Len,
You got a lot right!
But two more quick points on want to make....
God tells us to spread the good news. I am very, very weak at doing it. Anything that comes out of my mouth that's good, that's the Holy Spirit working through me. Anything bad, is me! Well I pray God helps me with it almost everyday, so I could give him back just a minascule of something back after he has given me so much. I am blessed beyond belief! He gives me everything, I give him nothing. So this is my attempt to give at least a little back.
Secondly is mostly why I do it on SI. I was basically a stock junkie. I do very poorly at the stock game. The harder I try, the worse it gets. I used to stay on SI to get every little piece of news I could get, over and above the news wires and the brokerages.
So one day I prayed to God to stop this insanity. To stop playing obsessively and to stop SI. But after I prayed, my sinful nature took me right on to SI soon after.
But God ended up answering a couple of prayers of mine in one swoop that day. The first, in reading peoples post, and looking at my big loses, I got so disgusted, I basically pulled alot of my money out of the market. Not all, because some investments have one so poorly I'm hoping one day they recover. And some are very high quality that do not need to be pulled out. But as far as new investments, my plays are very, very minimal and not obsessive at all. And don't get me wrong, I still invest, but mostly for retirement. And I'm quite a bit a way from that. But I am far from obsessive at this point. And that's what I prayed to lose, the obsession.
The second piece that was answered was that day on SI, I went to browse the Hot Subjects list on SI. Guess what I saw. One of the hottest threads on SI was "Ask God." I started browsing, got involved in some conversations, and found an arena I could start paying God back a little. So God helped me, to use my SI time wisely, for him that day, to spread his word. He didn't stop me exactly from going to SI, but he changed my direction why I am on it. And he also gave me a way to help him spread his good news, as I prayed for. So he answered a lot of prayers at once for me, to say the least.
Now do I have to pay him back, No! My sin was paid for through Christ's shedding of blood for me and me accepting the gift! But personally, I want to do something back, even if it is small. So here I am.....
Probably more than you needed. But you asked and tried to answer. And your answer, the one you presumed I would say, was good. It was right on target partially. Just wanted to fill in the blanks.
Thanks for listening and your patience.
God Bless You This Evening,
Steve |
