Forgetfulness.

During devotionals today, I was reading Psalm 78; the story of my life.

In the 72 verses of this psalm, the tale of forgetfulness is told. It talks about the people of God who, despite seeing the miraculous and wonderful works of the Lord, continue to fall away from Him. Even though they saw the waters parting, manna coming from the sky, and water springing from rocks in the wilderness, they continue to sin "still more against him."And it always takes a hard fall and the "wrath of God" to bring his people back to Him, and even then "...they flattered him with their mouths; they lied to him with their tongues. Their heart was not steadfast toward him; they were not faithful to his covenant." (v.36-37).

This has absolutely convicted me. Yes, I'm guilty of always forgetting the goodness of God, and many times replacing Him with the idols of friendships, football, and even my ministries. Maybe it's time to start back at square one, to remember the goodness of God in everything and to glorify Him with each part of my life.

"He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes and comes not again"
We get one chance to live our life, lets not forget that.

Walking by the Spirit.

It's funny how when we reach the end of each year, we think to ourselves that it was the best year of memories and growth in our entire lives, only to think the same thing the next year.
With the last days of 2010 on count down, I've had quite a bit of time to reflect on this past year. With the usual ups and downs of the typical year, and the memories held to the year twenty-ten, I'm thankful for where God has taken me. Even though I can't say for certain that I've reached my life's lowest this past year, I can definitely see the the redemption by God's grace and mercy in my life.
I was reading in my devotionals today, in the book of Galatians chapter 5:
"walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh...but the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control"
I came to the realization of how poorly I've been walking "by the Spirit" and how easily I fall into the sins of pride.
I asked the Lord to challenge me this break, and up until now, it's seemed like a walk in the park. But now... I'm definitely being challenged, I want to do the right thing the right way, but it's just too unclear.

Sorry... I know this post has been all over the place. But please pray for me!

Winter break!

Whew, another quarter gone by just like that. I'm excited for this break for many reasons, one being that I can spend time with my family. Staying down in SD a lot more this quarter, I miss chilling with my brother, my mom, and especially my dogs. Another thing I'm looking forward to is getting to hang out with home friends, because I feel like I've distanced myself a lot these past few months, and I'm looking forward to catching up with people. But the biggest thing that I am looking forward to is being challenged in my walk with the Lord.

I want to be challenged to go deeper.