Today's post...my first "official" post is about the sermon at Fairmount Christian Church in Mechanicsville, VA. If you have Time...listen to the sermon at the church's website sometime. These are just my views on the sermon...not in anyway reflecting anyone else's opinions...just a disclaimer JIC.
Joe and Mr. T (you'll get it if you heard the sermon) did a great job sermonizing about Time today. It's something we all talk about...and mostly complain about. I know in one week I probably say "I don't have enough Time" at least 100 times.
Joe said that we all need to slow down. A simple statement...but it made me realize how much I've rushed through my entire life. Starting in second grade I was thinking about college...getting good grades to get into college and saving money to be able to afford college. What did it get me? I got into a great school....and I accumulated $20k in debt. It also made me miss out on lots of things...I couldn't hang out as much with friends because I was working 2-5 jobs in high school. I don't remember a lot of things from high school because I was always busy with something else.
Well, then I went to college....on the 3 year plan...I had a plan and it involved lots of school...get a year ahead...why not? So the first 2 years...I worked and went to school....had some friends, but never really slowed down to have any fun...the third year...I finally stopped working (off campus) and tried to enjoy my final year at Emory & Henry College. It was the first time in my life that I ever remember slowing down...but I was still had more courses than a full load, joined a sorority (♥ Delta Pi!!), became a student senator, wrote for the college paper, worked on campus as a tutor for 2 classes, and worked the alumni phone drive....where was the Time?
I planned on medical school...that's why I rushed through...didn't have enough Time to study...didn't do well...ended up in grad school....couldn't find work...didn't want to be a doctor anymore (only took me 15 years to figure that out)....went to nursing school (an accelerated program, of course)....and where did that put me? if I had gone to medical school, I would have graduated 6 months before I ended up graduating from nursing school...all that rushing for nearly 20 years and I finished 6 months later than I would have if I had stayed on track...ironic? maybe?
So that all went through my head fairly quickly...takes a lot more Time to type it out. So now Joe is sermonizing about the Time we give to God....whoa...I didn't metion God at all in that tirade about rushing through things. Where was God during all this? Well, He was there....but I never slowed down enough to listen. I remember the first Time God called to me. I was 10 years old at vacation Bible school at my g-ma's church. I tried to tell someone, but somewhere a long the way, I guess I got distracted....
The next time I really remember God, basically yelling at me at this point...I was in graduate school in Norfolk. I was "officially" on my own...separated from my family be distance, finanacially, everything...I was a grown-up. God not only yelled for me, but I yearned for Him....I still didn't make Time...I became depressed and fatigued. It was not a good Time in my life....I wonder if I had made more Time for Him...if I would have better memories of that Time.
I FINALLY started making a little Time for God when I lived in Indiana...I found a friend who made Time for Him during her busy life...and I followed by example. It wasn't much, but I gave God more Time than I had ever in my life.
What took so long for me to listen to God and to give him my Time. My Time that is really His Time to begin with?! What is so important that I can't take Time to be with and talk to and thank my Lord & Savior? Why have I been so naive and so selfish to think my Time is more important than His? Why is watching hours of TV justifiable, but taking minutes to share myself with my Father too much to ask for? It's not, there is no excuse, there is nothing more important. So today, I started this Blog (you can get the history from the first post) because it's my promise to spend more Time with God. I hope to bring more Time with God not only into my life as an individual, but in my marriage. James is the person who brought me closest to God in the first place...so why aren't we giving God more Time in our marriage?
Today is the day I stop asking "Why?" Today is the day that I make a promise and start living up to it. Today, I promise to myself, and more importantly to God...that I will slow down and give God more Time.
He prayed,“O Lord, God of Israel, there is no God like you in all of heaven and earth. You keep your covenant and show unfailing love to all who walk before you in wholehearted devotion. :2 Chronicles 6:14
Joe and Mr. T (you'll get it if you heard the sermon) did a great job sermonizing about Time today. It's something we all talk about...and mostly complain about. I know in one week I probably say "I don't have enough Time" at least 100 times.
Joe said that we all need to slow down. A simple statement...but it made me realize how much I've rushed through my entire life. Starting in second grade I was thinking about college...getting good grades to get into college and saving money to be able to afford college. What did it get me? I got into a great school....and I accumulated $20k in debt. It also made me miss out on lots of things...I couldn't hang out as much with friends because I was working 2-5 jobs in high school. I don't remember a lot of things from high school because I was always busy with something else.
Well, then I went to college....on the 3 year plan...I had a plan and it involved lots of school...get a year ahead...why not? So the first 2 years...I worked and went to school....had some friends, but never really slowed down to have any fun...the third year...I finally stopped working (off campus) and tried to enjoy my final year at Emory & Henry College. It was the first time in my life that I ever remember slowing down...but I was still had more courses than a full load, joined a sorority (♥ Delta Pi!!), became a student senator, wrote for the college paper, worked on campus as a tutor for 2 classes, and worked the alumni phone drive....where was the Time?
I planned on medical school...that's why I rushed through...didn't have enough Time to study...didn't do well...ended up in grad school....couldn't find work...didn't want to be a doctor anymore (only took me 15 years to figure that out)....went to nursing school (an accelerated program, of course)....and where did that put me? if I had gone to medical school, I would have graduated 6 months before I ended up graduating from nursing school...all that rushing for nearly 20 years and I finished 6 months later than I would have if I had stayed on track...ironic? maybe?
So that all went through my head fairly quickly...takes a lot more Time to type it out. So now Joe is sermonizing about the Time we give to God....whoa...I didn't metion God at all in that tirade about rushing through things. Where was God during all this? Well, He was there....but I never slowed down enough to listen. I remember the first Time God called to me. I was 10 years old at vacation Bible school at my g-ma's church. I tried to tell someone, but somewhere a long the way, I guess I got distracted....
The next time I really remember God, basically yelling at me at this point...I was in graduate school in Norfolk. I was "officially" on my own...separated from my family be distance, finanacially, everything...I was a grown-up. God not only yelled for me, but I yearned for Him....I still didn't make Time...I became depressed and fatigued. It was not a good Time in my life....I wonder if I had made more Time for Him...if I would have better memories of that Time.
I FINALLY started making a little Time for God when I lived in Indiana...I found a friend who made Time for Him during her busy life...and I followed by example. It wasn't much, but I gave God more Time than I had ever in my life.
What took so long for me to listen to God and to give him my Time. My Time that is really His Time to begin with?! What is so important that I can't take Time to be with and talk to and thank my Lord & Savior? Why have I been so naive and so selfish to think my Time is more important than His? Why is watching hours of TV justifiable, but taking minutes to share myself with my Father too much to ask for? It's not, there is no excuse, there is nothing more important. So today, I started this Blog (you can get the history from the first post) because it's my promise to spend more Time with God. I hope to bring more Time with God not only into my life as an individual, but in my marriage. James is the person who brought me closest to God in the first place...so why aren't we giving God more Time in our marriage?
Today is the day I stop asking "Why?" Today is the day that I make a promise and start living up to it. Today, I promise to myself, and more importantly to God...that I will slow down and give God more Time.
He prayed,“O Lord, God of Israel, there is no God like you in all of heaven and earth. You keep your covenant and show unfailing love to all who walk before you in wholehearted devotion. :2 Chronicles 6:14
