I am in search of the perfect pair of heels for the holiday. I really want a silver pair that I found on Amazon. I am going to be wearing a navy blue dress and I thought silver would be perfect for a winter wonderland themed party we are having.
However, it is very difficult to buy shoes online when you have not tried them on and have no clue if they will fit. I mean who wants to go through the hassle of return shipping anyway? So I will keep looking for the perfect pair until they magically appear.
This got me to thinking that we search high and low for everything we need and want (I do not need a pair for silver pumps) but we do not take the time to search for something (someone) that does not take much effort to find. I am talking about the LORD.
He is in every book of the Bible, in 1191 chapters (interesting tidbit of info; if you take 1191 and read it upside down, it is 1611. really cool how GOD put the same number of chapters in His word as the year that our first English translation would appear on the scene) and on every page. It really does not take much to find GOD, if you are searching. I am thankful that I can find GOD in the same spot every day when I read my Bible. I can find GOD in the same spot every Sunday no matter what pew I happen to sit in. HE is everywhere and His word says that I will find Him if I seek Him with all my heart.
Am I seeking GOD as much or as hard as I am seeking after those perfect silver pumps? Wow, that is humbling. I better make sure that I am not seeking anything or anyone above Him because His word also tells us to seek Him while he may be found. There will come a day when all of man's finding of GOD ends. I am glad that I have already found Him and that I can not ever lose Him.
What are you seeking this holiday season? I hope that it is in the LORD.
Saturday, December 13, 2014
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Christmas Shoes
I am so excited about the Christmas season. I really did not expect to be happy about it but I am getting into the spirit of Christmas. If you know me at all, you know that I love, love, love Christmas movies. I have been watching them for about a few weeks now. I love any Christmas movie, whether it be sappy romance or Christmas magic. I really adore all of the Hallmark Christmas movies and the ABC Family 25 days of Christmas movies (especially since most are on Netflix.) We just went last weekend to see the new Kirk Cameron movie Saving Christmas. While it is a low budget film, it does not have a low budget meaning.
I have grown up in a Christian home and have been in church since my mom recovered from my birth, but I have never heard anyone explain why we have certain traditions at Christmas time the way Kirk Cameron does in the film. I do not want to spoil things for you, but I will tell you that it is worth the money you will pay to see it. I am going to give credit where it is due, and that is GOD, but I believe that He used this film to speak to my heart about what my focus should be this season.
You see, I was looking at this Christmas through selfish eyes. I kept dwelling on not being a mom this Christmas, and this being yet another year in my married life that I do not have a baby to buy gifts for. However, that is not what Christmas means and the focus was never intended to be on us. Christmas is a reflection on what Christ did through His birth, life, death and resurrection. No where in the Bible to we read that we are to reflect on the things that we do not have, only on the things we do. I am to be thankful for His blessings, which He graciously bestows each and every day, and not worry about the ones that He does not. In other words, I am to be content.
I have been in to Pinterest a lot lately, and I read something that blew my mind. I read a sign that said "If we wake up tomorrow with only the things we have said "thank you" to GOD for, what would we wake up and still have?" That blew my mind reading that, because I get so "busy" with my life that I forget to thank or even acknowledge God. I know that He has been teaching me to be thankful. I definitely take the everyday blessings for granted.
LORD, help me to be content this season and to be thankful for the blessings that you give, also the gifts of others (even the gifts I do not want)
I have grown up in a Christian home and have been in church since my mom recovered from my birth, but I have never heard anyone explain why we have certain traditions at Christmas time the way Kirk Cameron does in the film. I do not want to spoil things for you, but I will tell you that it is worth the money you will pay to see it. I am going to give credit where it is due, and that is GOD, but I believe that He used this film to speak to my heart about what my focus should be this season.
You see, I was looking at this Christmas through selfish eyes. I kept dwelling on not being a mom this Christmas, and this being yet another year in my married life that I do not have a baby to buy gifts for. However, that is not what Christmas means and the focus was never intended to be on us. Christmas is a reflection on what Christ did through His birth, life, death and resurrection. No where in the Bible to we read that we are to reflect on the things that we do not have, only on the things we do. I am to be thankful for His blessings, which He graciously bestows each and every day, and not worry about the ones that He does not. In other words, I am to be content.
I have been in to Pinterest a lot lately, and I read something that blew my mind. I read a sign that said "If we wake up tomorrow with only the things we have said "thank you" to GOD for, what would we wake up and still have?" That blew my mind reading that, because I get so "busy" with my life that I forget to thank or even acknowledge God. I know that He has been teaching me to be thankful. I definitely take the everyday blessings for granted.
LORD, help me to be content this season and to be thankful for the blessings that you give, also the gifts of others (even the gifts I do not want)
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