Pss. 131:1 “Lord my heart is not haughty, nor my eyes lofty;
neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things to high for me.”
Time for me to focus or should I say RE-focus. Here lately
I’ve been focused on what I deem the ‘wrong’ things in life and not focusing on
the God things in life. We missed last Sunday’s service and I desperately
NEEDED this Sunday’s service.
Saturday the 14ths storm left me so tired with the inability
to sleep, the next day I could hardly move. But we went out and cleaned up the
debris anyway. Any time I miss even ONE Sunday, the rest of the week is a fog.
I feel lost and unable to focus. No internet brought things into focus for me.
I often wonder how people get by in life with just living day by day, reading
and believing when there is such a fountainful of beauty awaiting them in some
church somewhere out there.
When we miss a church service the rest of the week becomes a
blur. Sure I wake in the morning, continue with my bible reading, pray for the
ones in need (and there ARE many) and have our bible reading before bed, but
the week becomes a series of going through the motions and not doing anything
actively to change. Then when a Sunday service comes along, I come home
rejuvenated NEEDING to write, loving to read, feeling life in a whole new way.
Then there’s the weather. I love a rainy day and cloud cover
but summer brings heat, bugs and the inability to move. I don’t know why but
the heat just gets to me. I throw myself a pity party with no one the wiser.
“She sounds good, so she must BE good.” If only they knew. I watch as so many
of my friends are suffering much worse than I am and they endure, so why can’t
* I * endure?
Because one Sunday of missed church service has me feeling
sorry for myself. With service I coast through the week, shrugging off my pain
and disability. It’s that simple. I need to focus on the God things in life and
the internet is not a God thing.
I watch as my Christian friends refocus on God things and
suddenly things begin to happen. Good things! GOD things. They know what I’m
talking about. Much needed jobs appear, parties go on without dramatic events,
dramatic events take a turn for the better, and just those sorts of things.
I watch as my semi-christian friends go on reading and
believing. Semi-Christian you ask? What’s that? It’s where people call
themselves Christians but do nothing but read and believe. Sorry folks, there’s
much more to being a Christian than just calling yourself a Christian.
Do any of you know of this quote?
“Just because you go to church doesn't mean you're a
Christian. I can go sit in the garage all day and it doesn't make me a
car” ~ Joyce Meyer
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