Right Where I Need to Be

I must admit as I sit here typing that I am starting to feel a little bit nervous. Sometimes I wonder if things will ever get better. When I was reading my Bible this morning I read about Jacob and how when Pharoah asked how old he was, he said that his life was short and trouble filled. When I look at my own life, I think, if that's how my life is going to be, then it would be best to put it into the one who can hold all my troubles. God never promised us a problem free life, problems will come. When we are in problems I am learning that this is where God wants us to be, because we are most apt to rely upon Him and not ourselves. Yesterday seemed to be a long day filled with all kinds of exciting things. That is kind of strange though for a day, since we live in Indiana. But it was still interesting. I ended up spending all my time on the computer all day, and did not get much done. By the time lunch came around, I was more than ready to go, and my brother and I went to taco bell. After that we headed over to best buy and looked at the computers for a while, because my brother needed to get an optical mouse for our dad's computer. After finding the cheapest mouse we could find, we headed over to Meijer and went to look for a suitable vaccume bag. As we walked our way down through the massive store filled with all kinds of items for the buyer to purchase, we went to the back and ended up in the vaccum section. Now a lot of times I think that I know what I am talking about so I decided to let my brother know that I knew where the vaccumes were, and that he did not need to ask someone. When it came down to it though I still did not know where I was going, I could only guess and that's how it is with our lives, we can not truly know where we are going, we can only guess. Only God knows!:) Finally we asked for directions and the vaccums ended up on the opposite side of the asile that I thought they would be. As we stood and looked at all the vaccumes, we laughed about which was the best and biggest. The biggest vaccume turned out to be the Dyson D14 Animal. Its cost was an astounding 529 dollars. After choosing an obviously cheaper model we made our way toward the counter. Where I greated the lady who worked at the register. She smiled, and I carried on an innocent fun conversation. Before we finished our conversation I noticed a sign that said "If the cashier does not ask if you want to buy a fountain drink, then you can have one for free." So I continued the conversation with her until she had paid for the goods, then I quickly responded "Where's my free drink?" Now to be totally honest, I don't think it was the nicest thing for me to do, but, I did it anyways. She turned bright read and handed me a white plastic drink cup, then she looked at my brother and asked him if he wanted a drink and said that he could not have one since she asked. I politely returned my drink and continued on out the door with my brother. When we got back, I played more computer. At the end of the day we went back to the building and then invited some friends over to watch a movie with us. In the end it turned out to be a good day. As I watched the movie there was a scene where the people were working in a graveyard, it was a comedy and the people were scared stiff. But the movie kind of brought a point home hard to me, and that is: That is where we end up in the end forever, without Jesus. Jacob said his days were short and full of trouble, even though he lived 130 years. Life that is not eternal is short, no matter how long it may seem at first, but with Christ, we can enjoy life forever. Friend, my prayer for you today is that you will see just how short life can be, and realize that you need Jesus. I need to realize that each and every day, and sometimes I forget. It is at those times when God taps me on the shoulder and reminds me:) No matter how we look at life, it is best to spend it in God's hands.