on my mind is this!

sorry to all of you pro bloggers who are mad at me for taking so long with a new posting. i just had something on my mind that i wanted to share. many of you have heard or talked about this before and may have thought as i have. have you ever got bummed out because you didnt have some cool story or testimony. maybe it sounds ridiculous, but at times i have wished that i was born in the streets of brooklyn, with a stump for a leg and living on food stamps. okay, maybe a little overboard, but you get my point. i wish i had a testimony that people listened to and got goosebumps. i had heard these stories in the past and even still many times i hear them and wish that my life wasnt so........well.....easy! but then i remember and am told by my wife and others that this a load of crap! i am so extremely blessed! God has worked in my life and continues to do so very powerfully. In my more sane moments i know that God has brought me to a place that calls me to seek him everyday. why should it matter if i got to that point with a family that loved and cared for me or if i was the apostle Paul, who killed xians for a living at one point. Dont get me wrong. Many stories i have heard that are very moving help thousands of people. I guess what i am trying to say is that its not about me!!!!! it does not matter what kind of story i have. God can still use me to help others even without a tearjerker of a story. Heck, my story is amazing because i am forgiven!!!!!!!!

 

low interest lady/trust me!

has anyone else ever given out their credit card number over the phone. well, i havent until today. i wont go into too much detail about how she convinced me, but lets just say she did a good job. she even led me to their website(or what she said was their website). i still dont know if it was a scam or not, but i cancelled my card just in case. it was some kind of offer to bring my interest on the card down, so i listened, but after i had given my number and right before she was going to hang up, she announced that for only $695.00 US, that i would be approved to have my rate lowered to 6.9%. wow wow wow, i said. that was the first i had heard of this money coming out of my account. no way!!!, i said. she then went on to insult me and hung up on me. i immediately cancelled my card and made sure that no transactions had been made. i know what you are all saying. why oh why would you ever think of giving your credit card number over the phone. well i dont have a good answer for that except the obvious one which is that i, mark roberts am a sucker! i know i am not the only one who has ever done this, but i still cant help but feel dumb. maybe i am more naive than i thought. anyways this whole experience did stir some thoughts in my head that i would like to share. one of the phrases that she actually used during our conversation was(trust me). TRUST is something that i have learned needs to be earned. i remember lying to my parents as a teenager and them later finding out. they would tell me that it was going to take a while before i would earn their trust back. i started to think about that phrase(trust me). God says that. Has God earned your trust. He has earned mine over the past few years. my encouragement for you is a guarantee. i guarantee you, whoever you are, that if you havent already: TRUST HIM AND YOU WILL SUCCEED!! God may not lead you to a convenience store where you promptly pick the winning lottery ticket, but He may lead you to a place that will help you grow. He may lead you to a friend in need that you can pray for. He may lead you to a job that makes you and your families lives a lot easier. He also may lead you to an uncomfortable place that you do not want to be in, but that will be a place that you succeed in if you truly trust Him. DONT PUT YOUR TRUST IN THE LOW INTEREST LADY, TOO MANY HIDDEN FEES! What do you think.