tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20866753277927966282012-02-16T03:26:19.157-08:00Praise God in His sanctuary; praise Him in His mighty heavens. Praise Him for His acts of power; praise Him for His surpassing greatness. Psalm 150:1-2Ellen Klinkenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15182980117395145078noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086675327792796628.post-73828747891233162882007-04-11T05:58:00.000-07:002007-04-11T16:38:30.687-07:00It's easy when we're so busy and life is chockers full of distractions, stresses, mini-crisis', friends, family, work, play, sleep (or lack there of....), do this, don't forget to do that, be here, be there, phone them, email him, fax her, sms mum....watching latest episode of Lost or Greys Anatomy, (even getting caught up in "Church stuff" and serving but forgetting to acknowledge who in fact who it is we are serving!) to not leave time for our awesome creator - our very reason for existance, He who formed us and knew us before we were thought about by our parents. He who knows how many hairs are on our heads (hehehe easier to count on some than others!) He who loves us more than our minds can and will ever comprehend, He, the gracious God who gave the life of His only Son so that we might experience freedom from our sin! <br /><br />How cool is our God! Yet why can he so easily end up taking a backseat to other things? <br />How can I prioritise watching Amelie or reading The Devil wears Prada to reading the bible and talking with Him? Why does everything else take His place when He has changed and brought blessing to my life in so many ways?<br /><br />For these questions I'm still trying to produce an answer. I cannot explain, nor understand why this occurs? I know for my spiritual health I need nourishment. This nourishment comes through reading the bible and learning more about who God is and His character, growing my relationship with God by trusting Him with my life and seeking His ways, praying to Him....<br />I am up there with runway models in the undernourished, malnutrician stakes, spiritually not physically (stupid doghnuts......) <br />I'm underfed and I am soley responsible for this. I have the means, I know the solution yet I continually starve myself.<br /><br />This month I am commiting to getting God back where he belongs - in the centre of my life. To be praised, to be worhshipped, to be feared, to be revered, to be trusted, to be awed and to be loved. I long to experience a deeper relationship with God so that whether I am busy or idle, happy or sad, stressed out or relaxed, lonely or not, I am experincing these things in the comfort of Gods arms, sharing with Him my joys or pains... He longs to be close to us, let's long to be close to Him too.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2086675327792796628-7382874789123316288?l=ellenandgod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ellen Klinkenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15182980117395145078noreply@blogger.com0