The church..

You can go to church everyday... you can even go twice a day as most people do on Sundays. My thought on Sunday services is fairly simple. I think that if you didn't get what you were supposed to get out of the morning service, you're not going to get it out of the evening. One service should have been enough to get yourself good with God and if it wasn't, you need to go home and get on your knees by yourself. Not that I don't enjoy evening service... usually I prefer them over morning ones, and I find myself more often attending evening services except with the church I belong to here in Reno. I love this church. Its a very different church. Its a Holy Spirit church... They move with the Holy flow. They have a rough outline that they follow, but over all, if the Spirit tells them to do something different, they are faithful and do what God tells them... it's a "Blessed Church" as my Oakhrst friends would say. Very cool things happen... and yes, it's out of my comfort zone having grown up in a very orthodox, organ-playing, white-haired people Presbyterian church.

Anyway, I sat thinking about "church" today. Its so often confused with being a building and not a body of people. The other day the girls in Crusade gather together to just hang out at the leaders house. I was prepared for food and fellowship, talking, ect... but instead we worshiped. Weplayed instruments and sang for hours... That's what a church is. People who gatehr togetehr to worship God. The church is too much about "doing," where as doing should be the biproduct of a relationship with Christ. And in a relationship with Jesus the outcome is fruit. You "do," not because your told to, but because the love from a relationship with Christ over flows from you. Back in the day the church got into too many "do"s and "don't"s and people have forgotten that it's not about us, but about Christ.

For anyone who knows me and has the wrong impression, the church is not what I'm about. Jesus is what I am about.

Someone once said to defend me that I am "not that religious." At the time I didn't know if I should be offended or greatful. Because, it's not about being "religious" its about Jesus. That's all it is about. Jesus is the answer to everything, the beginning and end of everything, and most certainly at the middle of my everything. It does not matter hwo mnay church services you sit in. You can sit in the front row or the back, that's not what its about. It's about loving Jesus, trusting Jesus with your life, and believing that He will rescue you. It's about the relationship. No one can teach you or show you, its something you must personally experience and ask for. Salvation is free, but a relationship is not free. Like a relationship with anyone, it will be hard, the Bible never promises us ease and comfort, but it does promise the opposite... it's not safe, but it's good.

We can sit through church service after church service and we will never get it. I love going to church. I love everything about it.. but if I sit there quietly every Sunday and never react to or apply anything I heard I may as well have slept in and not attended at all. I'm not saying don't go to church. I'm not saying we don't need the church. I'm saying that if you're not getting anything out of church its because you're not doing anything and you may not have a personal relationship with the living God.

I am the King of excuses... it's true. I make up every lame excuse out there and then some for reasons why I just "can't" right now. Jesus says the take up my corss, deny myself and follow Him. It is my responsibility to make sure I have a relationship with Christ and that I am bearing fruitn through Him. Last time, I got too caught up in myself... I wnated people to see what a "good little Christian" I was. But if I'm doing the will of He who sends me I will be noticed and they will see me. We must be willing to give everything to God. It really is time to put Jesus in control -- No more excuses.

We cannot, but Jesus can. With Jesus' help we can do all things. God says, "if you give it to me, I will do it, I will help you." Trust God. Champions take it and rise to the next level... With God all things are possible and he has done away withand buried the "can not"s that we seem to depend on.

I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

Not to us, not to us Oh Lord, but to Your name... It's all about You, Jesus, all this is for You.

English and Dead Animals

Our English building on campus is old. Most of our school is old, in fact; but the English building has a particularly interesting history. You see, now it is beautiful... with white walls and deep brown wood, a basement full of teachers offices and two floors of class rooms, with a beautiful staircase and huge windows over looking the lake. Its a gorgeous building... very elegant and classy... very much like an English building should look. But it wasn't always an English building. It actually used to be a slaughter house. Yes, you did read that correctly. You see, if ever you passed it and wondered why there was a large ditch/moat around the basement of the building someone might be wise enough to tell you about it being a slaughter house and the ditch actually where blood from animals was caught and ran off into the ground. Lovely, huh?

