Stuff...in general

Well, lots of things have been going on lately. I just finished about a week of studying 24/7 for midterms and I only have one more on Monday! Yep, it's pretty exciting! Megan Johnson, one of my very best friends has just joined the blogosphere (very exciting too)! But, recently God has been teaching me, convicting me, and molding me in ways that I was not expecting.

Lately I have been reading in Jeremiah because over the past couple months I have been hearing from so many people about how awesome it is. I think that sometimes when I start reading in the Old Testament, I tend to get the mindset that it doesn't apply to me when it actually really does. Jeremiah has been talking about how God is going to basically wipe Israel off the face of the Earth because of their unfaithfulness to follow Him, but the thing that really hit home for me was that Israel "thought" that they were being faithful, because they still offered sacrifices to Him, but they had allowed idols into their lifestyle.

Now, when I was first thinking about this I was not struck at all because I "knew" that I wasn't bowing down to any asherah pole or wooden idol or any man made statue of some sort so I really didn't think that I had a problem in this area. The more that I continued to read, the more convicted I was. God really revealed to me the fact that even though I'm not bowing down to any idols necessarily, there are other things in my life that can take priority over God, the Creator of the Universe, my Lord and Savior, the All-Reigning King, the Messiah, and the list goes on and on. So often I find myself putting petty, unimportant things before God and I never even truly realize that I'm doing it. I get so caught up in everyday life, in the little problems and issues that have to be made right, when I should be looking and striving towards the goal. I should be running hard to win the prize, running hard after Christ, but instead I continue to see myself falling short.

So, I started reading Jeremiah thinking that it would be a good book, but not really seeing it as applicable, and ended up writing a blog about it because I was so convicted. Yes, that's how God works. Therefore, I am continuing to run the race, striving hard to follow after God because some day I want to be able to say "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day..."
2 Timothy 4:7-8a

May God be glorified in my life!