Where to start lol. Well, I guess some background information is needed in order for my posts from here on out to make sense. I left UE and am now attending the University of West Georgia. I love where I am and my major, early childhood education, isn't half bad either. I know I said that about my last major and the last school I was at but I really feel like God placed me at UWG for a reason. What that reason is I'm not entirely sure but here's hoping I am able to clear my head enough to listen to the plan God has for me and sense enough to follow where he leads me.
Now that all of that is out of the way, it's time for the real subject of tonight's post: the CCF Focus retreat. Almost 3 hours in and I am already amazed at what I have heard and what God has placed on my heart. Sadly, this is something he has placed on my heart in the past and I've kind of just sluffed it off. So here it is: I need to focus less on the material aspects of this life and less on the life the world would have me lead and more on God and his will for my life. As was stated tonight: we are so connected but we are so disconnected. We get so connected and intertwined in technology that we forget about focusing on Jesus. What you put your time, effort, and money into is what you worship. Most people praise God when life is going well but what about when things go bad/are taken away. This all got me thinking. How much time, energy, and money do I put into this life an this world and how much do I put towards furthering God's will and his kingdom. Unfortunately, the majority of my resources do go towards this life and the corrupt nature of this world. There have been numerous occasions upon which I envied my friends cause they had the latest technology that I just had to have. How many times have I upgraded to the next best thing when I should have been perfectly content with what I have. After all nothing we have in this life is ours, everything is given to us by God. Everything is on loan from him. So I guess the question we need to ask ourselves is: what in my life am I worshipping, what in my life am I putting before my relationship with God? Just something to think about....
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