Tonight, Matthew and I discovered the old building to be unlocked. We're both English writing majors and o trying to see if the front door was open was more of a joke then the reality it soon became. It was warm... we'd been outside on campus a while, so warm was good... really good, as a few minutes prior I thought my feet were going to freeze off, so warm was feeling really nice at that moment. But we found it odd that the warm, still quiet buildingwas unlocked and many of the lights were still on. Matthew looked into an open class room where the light was still on and food sat out on a table. He shurgged and we decided that no one was home... but boys... with boys, that's never enough. "Let's explore! See if anyone's here!" Of course, it'd be worthy to note that it was 1:25 in the morning while all this was taking place.

"Do you think we could get in trouble for trespassing?" I asked-- always the cautious one. "No." he said simply as he continued up the stairs to the second level to see if any of the class rooms were open or lights on. We didn't try any doors, but from the lack of light under the doors nothing looked awake. So, we headed down to the basement where he checked to see if anyone was around their either... Nothing... just silence. "Matthew, can we leave now?" I asked. "What's wrong?" he asked, probably noting a horrified look on my face. "I just keep thinking someone could still be here and we could get in trouble." "Not likely. They would have heard us walking around by now." He had a point.

So, we started toward the side door, to exit the building when we hear a sound... The sound of a computer turning on... A little musical jingle, you know those sounds if you have a fairly new computer, I'm sure. Matthew and I froze and looked at eachother wide eyed. "Oh, someone's here.. let's leave, please!" I said, moving toward the door, "No wait, what if the fire alarm goes off?" "What?!" "Let's go back to the front door." I shook my head at him as that was the direction the computer jingle had come from. But before I could protest, another computer turning-on jingle was heard farther down the hall and Matthew had grabbed my hand and we were moving as quietly and quickly as possible down the hall toward the front door, where once outside we made a mad dash back toward the dorms.

I couldn't tell you why the building was unlocked and seemingly empty, or even why computers were turning on throughout the halls, or why no one was there and lights were on at 1:45, when we ran from it... But the building was creepy at night--

--just take my word on it.

“IF—”

If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies, Or being hated don’t give way to hating, And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise: If you can dream—and not make dreams your master; If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim, If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two imposters just the same; If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken, And stoop and build ‘em up with worn out tools: If you can make one heap of all your winnings And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose, and start at your beginnings And never breathe a word about your loss; If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long after they are gone, And so hold on when there is nothing in you Except the Will which says to them: “Hold on!” If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch, If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you. If all men count with you, but none too much; If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run. Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it, And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son! -- Rudyard Kipling

Today, I became an official English Writing major at the U of N. Hooray! I still need a minor though... any ideas?

There's a place for us...

Back in high school, my friend David and I used to sit and have deep talks about life... we'd usually sing together too, but that's another story. David once mentioned that he was scared to leave high school, scared to leave home, scared to leave all our friends, ect... who wasn't? High school was a scary place. But I recall a particular conversation our senior year, on a choir trip... we were sitting outside on the balcony of a hotel one evening watching the sun set and ignoring all the people being loud inside the room... we sang, "There's a place for us" from West Side Story... Then we cried... and I told him that if I had one very best friend wherever I went in life, I would be fine. He agreed as well... and tonight I realized that I truely do have a very best friend here in Reno. Praise Jesus for that... because I will be fine.

A change in my life...

Its time for me to make a few changes in my life... I realize that originally it was a few "changes" that now cause me to have some changes back...

It was a lot easier to go backwards than to move forwards. But this is what I asked for. When I asked God to show me a particular aspect of his children and their walk He gave it to me in full... I asked and originally I saw it as a blessing, which I still hold it to be. But also, I now see it as another step out of the comfort zone and into faith... everything keeps leading to more trust.

In any case, there are some relationships that now need to be cut off. I am okay with that. In truth, I welcome this cut off... but the step after the initial cut off will be the most trying one.

Where will I go from there?

I don't know, but I do trust God's faithfulness and I have full confidence in Him durring this time of frustration and perhaps even tribulation... who knows? But I am undaunted in this step of my ultimate blessing... for I know that Christ has over come the world... He has deprived it of its power to harm me and has conqured it for me... and I am more than a conqurer through His love and grace.

