Adjustments

I know it has been a while since I have written but that is just because my life called for some major adjustments and I need a clear mind to write, so I took a bit of a break from writing. But now I am back and ready for this new year, atleast half of me is ready for this new year. The other half isn't quite sure still what day it is or what time it is. Adjusting to all these culture changes, weather changes, lifestyle changes, and emotional changes I have come to the conclusion that I am made to be in a place where the pressure of certain things just is non existent. For example, there is so much pressure in having the latest gadget and having the newest toy here and not truly knowing what being satisfied in Christ can look like, I get saddened by the way the world makes us feel driven to have to have all those things. I am so sad that we can't be satisfied enough in Christ to let all the gadgets go. I have found myself checking my phone more here than in Tonga, I feel like I have to answer people right away and that I have this pressure pushing me to respond before I have committed things to prayer. So lately I have just tried to wait before responding to a text, an email or even picking up the phone on the first right. I don't want my culture to cloud my mind so much that I miss being satisfied with God alone. I have seen it first hand that what it looks like when a culture isn't driven by having the latest and greatest. I want that to be apart of who I am and what I am about. I want to make sure that I am not driven by all the things my culture tells me I am to be driven by, but that I am lead by the Spirit of God. This is just one of the things God has shown me in this adjusting time. I pray that you desire to be satisfied with Jesus alone and let the other fall by the way side if need be. May Jesus bless your day!!!

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