today i learned a valuable lesson. too bad i learned it the hard way, and that it took me 2 weeks to figure it out, but here it is:
don't get too comfortable with your life. i know it sounds weird but it's true. im not saying don't be happy, or don't have peace, or don't like your life, im just saying don't get too comfortable. Why? becasue if you're a Christian this world isn't your real home. Heaven is. and if you start getting too comfortable with your life on earth something is going to have to happen to make you really uncomfortable. i honestly can't tell you if the Bible says this, or if i just heard it during a sermon or a talk with someone, but i do know that we won't ever be totally satisfied on this earth becasue it is not where we are supposed to be. We're supposed to be like "aliens in a foreign country". Lately i have been getting waaay too comfortable. i was settling into my routine life.
wake-up. get dressed. eat breakfast. do devo's. go to school. come home. go to work (or dinner and watch tv). go to bed.
maybe i'd see my friends or read a book or go to youth depending on the day, but that was pretty much it. and i didn't care. i was happy. i had a great relationship with my family, good friends, and for the first time a really amazing relationship with God. and i got used ot everything being "just dandy". i got too comfortable. so for the past 3 weeks God has been trying to get my attention. and im sitting there some nights and i start to think... something's misisng. but what? i have god, i have friends, i have family, i even have a boyfriend... what the heck, what could possibly be wrong? then today i was thinking... when's the last time i got passionate about something like the homeless, or donated money to BWM, or did something totally random for God? it's been a while. i got so caught up in my rountine and my studying, that i missed out on the real part of the Christian life. yea, studying God's word is important, but living in his presence is sooo much more important and probably brings a bit of a bigger smile to his face. (in my opinion). you can't just sit there in your comfy life chair doing nothing. you have to put yourself out there and take a chance and do something radical. This earth isn't where im supposed to be. that doesn't mean i can't have fun, or be happy, but it does mean that i should be focusing on my real home. so don't get too comfortable here, cuz a little bit of akwardness now is worth the eternal warmth your goign to feel when you get to Heaven someday.
p.s. the reason i tell you all this when it seems sort of personal? because when God does something amazing in your life, it's not something you hide and keep to yourself. you tell other people so that they can share your joy and maybe even learn from your mistakes. sometimes you have to open up so that you can help other people. that's what the psychologist in me thinks.
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