the Truth in our hearts.....

Ok....so this morning I was driving to work, excited about it being a half day at the elementary school.  I had plans for after 11:30.......plans to finish up some shopping for my oldest girl, find a birthday gift for my almost 13 year old, and bake, do cards, laundry, cook, get her from her after-school rehearsal, finish planning the xmas party we're hosting this weekend, catch up on emails,  and do some reading.

And as I was thinking of this long "to do" list....I started to become discouraged.

Discouraged because I was no different than any other suburban mom running around like crazy before the holidays....where was CHRIST in my day?? Where was the time for meditation, hearing His Voice, doing His work, spending time with the Lover of my soul??  I felt so fragmented...out of sorts...doubtful.....

and then this song came on the radio. Listen and watch. 

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU SCROLL DOWN AND PAUSE MY PLAYLIST BEFORE WATCHING THE VIDEO....you can find the playlist on bottom right.

 And wow....the lyrics really hit me.

We are under fire.  Satan would LOVE for us to get side-tracked this season....to not remember the real reason we celebrate this season.  He would love for us to not spend time with our Savior and Redeemer....the world wants us to spend, shop, splurge, run around like crazy, doubt.........


There's nothing wrong with buying gifts or decorating for Christmas...there's nothing wrong with helping to make our loved ones feel special; there's nothing wrong with trying to get things done........


  It becomes wrong when the worldliness takes the place of Truth.....the Truth of the Savior....the Truth that there is more to life than running around like crazy trying to create the "perfect" holiday.


I realized I needed to seek the Lord's forgiveness in not putting Him first today.  In not trusting Him to work out the details of my life right now.


So instead of trying to run all those errands on my to do list, I chose 3 things.  And in the extra time I had, I turned to my devotional book and just like God does....He spoke to me the perfect words for this day, 7 December.  The devo is from Jesus Calling.  Today's entry was all about how Jesus is with us in all that we do....even the mundane things.  How we will feel fragmented when our awareness of Him begins to stumble.  


No wonder I was feeling a bit emptied earlier today!  I wasn't filling my thoughts with Him....nor looking steadily at Him for all the minutes in my day.
I was beginning to just be like any other working mom....running around like crazy, trying to get reams of things done, pushing myself, not giving Him time.....not remembering the Truth of Who he is.


We are to fix our gaze on Him.....He is unseen.....while our world goes quickly by us....all the things we can see and touch.....He is there.....UNSEEN.......but we can know He is there when  we look towards Him.....we can't see Him with our earthly eyes....but we can know His Presence.....by faith....the Truth of Who He is.....

"we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen.  For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal."

  2 Corinthians 4:18

What are you looking at today??


Do you know Who holds you?


our souls are under fire..........


.........but we know the Truth in our hearts.........