I've always wondered why it is that spending time with God is one of the first things we eliminate from our schedules when we get "too busy". I know that I myself am so terribly guilty of this. I find that I am just too busy to sit down and spend time with God, learning about Him, talking to Him, and listening to Him. However, would I miss an episode of my favorite TV show?? I think NOT!!! The world would have to implode before I allowed that.
Obviously, this is not only NOT what God wants for us, it's down-right tragic! How silly it seems when I really think about it. TV show or God? Reading a book or God? Extra half hour of sleep or God? Seriously, this should not be that difficult!
I think we need to be refocused on what's truly important. It's so easy to let our priorities get out of whack. I know that an excuse I frequently use is..."I've worked all day and then I have to come home to take care of our child and cook dinner, I deserve to do what I want." Why is it that my first choice is not spending time with God. I realize (and I think God does too) that we all have different interests and we all like to lose our minds in a good TV show or a good book, but there has to be that balance. What better reason is there to give God your time.
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Monday, April 2, 2007
Thursday, February 1, 2007
God Provides
"Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness,a nd all these things shall be added to you. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. (Matthew 6:31-34)
God amazes me more everyday. Once again God has showed me that He is faithful.
God amazes me more everyday. Once again God has showed me that He is faithful.
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
The Need To Be Authentic
au·then·tic·i·ty
–noun the quality of being authentic; genuineness. (Taken from Dictionary.Com)
"You see, authentic faith, faith that helps us face everyday living and gives us hope forever, is strengthened when we read God’s love letter to the human race: the Bible." (Taken from Better Living: Thoughts From Mark Daniels)
"He replied, "If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it will obey you. (Luke 17:6)
My entire life I have led a Christian life because that was all I had been exposed to. My "Godly" thoughts and actions were merely motions that I went through because that was how I had been taught. It's sort of like brushing your teeth. It's one of those mindless things you do each day because everyone says that it's good for you. As a result, I eventually pushed away all that I had known and for nearly 5 years, I tried to do things my way. I didn't feel that my "faith" was truly my own. I felt it was my church's and my family's, but not mine.
Within the last year, I have come to a point in my life where I really felt that God was calling me back. I have felt a tug on my heart that just wouldn't be shaken. As a result, I am now looking to God to show me the way to live an authentic Christian life. I want to depend on God and learn more about Him and live in a way that honors Him. I want it to be about God and me and I don't want it to be because someone else said I should or that it's good for me or even that it's the "right thing" to do.
Being a control freak and worry wart by nature, this has not been an easy journey and frankly, I have not always been very committed to it. I have a hard time giving up that control and relying on God to sustain me. The more I think about it though, the more I realize that it's time... Time to give up control...Time to make changes... Time to truly make my faith my own.
I have to be honest with you. I'm not sure where this journey is going to take me and I certainly have no idea how this should be done, but I do know that it is what I want and what God wants and because of that, I know my journey will be a successful one.
"To be poor in spirit means to be unable to face life, death, or eternity on own. We’re all poor in spirit. Happy people acknowledge it and let God fill their emptiness." (Taken from Better Living: Thoughts From Mark Daniels)
"My soul thirsts for God, for the living God." (Psalm 42:2a)
–noun the quality of being authentic; genuineness. (Taken from Dictionary.Com)
"You see, authentic faith, faith that helps us face everyday living and gives us hope forever, is strengthened when we read God’s love letter to the human race: the Bible." (Taken from Better Living: Thoughts From Mark Daniels)
"He replied, "If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it will obey you. (Luke 17:6)
My entire life I have led a Christian life because that was all I had been exposed to. My "Godly" thoughts and actions were merely motions that I went through because that was how I had been taught. It's sort of like brushing your teeth. It's one of those mindless things you do each day because everyone says that it's good for you. As a result, I eventually pushed away all that I had known and for nearly 5 years, I tried to do things my way. I didn't feel that my "faith" was truly my own. I felt it was my church's and my family's, but not mine.
Within the last year, I have come to a point in my life where I really felt that God was calling me back. I have felt a tug on my heart that just wouldn't be shaken. As a result, I am now looking to God to show me the way to live an authentic Christian life. I want to depend on God and learn more about Him and live in a way that honors Him. I want it to be about God and me and I don't want it to be because someone else said I should or that it's good for me or even that it's the "right thing" to do.
Being a control freak and worry wart by nature, this has not been an easy journey and frankly, I have not always been very committed to it. I have a hard time giving up that control and relying on God to sustain me. The more I think about it though, the more I realize that it's time... Time to give up control...Time to make changes... Time to truly make my faith my own.
I have to be honest with you. I'm not sure where this journey is going to take me and I certainly have no idea how this should be done, but I do know that it is what I want and what God wants and because of that, I know my journey will be a successful one.
"To be poor in spirit means to be unable to face life, death, or eternity on own. We’re all poor in spirit. Happy people acknowledge it and let God fill their emptiness." (Taken from Better Living: Thoughts From Mark Daniels)
"My soul thirsts for God, for the living God." (Psalm 42:2a)
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