparent. I wanted every word that I said to mean something AND feel 100% confident in it. Just let the big man upstairs take care of everything. I worry about more than I should anyway.

I have to admit that there are some things that I doubt God can do. Dont make fun of me, everyone has probably thought the same thing at some point in their lives. Think about it. When Im praying and I sometimes come across a prayer that seems impossible. I go ahead and pray about it but deep inside me, I find myself thinking there is no way that this prayer will be answered. Im a Christian and have been for years but I always sorta doubt how big and powerful my God is. When I read that certain chapter in the book, I realized how my faith is really lacking. Having faith is a simple concept that seems easy to understand and follow. But if you think about it, it seems almost impossible to trust God all the time and in every situation. There is a 3 word phrase that should be remembered: God is able. This is a phrase Ive seen and heard for a lonnggg time but maybe it never sank in. Honestly, I saw this phrase as the banner on my sister's phone and kinda laughed at it (maybe because I thought my banner God FIRST was better lol) but now I know what it pertains to. Basically, God can do anything. Period. Bottom line. End of story.