Life has been going great. Friday night I went to a concert in Nashville with some friends. Saturday I woke up mid afternoon, went on a 6 mile walk with Derrick, and then watched the Sandlot with some friends. Sunday went to church then spent the day with Derrick in Lawrenceburg at his grandparents. Yesterday woke up, read my Bible, went to work, watched the WKU game, and then... Life didn't go as I had planned. My whole weekend had gone great. It was filled with fun times with the people I love, but I forgot about the most important person in my life. His name is Jesus. Usually he is the center of my life, but for some reason I did not feel a need to include Him.
Last night nothing tragic happened, just little things...
After an hour of being "Nancy Negative", I got home only to realize how selfish I was and self reliant I had been. On Sunday at church Jody spoke about Peter denying Jesus in Mark 14:66-72. "I do not know this man of whom you speak of." Last night I was convicted, I had denied the one whom I love the most.
This morning I woke up and listened to a sermon that talked about being ready for the return of Jesus. Recently in classes it has been the talk of the world ending soon and I never really let it penetrate that it really could. We don't know when it will happen, but it could happen at any time. We need to be ready.
"Therefore,stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into. Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect." Matthew 24:42-44
I can not live ONE day slacking off. Thank goodness for God's amazing grace and the power of the Holy Spirit to lead my life in truth.
" Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace. And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him, as he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures. You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, take care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own stability. But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen."
2 Peter 3:14-18
Breaks are always good for the Lord to bring my life back to focus.
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