Excuses

My how time flies! I can't believe it has been almost 3 months since I last posted. Well I am back and hopefully this time I will stay on track. Alot of you have contacted me by email and some in person asking me where are the blogs....Sorry to all of you.

I have been thinking and praying over the last couple of days for God to light the fire in me to get back started here. He laid this devotion on my heart and I thought I would share it with you all. Seems to be a great way to start back......since I have been gone from here for so long!

Hope you enjoy!

Excuses

“And now, children, stay with Christ. Live deeply in Christ. Then we’ll be ready for Him when He appears, ready to receive Him with open arms, with no cause for red-face guilt or lame EXCUSES when He arrives.” 1 John 2:28-29 MSG


When I started my blog, which seems like so long ago, I told myself I was going to do it everyday. Deep down I new it would be a challenge, but it was one I was willing to embrace with open arms. I think I was hoping to at least get to it 3 or 4 days a week. Well like so many other things in life, daily chores and living take the place of those things that are truly important.

I know that I struggle so much to keep on track, and often finding myself making excuses to cover what I call “my own lazy nature.” You know what I am talking about. That voice that says, “one more day won’t hurt anything.” When in reality you know that the chances of that tomorrow never really come. We all live on such a fast paced life and try to fit so much into our cramped schedules. And the thing that hit me this morning like a ton of bricks is how many of those things will matter in God’s eyes.

That is when I started reading and came across the verse that I shared earlier. Excuses are just that….a way out. A way to make our laziness ok. When truthfully all those things that we are putting in front of the things that really matter are just taking up space.

Now don’t get me wrong, there are definitely things that we must get done in the day to make life work, but how many times do you make excuses and bypass your quiet time with God. I find myself hitting snooze to many times or laying on the couch watching the tube when I could be spending priceless time in the word or talking one on one with my Savior. And what is it that I repeatedly do…make excuses.

It is like it becomes a routine of laziness. The devil works on me in this way. I get lazy and he climbs on board the train. But God tells us there is another way. Stay with Him and live DEEPLY IN CHRIST!

Don’t be a couch potato…vow with me to put forth the time and let our excellent work speak loudly and convincingly for itself.