Ok, I think I’m going to start just about every post with the phrase “Let’s Get Real”. It has a tendency to put me in the right frame of mind if I actually write it. So don’t be surprised if you see it pop up several times.
Today I have a lot on my mind. There are several things I want to talk about and I want to pick the right one for today. So let’s talk about what God has been sharing with me today. (That sounded about bit churchy…sorry). The past couple of days I’ve been reading a new book by John and Stasi Eldredge called Captivating. To say this is a great book that every woman should read, especially if you have little girls, is the understatement of the century. I could just write and write about everything I’m learning, but today I am going to share my revelation.
As I have mentioned previously, I’ve been reading the proverb of the day. Today I read Proverb 7. Proverb 7 talks about the young naive man who is enticed by the adulteress woman. As I began to journal I started to think about how it’s not only men who are enticed away from what God has for there life, but women as well. Now this is where the book comes in. The book talks about the story and plan that God has for women and what He wants to unfold. What caught me is, when they talked about how woman can hide. Let me explain. As a woman, I struggle with the feeling that I am a huge fraud. I mean I pretty much have it together on the outside, I wear nice clothes, my hair and makeup are always done, and I serve in my church, but if you came over to my house you would see a disaster area. I’m not a great housekeeper, wish I would have inherited that from my mother (she keeps a spotless house). I feel like a failure in a lot of areas. Sure I’m good at stuff, but stuff doesn’t mean much in the long run. I live sometimes afraid that someone is going to discover this about me…that I don’t have it all together. Well, let me clue you in here, most of us don’t. Well, due to this fact I have a tendency to hide, afraid of being found out. There are several places I hide and have hidden in the past and some of these may sound familiar. I have hidden in television shows, captivated by the story that is unfolding for the people in whatever drama series or reality tv show. I hide in my duties. I have an infant or now a toddler. We have certain nap times or schedules and can’t make it to playgroup or lunch with a friend. I hide in books or movies, escaping into whatever romance or adventure the characters may be embarking upon. It’s easy to hide and it makes us feel good. We may call it a guilty pleasure or that it helps us unwind. All of this may be true, but the question is not if it is okay to do these things, but what are these things causing us to miss. It goes back to being really intentional.
As a woman I was created for relationship. Relationship with my spouse, daughter, family and friends. However, most importantly I was created for a relationship with God. God’s heart at it’s very depth LONGS for a relationship with us, so why are we not seeking that. It is my greatest need as a woman, for relationship, I have God waiting to fill my every need, and I just want to drowned the world out in whatever program is on my DVR. Man, I feel like I’ve missed it big time.
So what now??? Now I really have to pray and ask God “WHAT?”. What do I need to give up for a real relationship with Him. I want a story, a legacy, that will live on in generations to come. How can that happen if I’m not being intentional…if I’m not willing to give up whatever He may ask in order that I might have all that He has to give? Would we give up our favorite TV show, book series, movies, or music if He asked? Would I give that up with a CHEERFULL heart? If not why? Am I so dependent on the pretense and drama of other’s fake lives that I would willfully miss out on the story and drama that GOD has to unfold in my own life? No one is going to remember who was with whom on Grey’s Anatomy, or if Jacob or Edward won Bella’s heart in the Twilight series, in 50-100 years, but what will be remembered is the kind of woman, wife, mother, daughter, sister, and friend I was. We need to be very cautious that we don’t live life with a mindset of what am I getting out of it, but of what we are able to give to the lives of those around us. BE INTENTIONAL!!!
1 Corinthians 6:12 (New Living Translation)
You say, “I am allowed to do anything”-but not everything is good for you. And even though “I am allowed to do anything,” I must not become a slave to anything.
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