I’ve been
a little quiet lately. A little reflection happening in my life. All good stuff! Details soon!!!
Tonight as
I was spending a little time reading I came across a devotion that I just had
to share.
I DID NOT WRITE THIS!
BOREDOM OR ABUNDANT
LIVING
By Ruth Youngdahl Nelson
“The thief cometh not, but for to
steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and
that they might have it more abundantly.” John 10:10
Housewives bored with life are top
drug users, concludes a study.
It is sad when people find life
boring and take to artificial means to either stimulate or dull their God-given
senses. It is particularly sad because the One who brings fulfillment and
excitement and joy stands at each heart’s door knocking. But the thief is also
there, the thief who comes to steal and kill and destroy. Who is this thief?
As simplistic as it sounds, it is
nevertheless eternally true, that thief is embodied in the one letter “I.”
“Navel gazing” is no newfangled occupation. Since the beginning of time it has
been man’s chief foe. The “poor me” attitude, the stench of self-pity, repels
other people and shuts out God.
That big “I” is the only vowel and
the middle letter in the word “sin.” How well I remember my confirmation pastor
writing those three letters on the chalkboard. Then he told us this same “I” is
the blockage between us and heaven. If we permit the Holy Spirit to take hold
of the “I” and bend it around until each ends meets, it becomes “0” – zero,
nothing. Then the transformation happens, and “sin becomes son,” God’s son. As
he takes over our lives, heaven enters our hearts here and now. He is also the
means for the gate to be wide open to the hereafter.
I read a
lot of devotions. But this particular one really touched my heart. So true in
the fact that….we get in our own way. We do more damage than anyone else by
having a simple vocabulary of the word “I.”
My prayer
is for those struggling with that “I” stronghold. Cry out and allow the Holy Spirit
to captivate your heart and meet you right where you are. He doesn’t wait for
you to fix it. He will create that transformation as long as you invite Him in.
Blessings~
Bo
5/22/2014
