God and the doctor we alike adore
But only when in danger, not before;
The danger o'er, both are alike requited,
God is forgotten, and the Doctor slighted.
-John Owen
But only when in danger, not before;
The danger o'er, both are alike requited,
God is forgotten, and the Doctor slighted.
-John Owen
I have found that, in many ways, most people only go to God when they need help. When I need something, I pray; when I feel like I don't, I don't. It is something that shouldn't occur as I'm not really giving all of my heart, body, and soul to God if this is how I think and act. Psalm 18 is all about calling upon the LORD while in distress. Other chapters are about giving praise, but I always seem to rush to the Psalm that is about helping me, not praising him.
I know that I tend to make promises to God when I pray for something I desire, I then tend to break those promises within a day. I know that I'm not perfect and He knows that too, but I need to try harder!
I have always said "don't make someone a priority if you're only their option," would that give God the right to make me an option as opposed to His priority? I think it would. Therefore, to make someone a priority, you must give of your time and of yourself. While I have a busy life with school and work, I always found the time before to do something with someone else. Now that that distractions has gone, I can focus on other things and found that, while time is always a constraint, it is something that I have ample of, God willing. I might not be here for the remainder of this post or shortly thereafter, or I might not wake up tomorrow, or I could live until I'm way to freakin' old to do anything productive. One never knows when they will or won't have any time left, so if I make God my priority instead of my option, my life will be blessed and the things I do will be blessed.
Before I move to Tennessee, I want to ensure that my life is on the right track. I cannot say at this time that I have all the right answers, nor can I say that my life is going in the right direction, all I know is that God has put me on this path to learn and to grow. Thus, I will make the most of the time that God has given me on this Earth as His gift to us is the breathe that we take for granted everyday. The thing that we do without thinking about, but once it is taken from us, we are nothing.
To give God the time that I give doing other things like watching Glee, listening to music, watching movies, or doing extra homework, I could be so far along in my knowledge and understanding of God. I recognize that, as I randomly opened one of my quote books to the short poem at the beginning of this post, while it might have been fate or something else, I do this... I see it from many people, but I do this. I do it with almost everything I do. If I need help, guidance, or medication, I take it or use it until I feel better and then I stop. No harm no fowl, right? Wrong. I get it now...
In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: He heard my voice out of His temple, and my cry came before Him, even into His ears. - Psalm 18:6Most of us, including myself, seem to be "when I want to be" Christians, only doing what we are supposed to do when it fits us. Much like that of the Pharaoh in Egypt when he told Moses to tell God that he would let the people leave if God would stop the plagues. Even when God stopped the plagues, as Moses said he would have God do, the Pharaoh still would harden his heart and show that he wasn't true in what he spoke.
I know that I tend to make promises to God when I pray for something I desire, I then tend to break those promises within a day. I know that I'm not perfect and He knows that too, but I need to try harder!
I have always said "don't make someone a priority if you're only their option," would that give God the right to make me an option as opposed to His priority? I think it would. Therefore, to make someone a priority, you must give of your time and of yourself. While I have a busy life with school and work, I always found the time before to do something with someone else. Now that that distractions has gone, I can focus on other things and found that, while time is always a constraint, it is something that I have ample of, God willing. I might not be here for the remainder of this post or shortly thereafter, or I might not wake up tomorrow, or I could live until I'm way to freakin' old to do anything productive. One never knows when they will or won't have any time left, so if I make God my priority instead of my option, my life will be blessed and the things I do will be blessed.
Before I move to Tennessee, I want to ensure that my life is on the right track. I cannot say at this time that I have all the right answers, nor can I say that my life is going in the right direction, all I know is that God has put me on this path to learn and to grow. Thus, I will make the most of the time that God has given me on this Earth as His gift to us is the breathe that we take for granted everyday. The thing that we do without thinking about, but once it is taken from us, we are nothing.
To give God the time that I give doing other things like watching Glee, listening to music, watching movies, or doing extra homework, I could be so far along in my knowledge and understanding of God. I recognize that, as I randomly opened one of my quote books to the short poem at the beginning of this post, while it might have been fate or something else, I do this... I see it from many people, but I do this. I do it with almost everything I do. If I need help, guidance, or medication, I take it or use it until I feel better and then I stop. No harm no fowl, right? Wrong. I get it now...
1 comment:
Hello,
You have amazed me once again. Keep it up I can see God is doing a great work in you and for you. We will keep praying for you and always be there for you.
Love you
Your Stepmother
Yvonne
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