"And they spent all of their time in the Temple, praising God." - Luke 24:53 NLT


And we only spend 13% of our time with God...if that.


Why is it that we put so many other things before God?  He is the first thing we cut out when our lives start to get busy.  But He is what we need the most.


All of us can't go to church all day long and just pray and worship, but we can talk to God throughout the day.


"...pray continually..." - 1 Thessalonians 5:17


Often times, I forget to pray during the day.  I get too caught up in my activities (school, work...) that I forget to talk to the One who created me and loves me more then I could ever imagine.


God wants all of us, our whole hearts.  He may call some of us to become nuns or monks and literally spend 'all [our] time in the Temple praising God.'  But not everyone is called to that kind of life.  


But we can spend all our time with God.  We can spend specific amounts of time studying the Bible, we can pray throughout the day, we can reflect, we can serve, we can repeat memorized verses, we can thanks God for His beautiful creation, we can be Jesus to those around us, we can dedicate whatever we do to God, the list goes on and on.


In the car is the perfect time to God.  Alone and stuck with nothing to do for minutes on end, this is a great opportunity to talk to God.  I've had some great conversations with God when I was driving.  So turn off the music and talk to God.  Or listen and let Him talk to you.

"What does this earth matter?  Endure it and share the good news.  Show love to all people.  Ask the Lord to help you overcome you sins.  Ask forgiveness when you fall.  Obey and serve God.


Heaven will be so much better.  What is a little suffering compared to the glories of heaven? What is some mocking here when you get to spend e t e r n i t y with your Lord, the God Almighty, King Over All, Creator, Master, Sustainer, Lover, King of Kings and Lord of Lords?


Like a moment compared to 10,000 generations is our time on earth compared to the time we will spend in heaven.  Heaven is limitless.  There is no time there.  Heaven goes on forever and ever.  Eternity spent with my Lord and Savior.  Such a thing I cannot imagine.  My mind cannot grasp hold of it.  To wonderful for me; to large for me to comprehend.
But oh the joy there will be in that place after we have overcome this life.


Looking around my room, I realize that none of the stuff I have matters.  It will all be gone.  So what do I want to put my time into? Making money (which won't last) and accumulating more stuff?  It's all worthless.  Relationships are what matter.  People are important. What makes a difference and what really counts for something is how you treat others and if you are willing to touch others' lives.  This could mean personal sacrifices or going out of your way or doing something you are afraid of.  But out of all the things in this life, that's the thing that will make a difference in the next.


So live, love and serve.  And don't be afraid to jump, cause if you do, God's gonna catch you and carry you through."
~ Anonymous

Yeah....

Yeah, I haven't been blogging much recently.  If you follow my purity blog, then for you I've been posting a lot. ;) 


Here's something exciting: I finished the practice exam today.  Yipee!  I was so happy.  I thought it would be really terrible but it actually wasn't.  I think I did OK.  At least I hope I did.  It will be helpful to see where my strengths and weaknesses lay.  It's nice that we still have over a month to prepare.  I think we should all do very well.


And that's all for now.  I promise I will finish blogging about Honduras soon.  I'll probably do a brief summary instead of going day by day.