Lately I have been thinking of the busyness of my life and all the objects and daily routines that do not include God. Facebook, reading, movies, guys and just the normal aspects of my life have taken over. I have started reading the widely popular teen vampire novels by Stephenie Meyer- The Twilight Saga. Because it is such a page turner, I find that I replace my Bible with one of those books. I have let it encompass my thoughts while reading it, when I should be reading my Bible. I have fallen away from my daily devotions and even admit I have not been praying regularly or the way I should. I have set a goal to do my devotions daily, even if that means skipping a chapter of "Breaking Dawn" in order to read my Bible. I have also let Facebook consume alot of my time. I check it a ridiculously high number of times a day. Definitely way more than I check in with God. Not that Facebook is bad, it just takes up alot of my time. Compared to God, Facebook should be very low on my priority list for each day. "Hello God, you rang?"
Hungry, I come to You for I know You satisfy,
I am empty but I know Your love does not run dry;
And so I wait for you; so I wait for You...
I'm falling on my knees,
Offering all of me;
Jesus, You're all this heart is living for.
Broken, I run to You for Your arms are open wide,
I am weary, but I know Your touch restores my life;
And so I wait for you; so I wait for You...
Be still my heart. Emily, thank you for being so transparent. So vulnerable. Your timely message reminds me an old Aesop's Fable about the fox and the grapes. The old saying, derived from that fable, is "Don't let the little foxes spoil all the grapes." Take a second and read this:
ReplyDelete"The little fox has a keen sense of smell, and can hear little things that we rarely hear --like the rustling and scraping of a beetle beneath a few twigs and leaves-- and can also see things that we might overlook. Because of his fine senses, he can often live close to a farm where humans live, and never be seen by them. He always sees or hears them far in advance and can hide undetected before they get close enough to see or hear him. Because of this, many people regard the fox as quite a clever little fellow --he can come and go throughout the farmyard, taking things to eat, as though he were invisible.
He also knows how to deceive people and other animals. If he thinks someone is following his track, he might hop up on a fence and double back, then hop down and start a new trail. If a dog is following his scent, sometimes he will run up a tree, and then jump from a branch on to another tree leaping then to the ground and running away. The poor dog stops at the first tree but canÕt climb after the fox, so he waits there for the fox to come down, but the clever fellow has already run away. the fox can sometimes slip into the hen house so quietly while the chickens are roosting, that he can take a half dozen eggs before they realize he's there. If this little fox were a person, we would see him be so clever at fooling and deceiving people, that we would expect him to fool and deceive even himself sometimes. And this little fox is a swift and agile runner, swift enough to outrun the dog who may live in the yard near the grape arbor. This fox has come by the farm where the grapes grow because he could find no mice to eat --one of his favorite delicacies. Further, foxes like to stay in one small area, they do not venture into far territories like some animals, but stay within a neighborhood. This fox had been by the farm before, because he knew the farmer raised some rabbits there (another thing he loves to eat); but the farmer's dog was near the rabbit pen, so he dared not to come too close. Then he spied some grapes...."
There are so many sly distractions that snip away at the valuable parts of our lives. What a great lesson for us all. Great insight!