Its too cold for a Saturday

Yesterday, my heart broke. I spent the afternoon, reading with Matthew. We took turns reading to eachother from the Bible, Just like Jesus and The Pilgrim's Progress. I enjoy Matthew... he is by far one of my best friends. For my readers who have not yet met him, you are missing out. He is an amazingly passionate young man who is seeking after God's will and deeply longing to live in God's presence. He reminds me of a lot of my favorite people and dear friends... he also reminds me a lot of myself... like I said, I really enjoy Matthew... but he was not the reason my heart broke. He actually was and is one of my bright spots in any day.

The last time I drove my car was last Sunday. We had just gotten back from church and I had parked the car in the garage. Happily, I had scribbled into the dirt on my back window, "Jesus loves you!" with my finger. I went out to my car last night and found, "Jesus loves hates you!" written instead. For a single moment Ifelt the Lord's pain over His children's disobediance and denial.

My heart broke.

Why is it okay for other people to have explicit pictures, vulgar words and offensive sayings scribbled in the dirt on their windows but it's not okay for me to have the truth written into mine?

I realized the harm I have done. I sat allowing things to be said for too long and when it came time to stop them I could not. Again, I sat and listened to harsh and judgemental words be said... listened to the mocking of Jesus... and I sat and allowed it to happen because I was not "man enough" to stand up for the little things before... and when things got bigger I had nothing to say.

It's kind of like dirty snow...

To look without seeing

Do you ever wonder if anyone notices you? I mean, obviously, people notice that someone is sitting next to them in class or they might happen to notice someone standing in line with them... but do people really notice you? In one of my English classes today, my professor immediately claimed to have an excellent memory when it comes to students names... and so she did, all the students went around the class and said their names and then something about themselves... everyone went around once and then she said their names back to the class... it was impressive... only she couldn't ever remember mine. Not only did she not remember mine (three times,) no one in the class remembered... not that this is a huge deal... but it is sad. Am I just not a memorable person? I recently met this guy from my high school... he's a nice guy, sits next to me in Psychology. Before class even started we had talked and seen pictures of eachother... and I knew I had never met him and he thought he'd never met me, but once in class he said, "I think I have seen you before." Maybe I'm just not photogenic... who knows... I don't know why this bothers me... but I often get that unfortunate feeling while sitting in class, "all these people don't care who I am, they don't even want to know and they are all missing out." But honestly, that thought is interchangable... the same could go for every person in my class that I don't talk to... Maybe I just don't really care about who they are, some of them, to be honest frighten me already.. but I get that same feeling of "missing out" when I think of them sitting in the chair next to me as well... I don't know, I wonder how many times during a day to I look at someone but never truely acknowledge them. How often do I miss out on meeting a new best friend? I know I'm a person who blends in. Inside, I know I am not the same and I do not belong in the world, thus I should be one of those people that stick out like a sore thumb.. a misfit, an outcast... I'd rather be a misfit than be someone who dissapears into the background. I'd rather be someone that people think something about instead of always just being a side, or after thought. I've never been one of those people that are the first invited to parties... or the first thought of when people are lonely or bored and need someone to talk to or hang out with. Perhaps I make myself seem unavailable... if that's the case it's not the truth. Once my friend, Matthew claimed that he would have remembered me... but I'm not exceptionally brilliant or celver or outgoing (at least not until I'm comfortable) I'm not one of "those popular people" I never have been and I won't claim to be because frankly I don't want to be one of those. I know that by the world's standards I am plain, I am simple... I'm just another girl in the classroom... But thank God that I know that that is not who I really am.

