I have discovered that the busier I get the less I talk to God.
I get up and do my stuff and those are the times that I talk to God and feel close to Him.
Then life gets busy with exciting things, like this play, and then I don't spend much time with Him.
The busy-ness becomes the thing that fulfills in an empty sort of way. The busy-ness keeps the mind off of what really needs to be thought of.
I'm not saying that people shouldn't pursue the things that please them, like being in a play or going for a jog; whatever. I am saying that we need to be living with our eyes wide open!
It's just that the last few days with the building enthusiasm with the theatrical production happening, the thoughts have been going towards what has been going on in our life.
The quiet moments are spent thinking about these thrilling events, and not in times of prayer and contemplation.
Today, as I zoomed out of the driveway towards play practice, I almost forgot to pray. We have a family tradition of praying before we leave the driveway; it's an awesome ritual. It forces us to stop and smell the beauty that God has placed right in front of us.
So, I almost forgot to pray when I was leaving the driveway, and I suddenly realized it and told the kids that even though life is so fun and exciting right now, that we still need to realize how awesome and beautiful and holy God is. We said a word of prayer to our great Lord and then went on our way.
In this time of driving there, I realized how easy it is to leave God behind. It's easy to say, "Aw, shucks, I can pray later."
It must be like this for the 'superstars', they pursue what is exciting and beautiful; what they don't realize is how easy it is to hold that in your hands, just by realizing how exciting and beautiful our God is.
And I can see the beauty of Christ in a play, and the children that are involved, and the adults that love the children, and the stagehands that smile when they see the kids. I can see Christ in the laughter that the play will bring into someone's lives. I can see the awesomeness of Christ; but only when I look through that looking glass.
If I thought that it was only caused by the people, then I would be missing half the joy of the show.
Thank you, Lord for your magnificent things you put all around us.
~B
I get up and do my stuff and those are the times that I talk to God and feel close to Him.
Then life gets busy with exciting things, like this play, and then I don't spend much time with Him.
The busy-ness becomes the thing that fulfills in an empty sort of way. The busy-ness keeps the mind off of what really needs to be thought of.
I'm not saying that people shouldn't pursue the things that please them, like being in a play or going for a jog; whatever. I am saying that we need to be living with our eyes wide open!
It's just that the last few days with the building enthusiasm with the theatrical production happening, the thoughts have been going towards what has been going on in our life.
The quiet moments are spent thinking about these thrilling events, and not in times of prayer and contemplation.
Today, as I zoomed out of the driveway towards play practice, I almost forgot to pray. We have a family tradition of praying before we leave the driveway; it's an awesome ritual. It forces us to stop and smell the beauty that God has placed right in front of us.
So, I almost forgot to pray when I was leaving the driveway, and I suddenly realized it and told the kids that even though life is so fun and exciting right now, that we still need to realize how awesome and beautiful and holy God is. We said a word of prayer to our great Lord and then went on our way.
In this time of driving there, I realized how easy it is to leave God behind. It's easy to say, "Aw, shucks, I can pray later."
It must be like this for the 'superstars', they pursue what is exciting and beautiful; what they don't realize is how easy it is to hold that in your hands, just by realizing how exciting and beautiful our God is.
And I can see the beauty of Christ in a play, and the children that are involved, and the adults that love the children, and the stagehands that smile when they see the kids. I can see Christ in the laughter that the play will bring into someone's lives. I can see the awesomeness of Christ; but only when I look through that looking glass.
If I thought that it was only caused by the people, then I would be missing half the joy of the show.
Thank you, Lord for your magnificent things you put all around us.
~B
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