Showing posts with label devotions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label devotions. Show all posts

Monday, June 2, 2008

Now What?

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"Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. -James 1:27

What does this MEAN? What do I actually DO? It's all well and good to read about what God considers "religion" to be...but do I actually do anything about it? Sure, I am busy, isn't everyone. But what service do I actually do?

I do work with teenagers at church, trying to help them grow in their faith (or in some cases, find it) but beyond the day-to-day grind of homeschool, parenting, keeping house and managing everything, there is little time left over. I barely have time to schedule my things. It is embarrassing if I told you how long it has been since I have had a physical... everything else seems to come first. But I digress. We aren't talking about me, we are talking about service. Funny how it always comes back to "me."I'm working on that.

Lord, please show me opportunities to serve. Wake me up. Help me see the people around me, and make it a priority. Please give me the ability to manage my time, and do something good.

T, who is a pretty selfish person with time, but I am working on it

Sunday, June 1, 2008

Why is this here?

I wanted to have a place to "land" in my too busy life, a place where I can be safe and authentic in my faith. I knew that I would actually stick to my devotions if I started blogging them. I am all about being an ordinary radical. I want to ask the tough questions. What does it mean to be a follower of Jesus, vs. a "Christian?" What is culture vs. bare bones lover of Jesus? If I really love Him, what would that look like? I have a family, I have responsibilities. I can't just drop everything and go to India to hang out with lepers. A pastor once said, "If you want to know what God's will is for your life...eat what's on your plate." I have never forgotten that.

So, I do. I am who I am, and hopefully who he is making me. If you want to come on this journey, I would love to share it with you. Maybe together, we might learn something.

In Him, T, who really does love the Lord