Making Time for God?

As most of you may know this past year I took a year off to save up some money to attend college. I have learned so much in this past year about so many different aspects on life. I have learned that even though coffee is such a simple thing, it really bothers a lot of people if it is made wrong. I have also learned that people get mad over some of the strangest things. This year has been a blessing and a curse, it’s been a blessing so much more than a curse just to be clear. The blessing aspect of this past year is so incredible, my relationship with God has grown and strengthen in many ways; some good, some bad, some scary, some very emotional, and some very inspiring. The curse aspect of this past year is that I have learned a lot of things about myself that I really don’t like. I have grown to lose patience that I once had, I have a couple more things that I have developed but don’t want to make the focus negative. My job has really taught me a lot more then I once knew about people. I love to work/deal/talk/be with people. My self-control has been beaten and brutalized this past year, but because of that I am stronger with it then I have ever been. Now you might be wondering why I titled this note ‘making time for God?’ when in the first half I didn’t really touch on it at all. Time is very precious thing in life, it is what life is, time on earth. We schedule are time accordingly to things we have to do, or the things that are most important. For Example College, for the next two years I will be working very hard at doing my best in school, so I can get a good education and a good career.When people tell me that they are so busy with life, it makes me think about how much time we put into so many different things; work, school, sports, family, friends, and most importantly God. Think about God though, is God something we really need to make time for? To schedule Him in, in our busy lives. We really need to think about this concept of making time for God. God is the creator of us, of the world, and of time itself. What I say now sounds negative but when you read all of this, it is nothing but positive, eye-opening, and uplifting. The idea of making time for God really does blow my mind. Someone who loves me so much to give me all of this; Love, Grace, Life, Family, Friends, Music, and the most beautiful and precious thing ever, Jesus! I have been thinking of how we all schedule our time but we want to make sure that we have our personal time for God. I’m not saying that is bad at all, because it’s one of the best ideas in the world. Pure devotion with God is the most powerful and beautiful thing. It’s what other things we do in life that makes the big difference. I have heard that God should be the most important thing in our lives and our own personal schedules. I truly believe that God should be the most important aspect of our lives completely. Our lists of importance usually contains of this (not in any specific order): God, family, work, school, friends, and other small things we enjoy doing. I want us all to think about all the time we put into all of these things, I’m not saying that these aren’t important. They all have major importance in our lives. Work; we all need to money to make a living and to support our families. School; I can’t say for everyone but I know that is important for a lot of people to have a good education. Family and friends are very important in my life, a lot of my friends are my family, maybe not blood but I don’t think of them as just friends, but closer than just friends, anyways that’s a whole different topic. What I want to get to is that all of this we can have God in them. With all these things we do we can have God in them. This might be confusing or this might not make much sense at all, but let me explain. I will give you an example. In work, I don’t go in at 7 then when the end of my shift comes I don’t then try to be Jesus, I want to live like Jesus when I wake up until I go to bed. It might not be a specific time for God, like devos or “church” but it’s my life, and I’m going to live it all for Him. When I’m at work I’m going to strive to live like Jesus, to love like Him, to forgive like Him, to be able to see people for who they can be instead of by what they’ve done. I have done things in my past that I am not proud of but because of Jesus and his genuine love and grace, I am forgiven. I try not to judge anyone anymore because no one is perfect and it’s very wrong for me to judge someone because of what they have done. Anyways I’m getting off of the main point again, it’s funny because I try to write one note, and come out of it with about 6 more ideas for new notes. Where was I, Jesus should be a part of everything; work, school, home, family, friends, everything. One thing that I am encouraged and blown away by with Jesus was his devotion. Even though He was God in the flesh, He humbled himself and devoted time to God, waking up in the early morning, to go out and talk with God. He would go off alone any time in the day and just talk with God. It is so amazing, to me that with all the stuff that was going on at the time of His life, He made God apart of His life. I do want to apologize for this note, because it is really confusing and I jump around a lot, but I’m just typing while am thinking. So if you’re confused, I’m sorry, it wasn’t my intention to confuse anyone, I just wanted to share some of my thoughts (some as in a lot of my thoughts). I want everyone to know that we can make time for God, that’s not bad at all, it’s so awesome, but also we can strive to live each day like Jesus. We will have such more meaningful lives and a much deeper relationship with our Creator. I am going to try something new and I am going to type out a prayer in this message.Dear God Thank you for Jesus, thank you so much Jesus for your unending love and your amazing grace. Thank you so much God for setting us free from our sin. We know that we have so much sin in our lives but we thank you God for looking past that, we thank you so much for forgiving us of our sin. We know that we are not perfect people but God; you love us just the way we are, and you love us way to much to let us stay that way. It amazes me everyday Lord, the works that you do, that you want us; you want us to be with you. God you intrigue me more and more. Everything I learn about you I just want to learn more. The love that I feel from you is life changing. I don’t want to be who I used to be. I want to be who you want me to be, who you created me to be. To live with you in perfect harmony, show me God how to love like you, Love me Lord, because I can’t get enough of you. Fill me God with your spirit. God I know you’re there, I know that you hear me. Thank you for the relationship that we have. Thank you God for the Love that you have placed inside me, that I can talk to people so easily. Lord I pray that you will use me where ever you need me God. Give me the opportunities to Live and Love like you. Lord I want to be like you, I know that in this life I won’t ever make it but God, that’s what our faith is all about. Striving to be like your Son. Jesus you amaze me over and over again. Jesus you don’t hold our pasts against us, but you helps us to know that what we have done isn’t right, but we can move on to bigger and better things, to live in tune with you. God thank you so much for this life that I get to live. For the people in my life that help me every day. I used to be scared of the faith, I was scared because of my social acceptance but I’m realizing more and more that it just doesn’t matter. I love you Lord! I want the world to know. That I am not ashamed of whom I am, who you created me to be. Thank you Jesus for the cross and thank you for the Love and Grace that kept you there. In the name of Jesus Amen.Thank you for reading, I hope that you have been encouraged by this note, I know that I jump around a lot but know that we can make all the time for Jesus in our lives because He is more important than anything. Jesus we love you and we thank you for what you have done in our lives, but also what you have planned for us in our futures.