WOW! January of 2020! I can't believe how time flies by. It feels like it was just 2016 and according to my last blog post, it was! I sincerely apologize for the lack of attention that I have given to this site. If you have an interest in knowing what has been keeping me away, read on.
It really comes down to one thing: Spiritual laziness. I have allowed the acronym of BUSY (Being Under Satan's Yoke) to occupy my time. Work has been very stressful and time consuming and life at home while good, is similar. And what gets pushed out first? Time serving the Lord or even sitting at His feet. How sad. Can any of you relate? I suspect, yes.
A New Year offers opportunity to reflect back and we all tend to do that even if is just a little bit. I don't usually dwell on a New Year but this year is different. It is 2020 for goodness sakes!! A mile-marker and a year that I would love to have go down in the record book of my life as a game-changer.
Excuses. Everybody has them but the truth is, I have lost sight of my priorities. Being BUSY does that. It is a very successful way for the enemy to distract and occupy our time so that our relationship with God becomes 2nd, 3rd, 4th etc.. I have had a few wake up calls over the past couple of years and it has taken me this long to get serious about making changes. Man, we can be so DENSE! (Some day the Lord may chose to use those wake-up calls as posts!)
I am still a Children's Leader in BSF (Bible Study Fellowship) and I enjoy that very much but I would be lying if I said that I was giving it 100%. I would estimate closer to 65-70%. I work about 50 hours a week as the Practice Manger of a veterinary hospital and try to engage in normal relationships and activities outside of those things. People who are good at "Time Management" would probably say: "So what's the problem?". I however, struggle in this area. So, I am prayerful and energized to make 2020 a little, no, ALOT different. I don't have a plan in place just yet, but I have been praying about it and returning to my blog is part of what I feel the Lord is recommending. I would love to have my readers help keep me accountable. If you feel led to email me and give me a nudge when I am slacking, go for it! We are all in this together.
Outlandish goals just set us up for failure so I am not planning to do that, but I know that a weekly to bi-monthly post is not unreasonable. God gives me opportunities daily, that I can share, but something "Blog" worthy, at least a couple of times per month.
I do pray for all of you a healthy and prosperous 2020 and if any of you can relate to my above sentiments, find someone who will hold you accountable for some changes. Then make them. I remember back to 2011 when I was going through my divorce. The divorce was not my choice, but I will tell you that I had the sweetest time ever with the Lord and would not change that for anything! I was closer to Him then, than I had ever been before and sadly, since. But that is my choice. He hasn't gone anywhere. He is no further or closer than He was then. I am the one who has moved.
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