Its Him or Just Me

Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. Galatians 5:24 NIV

I've been distracted lately. A little tired. A little under the weather. And of course busy. Busy with life. Busy with getting by. Busy looking ahead. Never my mind on where I'm at, what I'm doing. I feel like I need Yoda to help bounce me back to reality. All the things I'm passionate about in this world seem to take hold over everythibg, keeping me from honoring my promise to God that I would write this every day as my way to get closer to Him. I'm a wordsmith so words come easy. At least on paper they do. This is my daily time with God and I've let this world get in the way.

Passions and desires aren't bad. We Christians sometimes view anything that can distract us from God as sin, but it's not that easy. Family, children, obligations...all these things are not bad but can be distracting. What we must do is find a way to get time to ourselves to let God speak with us. This is my time with Him. This is how He speaks to me. And I've missed Him. I hope He's missed me.

Because you see I'm not just this or that.  I'm a child of God. No matter what my day is like, no matter what I've screwed up, He will be there, waiting for me to come curl up in his arms and tell Him all about it. But I can't do that if I let all this get in the way all the time. That's when sin can enter. That's when it takes it's hold and uses you and makes you think you don't need God. Oh but we do. We need Him now more than ever.

I hope these words hold to your heart like they have mine. I've missed my time with Him. I think I'll curl up for a while and just listen to His voice.