It happens to everyone. You have an idea for something, you make plans for it, you start working on your idea, then… SQUIRREL!
I’m not just talking about when you’re studying the Bible, or praying as mentioned in the meme above, but just anything really. Hopefully you’re not wandering off and forgetting about your family or your health, whether you left the iron on when you rushed out the door this morning, or allowing that wandering to let sin creep into your life. Yeah, that third one is sneaky little bastard (GASP!) that can easily go unnoticed for a long time.
For me, well, a lot things in my life have taken a backseat for something else. Some of those things I chose to focus on I thought, at the time, were more important, or allowed something of greater importance to happen. Sometimes that was true, others… not so much. Other times, I just plain got rocked back on my heels and I let myself stay that way for longer than I should have. In doing so, I let things that I wanted at one point slip past me, never to present themselves again.
In any case, so long as you draw breath, you can find your way to a better place. You can’t always get to where you once wanted or thought you should go, but you can course correct from where you are to at least closer to where you should be.
We are such small beings, living fast and dying too soon. In today’s world that we have made for ourselves, things change so rapidly, and it keeps going faster and faster. I’m a pretty tech-savy guy, and I’m starting to get to a point where I’m starting to realize I’m having trouble keeping up. It can be disorienting and a little frightening. With tech and events becoming more of a blur, I find comfort in things that don’t change. The most fundamental of which is God.
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
Hebrews 13:8, New International Version (NIV)
God created this universe, and since time is a dimension of this universe, God is outside of time. He doesn’t age, doesn’t go out of date, doesn’t suffer entropy… He is, He was, He forever will be. The only thing that ever changes is what we make of our relationship to Him.
It doesn’t matter if you’re a small child in Sunday School, a strung-out tweeker, or a mass murderer, you can always repent, confess, and call out to him for salvation. The only time this offer expires is when you do, and none of us know precisely when our check out time will happen.
As for this blog (wow, this took a unexpected turn)… well, I get to it when I can. Historically, I’m not great at keeping a journal on a regular basis, but I’d like to get better about it. Plus work and life tend to get in the way too… so there will be times where weeks and probably months will pass between entries. Sometimes I may get ideas for a whole series of posts and I’ll try to crank out a whole bunch at once. Whichever happens, I plan to continue to use this page as an open journal for my Bible study, spiritual musings, and any other tid-bits of Christianity that strikes my fancy. I hope you enjoy reading them and get something out of my… brain droppings (Thank You George Carlin for that last phrase).
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