little-bitty ' i '

at crusade, all the words on the overhead during worship are in lowercase, even the letter "i." it's an interesting use of grammar and language (leave it to the english major to find something like this 'interesting'). of course the only words still capitalized are words describing the Lord. however, i believe it keeps the focus less on ones self and more on God. i rather like that idea, actually (though it makes typing a bit harder). on a side note, i am finding more and more that i have been putting myself in the place of God's. for instance, my thoughts lately have been along the lines of, "I can do it alone," or "I don't need god's help right now," or "I will show these people jesus." in a relationship with God, there should be no other capitalized words other than His perfect and powerful name. (psalm says that there is salvation in the name of the Lord). but in a perfect relationship with God, there should only be God alone, not "i" or "me" at all. i've been reading "the screwtape letters" by c.s. lewis. good book... a very rare point of view and deffinately one to keep in mind. but screwtape talks about getting humans so focused on an item that 'represents' God or a symbol or thought that they forget who they are praying to or worshiping, or whatever the case may be. but his point is that by getting humans to focus on something human made they in turn begin to focus on themselves and not at all on God and who He is. my advice is to getting strongly rooted in the Word of God. on a random side note, when i was in third of fourth grade we sang this song in children's choir at church and it went a little something like this: "there's a little-bitty 'i' in the middle of 'sin' and the 'i' in the middle is me." basically, i write all of this to you that you might look within yourself to see where your focus lies...and if you have to look far i'm betting it's not where it should be... which, unfortuantely is the "norm".

While in Fresno we stopped at a gas station and I could not miss this photo-opp! Yes, that would be me, sitting on a bench between two hooker statues... or in so many words, "my new friends." haha. In any case, happy hooking! 

To my readers I offer an appology! I never did mention that I was going out of town, nor my change in plans... How shameful of me. :) Anyway, just to briefly catch you up, Andrea flew down from Reno, almost on a whim, and appeared in Las Vegas a week ago.. so last Sunday. She was trying to cross the pass, but was not able to, and since I was going to, we hooked up and went together! On Monday, we drive to Fresno to hang out anf stay with Kari Maddox and Christy Harrison. We ened up seeing so many other Calvin Crest people though, it was wonderful! On Tuesday we saw Juana, Rachael Rudy and Ben Musson in Dinuba and then when we got back to Kari's house we saw Nadia, Josh Hass and Sarah Damm! On Wednesday we met Phillip and Tammi for lunch, visited with Amanda and then saw Sarah Lowe for dinner. On Thursday Andrea and I drive up to Oakhurst, rented a room in the Days Inn and relaxed. She visited with Phillip up at camp and I got to hang out at a Bible study with Shawna, Keith, Karen, David, Christy, Jonathon and Paul. Originally, Andrea wanted to leave on Friday morning, but I convinced her that staying another day would be oodles of fun... and it was! On Friday, she and I walked around big O-Town, we Geocashed, had lunch, went to the Yarn Barn took a nap in the sunshine at the park and I danced and sang outside of Yosemite Coffee while she sang. Staying the extra day was well worth it.. the sky was bright blue and the sun was warm and breeze was light... I was so crazy happy it was amazing! Flanny and I kept wondering what was wrong with me as I seemed to have a bounce in my step, and a smile simply plastered on my face the entire day. It really was a lovely day... I even got to visit with Keith more which was really happy. The Garrett called me and we had an hour long, very interesting conversation over the phone. But on Saturday morning, we left bright and early... oh wait, the sun wasn't out... so we left dark and early at 7:00 from Oakhurst and drive home. Its always sad driving away from Oakhurst and I am always filled with solmn memories of forcing myself to drive away and not think about the past again.... We got home around noon and headed almost directly to Kathy's baby shower... it was a cute shower and I met the wives of lot of young men I once knew from camp or my home church. Anyway, after church today, Andrea and I will be moving back into our dorm room... I was glad to have such a long break off from school.. but I'm tired of moving and living out of bags and boxes... it will be nice to be back on a schedule again... and in all honesty, I'm really looking forward to my new classes and seeing/meeting a lot of new friends. I'll write again soon.

1 Corinthians 6:3-10 (AMP)

"3We put no obstruction in anybody's way [we give no offense in anything], so that no fault may be found and [our] ministry blamed and discredited.
4But we commend ourselves in every way as [true] servants of God: through great endurance, in tribulation and suffering, in hardships and privations, in sore straits and calamities,
5In beatings, imprisonments, riots, labors, sleepless watching, hunger;
6By innocence and purity, knowledge and spiritual insight, longsuffering and patience, kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in unfeigned love;
7By [speaking] the word of truth, in the power of God, with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand [to attack] and for the left hand [to defend];
8Amid honor and dishonor; in defaming and evil report and in praise and good report. [We are branded] as deceivers (impostors), and [yet vindicated as] truthful and honest.
9[We are treated] as unknown and ignored [by the world], and [yet we are] well-known and recognized [by God and His people]; as dying, and yet here we are alive; as chastened by suffering and [yet] not killed;
10As grieved and mourning, yet [we are] always rejoicing; as poor [ourselves, yet] bestowing riches on many; as having nothing, and [yet in reality] possessing all things."

