Ya Gotta Have Faith :)

     I have just cracked into my new Devotional book for the Summer and I’m working hard to make sure that it’s something I look at everyday. Brenna bought it for me back in the school year when I was down, and I didn’t make time for it then unfortunately (she’s so thoughtful sometimes and such a booger the next… God truly blessed me when he made me her big sister. :D)

     The days that I have been able to read it have so far been amazing and seem to be speaking straight to me. I love that. You can really tell when something is a God-send when it speaks right to your heart. The book is titled “Completely Loved: Recognizing God’s Passionate Pursuit of Us” By Shannon Ethridge. I have read so far devotionals about being “Completely Loved” by Our Creator, Witness, Wise Counselor, and Redeemer.

     The devotional I read this morning was titled “Completely Loved By Our Redeemer”. It focused a lot on the time we spend doing mundane things in our everyday lives. It shared that even when we are doing things such as stopping at red lights to obey the laws, or even cleaning a toilet to keep our families healthy and clean, we can do them to glorify God. God made us all to require so much time sleeping, eating, bathing, and etc. That means that he wanted us to be that way. He didn’t make us “robots” that need no sleep or food and can work constantly for his service. The big point of today’s lesson I believe was that we are “Fearfully and Wonderfully made” even when we are doing little necessities, and that those little acts can easily be used for His glory.

     In college, this is one thing I have struggled with. I felt a constant crunch for time and knew that I wasn’t doing enough. I felt like I needed to cut things out of my life to make room for God. I know now that it doesn’t work like that. God is in everything. Every hello I say to a hallmate, every beautiful walk outside on my way to classes, every MUCH needed nap I can manage to grab before studying… God is in it all. There is no need to ever draw a line between “School time” and “God time”. It’s all God time. I do everything that I do for His glory, and somewhere amidst the stress I forgot that.

     What a wonderful God we have that we never have to do even the smallest and most mundane things alone! How wonderful that he loves and cares for his children that much!