WHAT DO YOU NEED GOD TO DO FOR YOU?
(Excerpt from Ada Brownell's book, Imagine the Future You.Summary below).
First, you need to think some about who you are.
Below is a little profile I did of myself, and you can
create a similar one for you, pointing out why you are the person you at least
think you are.
1. I’ve been known to be a little scatterbrained. For instance, I once turned off the water that my
husband kept running in the bathtub to keep the water pipes from freezing. I
forgot to turn the water back on after I took a bath. I threw a big coat over
my nightgown and went out to thaw out the pipes (my husband was working out of
town). The door froze shut and I was locked outside in 30-below freezing
temperatures at 2 o’clock in the morning.
2. I’m fun loving. I’ve always loved games. I play board and
card games like Rook, but my favorites are action games such as tennis, volleyball,
badminton, swimming, baseball. I even enjoy walking, jogging, swinging.
3. I have a sense of humor. In high school, I won a trophy
for being best actress in a one-act play contest. A judge took me aside and
told me I could go to Hollywood as another Lucille Ball. Was she thinking
talent or red hair?
4. I enjoy working and seeing things done, everything
polished and organized. I used to say turning a kitchen from messy to clean is
like creating a piece of art. After marriage, a clean nicely decorated house is
connected to my self image.
5. I’m a germ-o-phobe. In my mind there’s no need for people
to be ill with colds and flu, especially if there is a disease like asthma in
the house. Wash those hands. Sanitize. After writing on the medical beat for
seven years also I believe in using bleach on everything after preparing meat
in the kitchen, or after a person with a cold visits our house. Guess that
brings up bacteria-o-phobe. No rare meat, especially hamburger--and chicken
juices should run clear when cooked. No red or pink anywhere. I always have
grilled chicken heated twice when eating out. I came down with salmonella from
grilled chicken about a half dozen times from restaurants. No more. Heat it
twice, or I order deep fried. Grease is better than germs.
6. I’m a seeker of knowledge. I’ve been a student of the
Bible since I was about 14, and prayed for wisdom all my adult life. I enjoy
picking people’s brains, in-depth research, and anything that keeps me filled
with truth.
7. I love romance. To me the most romantic words ever spoken
are “I love you. I want to marry you and I will love only you until death parts
us.” My husband and I made that vow and kept to it now for many decades. I read squeaky clean inspirational historical
romance books with a lead character I like and sympathize with who has a big
problem that needs solved.
I could go on and on. This will give you some idea of how to
probe who you are. Think about it and write down what pops into your head, then
review and rewrite to get to your core.
Ask yourself: What or who do I fear? What do I value? What is
most important to me? What do I cry about? What makes me laugh? What have I
done that I enjoyed? What have I done that I’m proud of? What is the one thing
I would like to do before Jesus comes or I die? When I am sad, who do I talk
to? Who would I like to help? Who have you helped that you didn’t have to?
What do I know that I would like to share? What would I like
to learn? Do I want God in my life? How has not knowing or knowing Jesus
affected me?
"Without faith it is impossible to please God, for he who comes to him must believe that he is, and that he is the rewarder of those who diligently seek him" (Hebrews 11:6).
What do you need God to do for you? Do you believe God answers our prayers?
IMAGINE
THE FUTURE YOU
By
Ada Brownell
Will you be the person you dream of becoming, or the person
in your nightmares?
Ready or not, you are headed into your future.
Would you like to achieve your dreams of being
all you can be inside and out? Would you like to deposit good information in
your brain you can spend and invest in your future?
Read or listen to Ada Brownell’s book, Imagine
the Future You.
This author, who taught church youth for more than 30
years, spent a good hunk of her life as a journalist interviewing successful
people who achieved great things, but also met and wrote about those whose
lives had become so entangled with baggage they needed a miracle to turn them
loose. In addition, she has picked brains and studied how to believe in
yourself and things greater than you.
You need this book. E-book, paper and audible. Great narrator.
Mom: Our teenage daughter loves this book!
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