First thing l've been thinking about:

I've been thinking about how faith at it's best and most comforting is trust in the eternal. We aren't always saved from martyrdom...Paul knew his fate...Stephen said yes...and Jesus showed us how to die.

It's OK to die...We don't need to be whisked off the hill by perfect timing...or healed. It's enough to know eternal salvation belongs to us. Living in the moment could be swept away and all our earthly dreams with it. There is some sadness to it...like an old scratched record or CD stored away. But the music never dies. It continues to play..It's never lost.
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Second thing:

I've also been thinking about Saul and Agag the Amalekite ruler ... God took the anointing from Saul because of disobedience and he never gave it back or changed his mind..Did Saul become like Agag?

Was Agag a tare? What makes a person a tare. You can't turn into one...You have to be born that way. Your race doesn't make you a tare because we've seen numerous examples of all peoples from every race turning to God. So what causes God to use this parable? And what about Saul?

(I've also been thinking how annointed music drives the devil away as with Davids music played to Saul.)

I've been thinking about how when someone is disobedient in the church and we follow the procedure by going to them...then bringing an elder with us and finally turning the person over to Satan for a time to try and save the soul...Is this what happened to Saul when God sent a devil to him? It seems like he was sorry but couldn't get free because God kept the devil there...Did he go to heaven?

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Third thing:

The Sun and rain fall on all. I've been thinking about how God is working through Jesus and the Holy Spirit to convict the world of it's sin and particularly how he works in the life of an unbeliever and never recieves credit. Always drawing and orchestrating circumstances...saving us from an untimely death till we say yes to eternity. He never gets thanks or credit until or unless, the person comes to the Lord and can reflect back on it. So why should we always get credit...public notice. Jesus goes on working without it.
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These are the things l've been thinking about lately. What have you been thinking about lately?

And Jonah...

God didn't ask him to go down to the synagogue to witness. No .. He said go to the Ninevites. In other wards...He didn't expect the Ninevites to go to him.. So are we told to go into all the WORLD and preach the gospel. So we don't expect those at the local pub to come to us...We go to them...If God calls. Maybe we put ourselves in the belly of the whale when we aren't obedient. God shows himself as the biggest fish of all...and he spits us out. Then we're willing...amen? So when God spits out the lukewarm...then they will be ready to go to Nineveh... We get stuck between a rock and a hard place and can't move either direction. God does it to us.

I'm just thinking out loud. We start so many new topics and mostly people don't answer. Sometimes it's just good to put it to words and keep our random thoughts in one place. Especially now when l've taken on a couple new projects... l don't have time to read all the posts.. Yet l want to stay in touch. Nobody has to answer but l can just talk about what's on my mind lately...

I've been thinking on things as you are too. I beleive we all do...sometimes we think in our works and then realize that it is only by God's grace go we. He has given us all the provision...and he knows when and how and where and to whom and them to us and us to them to be where we are in each GROWING season.
He is so powerful, and HE was rejected by the World, and died for each and every one before the foundations of this world.
I've been praising him, knowing that no matter what I do, it is by God's grace that I have life. I know there is nothing I can do myself to be righteous other then letting go and letting God when I feel pride or control of my own fallen nature taking presedence. I have HIS willing Spirit (Holy Spirit renewing me and it's a daily choice to chose Life or Death...to choose compassion or lies and mistrust) to choose to pray and surrender to Him that is the Increase or to walk ahead of things I know will lead me not to him...and he is teaching us all to be still and listen...This is the Day the LORD HATH MADE, not me, nor anyone here...for he is the Increase to all of us by his authority and his grace and mercy and his ways are not my ways...it's so wonderful when we stop and realize that God is Mighty to Save us under every circumstance if we are willing to Follow Jesus....even when the circumstances we are in my not seem profitable to us. It is by God's grace that he allows me to forgive myself and forgive my brothers and sisters. We are all sinners fallen short of the glory of God. When we find ourselves thinking that we are unworthy to be obediant or speak in God's word, it is only given more leverage for Satan to take hold of our Faith and I'm sure he gets a kick out of us seeing us stumble...But it is a loving Father whom disciples us, by bringing us through every circumstance in turning TO HIM and HIM in US that we need always keep our focus and give him all the Honor.
If we Honor God he will Honor us. If we honor ourselves and pride comes in, it is only building a wall between us and God and others. We are to be humble and meek, but in a sinful world we all can lose our cool if we don't stop and pray and ask for revelation and the truth and be builded in God's Word.
I've been thinking of the story, of when we clean our houses...and 7 more demons are knocking on the door wanting in...THE WORD is our INCREASE...In the beginning was the WORD and God DIVIDES the LIGHT from the Darkness, when we obey and listen.
He loved us first...when we so caught up in ourselves and forget our brothers wellfare and not show love to one another, either out of fear or rejection, of just plan focusing on our own little built in world...we can become fearful, bitter and unforgiving. Jesus always rebuked out of his deep compassion and love for us, not to scare one away from him but to draw them into his embracing arms.
I am always reminded that he came for the LOST...and came that we have life in HIM built on and in his Spirit, which cannot lie.
Many blessing in the Name of our Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, blessings this season and always.