The last week or so has been a difficult week. Not so much has happened, just everything has been difficult. Trying to schedule all that needs to be done in a day, keeping the girls on track with school, getting things done at the office, just normal daily stuff, even getting out of bed each morning and getting to bed each night at a decent hour has been a struggle. This is what I call "doing life on my own". I haven't been in the Word in about a week. Everyday, I say, "I have got to get up in the morning and have my time with the Lord", and every morning I am beat, dead dog tired and don't get up. Why am I so tired? Because I don't go to bed early enough. Why don't I go to bed early enough? Because I am watching TV or reading a book or doing some other "lame sauce" thing (this is one of my teenagers favorite terms) that fills my time, or wastes it...however you want to look at it.
My life this past week has been a reflection of my time with Father God or rather a reflection of my time "WITHOUT" Father God.. This is a perfect picture for me of the difference between a life of drudgery and an "ABUNDANT LIFE".
A few years back...okay maybe more than a few, I saw an example that just blew me away. Maybe you have seen it, but I still think it is a good reminder for all of us. My husbands uncle had a quart jar, 3 large walnuts and about 4 cups of rice. The jar represented a person. The rice represented all the things in that persons life, work, spouse, children, friends, church, etc. And the walnuts represented the Father, Son & Holy Spirit. First, he put all the rice in the jar and then proceeded to try and put the walnuts in.....wasn't going to happen. There was no room for the walnuts with all that rice in there. But then he took the rice out, put the walnuts in first and then poured the rice in....IT ALL FIT! Everything went in and he didn't even have to force anything. This shows that if we put Christ first in our lives, everything else will fall into place as it should.
Father God, I don't want to do life without you. I know that I have been filling my time with other things and it is causing me to "pull away". Not because I want to, but because I am putting other things first. You are my strength, my rock, You are my light and my peace. You are my joy. You provide everything for me. All I have to do is receive it. Thank you!
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