a bit from Romans

"But make sure that you don't get so absorbed and exhausted in taking care of all your day to day obligations that you lose track of the time and doze off, oblivious to God. the night is about over, dawn is about to break. be up and awake to what God is doing! God is putting the finishing touches on the salvation work he began when we first believed. we cant afford to miss a minute, must not squander these precious daylight hours in frivolity and indulgence, in sleeping around and dissipation, in bickering and grabbing everything in sight. get out of bed and get dressed! don't loiter and linger, waiting until the very last minute. dress yourselves in Christ, and be up and about!" Romans 13:11-14 the message

isn't that just amazing? love the message and the simplicity of the words.

absorbed so much in my day to day that i actually have the nerve to pray to God about my job, my bills or my selfish impulses. didn't pray for his guidance in my kingdom life, just asked that he would give me direction on ...

find it pathetic that we ask for this and for that but we seldom ask that God direct us to save a soul daily. never mention in our sacred prayer time the homeless guy begging under the overpass, the single mom struggling to feed her kids, the druggie that's only hope is Christ.

we miss opportunities to dress ourselves in Christ and be up and about. the words of the above verse ring truly, night is over, dawn is about to break.

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"truth is a demure lady, much too ladylike to knock you on the head and drag you to her cave. she is there, but the people must want her and seek her out." William F. Buckley, Jr.