Don't Waste Your Life...

Dear whoever is reading this,
I am going to go in question form so I do not confuse myself.  It will happen.  I am easily confused.

1.  To boast in the cross you must be on the cross.  In my life, I believe it means that I live for Christ.  My focus should be on how to make people see Christ's light and grace in every aspect of my life.  Jesuscristo es muy bakan :)  Living on the cross means more than "I read my Bible today, and I prayed that I could get a popsicle..."  It is about acting.  It is about saying I did this today for Christ, like I trusted Him and did something I didn't think I could.

2.  It is ironic; Galatians 2:20 is one of my favorite Bible verses.  It is cool because it is about doing something and not just saying something.  This verse means so many different things.  The first few "I"s are our sinful selves who do not care about God.  The last "I"s are us within Christ, living for Christ.  The key phrase for this change is "but Christ who lives in me."

"What actually took place is this: I tried keeping rules and working my head off to please God, and it didn't work. So I quit being a "law man" so that I could be God's man. Christ's life showed me how, and enabled me to do it. I identified myself completely with him. Indeed, I have been crucified with Christ. My ego is no longer central. It is no longer important that I appear righteous before you or have your good opinion, and I am no longer driven to impress God. Christ lives in me. The life you see me living is not "mine," but it is lived by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. I am not going to go back on that.
   Is it not clear to you that to go back to that old rule-keeping, peer-pleasing religion would be an abandonment of everything personal and free in my relationship with God? I refuse to do that, to repudiate God's grace. If a living relationship with God could come by rule-keeping, then Christ died unnecessarily. " - Galatians 2:19-21 (The Message)

3.  I live by faith in one-ish area of my life.  I have learned to take it one day at a time and that God is taking care of me.  It is easy to say "Oh Thursday I am not doing anything awesome, so that will be a bad day."  If I view at that way, yeah, it will be a bad day.  If I wait until Thursday and let the day govern itself, then it might be a good day.  I think I need to start relying on God more in my decision-making.  I may think "Oh this is definitely best" when it isn't because I am a stupid human who doesn't know much.  I need to make a difference in myself by stop "decision-making" or more praying.
regan henry