"'but let him who boasts boast about this: that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD , who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth...' declares the LORD." -Jeremiah 9:24 (NIV)

Too much snow?

So.... there has been a gliche in my vacation schedule. Yes, weather... "Mother Nature" if you will has decided it's best for me to stay in Vegas for the weekend... Doesn't that figure? There was so much sticking snow that my Dad and I made three snow-people. Yes, that's right, three... and we could have kept going but my hands got cold. Some of the snow people were really cool but unfortunately I could not get the pictures to load, so you can only imagine... and you'll have to!

"But what does this mean, Steph Garver?!" You ask... Well, allow me tp give you an update on my life since my post this morning... Updates can be dull, I realize this... But since it is my blog I choose the content of my posts. :-) To begin my updates, I would like to tell all my readers that I am still in Las Vegas, if you didn't catch that earlier in this post. Secondly, I will confirm that I am not currently in California. (Unfortunate, I know.) Thirdly, I do not know what this will do to the rest of my traveling plans, (ie: Fresno, Oakhurst, Calvin Crest, Tahoe, Reno, ect..) But since school starts back up on the 18th, I must be back to Reno by then, some way or another. and I still would really love to visit Kari and Christy this week, and be in Oakhust at least for Thursday and perhaps Tahoe or Reno by Saturday, I'm thinking plans that far in advance won't be any good at this point in time. Basically, since all the passes into California are closed, I'm stuck here until they open again and the weather lets up (haha... yea, I'm beginning to wonder when this "weather" will be past us for good... it just seems like storm after storm in hitting the west coast.. among other places). But at the moment, I'd like to leave Moday to Fresno and at least attempt to stick to some of my original plan... In the mean time, I have more time to spend with my family and that's good enough reason for me to keep sticking around at the moment.

So, who knows where I'll be and when! Stay tuned for more updates from the desk of Steph Garver!

Snow!?!

It is currently snowing in Las Vegas. Yes, that's right. SNOW! I can hardly believe it... The only problem is that my family and I are supposed to drive to Huntington Beach, CA today. We're going to have a late Christmas with the rest of our twenty-some member family, it will be a good time... if we get there. We also have to cross two passes, that may very well also be covered in snow or rain. I did go get snow chains yesterday, so that's good... but I'm no so eager aout getting out of my van in the snow and putting them on... oh well, that's all part of the adventure, right? :) We should be leaving within the next half hour or so, and after Huntington Beach, my parents will return to Las Vegas and their lives without me and I will head North to Fresno, to visit my friend Kari Maddox... and anyone else in Fresno! Including Christy Harrison.. Yay! I'll also make a trip up to Calvin Crest to visit Tammi... and since I'm heading through Oakhurst, you can only imagine the excitement! hehe! Then, depending on the weather I'll either go through Donor Pass to Tahoe or go back down to Bakersfield and around to Carson... but we'll see... anyway, I'll have my cell phone with me and I encourage all of you, especially if you're from Fresno, to give me a call... or pray that my trip goes smoothly... You know, something else magical happened outside of the snow... This morning outside my door was a present from my Daddy.. and I opened it and it was a T-shirt that said, "My Dad can fix anything" Then it quotes Ephesians 2:1 and has a cross.. it's very sweet... I love my Daddy! Did I mention it's currently SNOWING in Vegas?!

In response to my previous post Anonymous writes: "What do you think of the question: Why has God killed so many thousands of people in this tragedy?" So, you asked what I thought and I give you my response.

