"OH MY FORGETFUL SOUL, awake from thy wandering dream; turn from chasing vanities, look inward, forward, upward, view thyself, reflect upon thyself, who and what thou art, why here, what thou art, why here, what thou must soon be."
I would like to say I wrote the above quote, I didn't, but it is one thing I am certainly in tune with. I have realized that in my fast from facebook that it was so time consuming. If I had nothing to do it would be my default plan and position. I just started volunteering again at artworks and will be there once a week on Fridays to help assist classes or teach them. I also started volunteering with my church for food distribution on Thursday mornings (Benevolence). This is what I desire, this is what I want more of, filling my time with things that are kingdom oriented. Facebook isn't really kingdom oriented unless you are making your post and comments cross centered. Once you are on it for a long period of time then I believe it isn't kingdom oriented. It just becomes something that seems so selfish and like a waste of time.
That is why I can relate to the above quote. I'm not even on facebook and I still feel my soul is forgetful of the work Christ did on the cross. "Prone to wander Lord I feel it. Prone to leave the God I love". It became such a tragedy to me and makes me want to cry that I would think of anything else then my precious Lord cruicified for my sin. How can I forget such a splendor...the best thing that ever happened to me? I am fighting for my relationship with God daily. I don't always feel like spending time with Him, and He is my first love. But, it is not about how I feel, so when I force myself to be Christ centered, cross centered, it always bears fruit. My soul is always reflecting upon itself to see what needs fixing and what needs to remain the same. The Lord is fighting for my affections and because He loves me enough to fight for me, all I can do in return is fight for our relationship. I want Him to win my heart even when it does not default to loving or desiring Him.
"Here's my heart Lord, take and seal it. Seal it for Thy courts above."
-To Hear Him Sing-
I would like to say I wrote the above quote, I didn't, but it is one thing I am certainly in tune with. I have realized that in my fast from facebook that it was so time consuming. If I had nothing to do it would be my default plan and position. I just started volunteering again at artworks and will be there once a week on Fridays to help assist classes or teach them. I also started volunteering with my church for food distribution on Thursday mornings (Benevolence). This is what I desire, this is what I want more of, filling my time with things that are kingdom oriented. Facebook isn't really kingdom oriented unless you are making your post and comments cross centered. Once you are on it for a long period of time then I believe it isn't kingdom oriented. It just becomes something that seems so selfish and like a waste of time.
That is why I can relate to the above quote. I'm not even on facebook and I still feel my soul is forgetful of the work Christ did on the cross. "Prone to wander Lord I feel it. Prone to leave the God I love". It became such a tragedy to me and makes me want to cry that I would think of anything else then my precious Lord cruicified for my sin. How can I forget such a splendor...the best thing that ever happened to me? I am fighting for my relationship with God daily. I don't always feel like spending time with Him, and He is my first love. But, it is not about how I feel, so when I force myself to be Christ centered, cross centered, it always bears fruit. My soul is always reflecting upon itself to see what needs fixing and what needs to remain the same. The Lord is fighting for my affections and because He loves me enough to fight for me, all I can do in return is fight for our relationship. I want Him to win my heart even when it does not default to loving or desiring Him.
"Here's my heart Lord, take and seal it. Seal it for Thy courts above."
-To Hear Him Sing-
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