It’s Saturday morning and where am I? At school, making up the days we missed at the beginning of the semester due to extended construction on the new building. Overwhelmed with school work, lesson plans, and various responsibilities I started my day with a chip on my shoulder that I would lose a crucial day of relaxing and planning. Then I opened my Gmail inbox. My best friend had sent a prayer letter and I was excited to read what she had to say. I wish I had room to share everything that she wrote, but let’s just say that the 5 minutes it took to read her email was enough to slap me in the face and wake me up from my spiritual lethargy. Consumed with deadlines and appointments, classes and grading, it’s no wonder I feel like I could break if I have to do one more thing. I've found myself buried with things to do and responsibilities to fill that I’ve run myself dry and have not taken the time to fill up on the Living Water I so desperately need. My priorities are all turned around and I’ve convinced myself that “I have to get this done” before I can do anything else- like pray. Like spending time with MY SAVIOR. Like being challenged by a sermon. Like spending time in praise and worship just because, not because I have to practice. Like simply resting in the Lord’s presence. “I don’t have TIME.” I’m not going to lie, it’s a fight. It’s a struggle to put down the papers and the books and pick up my Bible and my journal when I feel like I have a never ending list of things to do. But I will fight. I will battle the idea that work is more important than my relationship with Christ. I will not give into the belief that having a perfect lesson plan is more important than having a pure heart.
Thank God for friends who bring you back to reality, who fight by your side, and who remind you about what's really important.
"A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother." Proverbs 18:24
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