God does not kill people. He has a plan that is bigger than anything we can see or imagine. "Bad" things have been happening and will continue to happen because this world is fallen from sin. There is suffering and pain and death because of sin. Man is born into sin. Blessings and growth come from every tradgedy. I heard a pastor once tell a wonderful story about how his father used to get a truck full of manure and spread it all over the yard. The neighbors would look at that yard and think, "Look at that disaster! They've messed up their yard." But in a few weeks grass greener than any other yard on the street would shoot up through that mess. Wonderful things come out of junk and hurt and suffering and death. Things of importance, miracles, tradgedies, ect. are always occuring. God is always doing big things... Its part of life that people are born and that people die. Its unstoppable and its only a matter of time until everyone comes to this "fate." Death for me however, is only the beginning of life... Anonymous, you may see things differently, but your perspective will be based on where you currently are spiritually. On the news this is called a "natural disaster." But people die of "natural causes" everyday. Yes, this "natural cause" may have killed more people... but look at the lives that were spared. I am aquainted with death, for those that do not know, as I have had 4 dear friends die in the past few years as well as family members die in my life time. I do not pretend to take death for others lightly, but for myself I know that I live only because God wills me to live and when I die it will be a blessing that maybe no one else will understand, thus I believe that the will of the Father will always be greater than our own, no matter who you are, where you come from, or what you believe... but I eagerly await the miracles, blessings and the life that does come from this. For some questions, no matter what response I give to you, people may never understand. But I stand firm in my convictions and in my faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

Where is God?

Today in church my pastor posed a slightly odd question: "Where is God while people are dying from a tsunami?" he asked. To begin with, I was slightly disturbed that this question was asked at all in a church. "Where is God?" Matthew 1:23 states, “The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” –which means, “God with us.” ( Also see Isaiah 7:14). I actually want you to pay close attention to God being with us. The tsunami itself was not evil. It is a terrible devistation to land and families and people, but already I hear of miracles occuring in that area of the world. And I have yet to sit and the TV watching new and ponder where God is during all of that suffering. I know and understand that God is ever present, or omnipotent. (I can't explain how it works, but I know that it does.) And I know that when there is hurt and pain God is close and moving in hearts in a way He can not when we are too proud. Sometimes we have to break in order to see the truth. "But Stephanie," You say, " What about those people who weren't Christian? Was God punishing them?" In response, I tell you no. God was not punishing people... even scientifically, things like this have been happening since the beginning of the earth. Mountains are formed by earth quakes, ect. As for those people who were not Christian I have to tell ask you this: Who was killed on those beaches? Children, teen agers, adults, elderly people, rich, poor, middle class, locals, vactioners, students, teachers, Muslims, Budists, Catholics and Christians (that includes Christian missionaries). It did not matter who you were. The only thing that mattered in that moment was how far away you were from the beaches. I do not watch the news and wonder where God is. Because I know where He is. But I do wait in eager anticipation to learn about miracles that occured and continue to happen because of this. Someone told me that no good would come of this. I see so many miracles. People, around the world, rallying together with money and food and medicine and clothes. I think that is reason to celebrate in itself: The world came together... and still comes. People have a habit of not seeing the good in things and only noticing the bad which cause them to ask questions and ponder where God is while people suffer. Pain and suffering will always lead to a higher purpose. "Where is God?" my pastor asked and one little blond girl near me whispered, "He's with those people." Yes, that's right, He's with those people and He is with us.

Teetering on the Edge

You know that feeling of having to make a decision.... and either way you look at it, both decisions seem like they could be good or bad ones? I feel that way on occasion. I am forced to pray and pray and sometimes don't recieve a very clear answer. In some areas of life, I consider that a reason to continue praying and seeking answers but in other areas of life I feel that during this time of life, it is a moment to take a risk and step out in faith.

Its that hesitating, wondering... should you or shouldn't you... teetering at the edge of a pool trying to decide whether to dive in or not... You've weighed the pros and cons numerous times still praying about what to do next. I'm here to tell my readers to take that first step of faith.

There's really no reason to fear the future, God will be with you and will walk with you every step of the way, even when you stray off the path or make a wrong decision. All mistakes will serve a higher purpose. Psalm 118:6 says, "The Lord is on my side; I wll not fear: What can man do to me?" You knwo that old saying, "You can't steer a parked car."

So, when you face your next decision... ask God to guide you before you decide, make a decision and see where God takes you.