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A daily relationship

Thinking today about my relationship with God.  Do I really live every day as if he is vital to me or do I only respond to him in circumstances of stress or fear.  I think for me it's a little of both.  As I grow in my relationship with Jesus I turn to him sooner and sooner in times of stress and fear.  Jesus is a vital part of my everyday life too but I don't always act like it.  I get caught up in the moments of my day.  Usually the expectations put on me by others or myself.  I can really relate to what Paul says in Romans 7:15 "I do not understand what I do.  For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do."  The desire of my heart is to put God first in every circumstance, every conversation, every encounter.  But often my fear of what people will think takes over.  I believe we should tell people about Jesus and use words only if necessary.  But I forgo so many opportunities to love on people because of my fear of...