September 13, 2009
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Thought For The Week 21
How do you feel talking to your love? When you speak to that one person that makes your world go round, how do you respond? Do your eyes light up? Are you happy and glowing inside? Do you smile at just the thought of hearing their voice? Is it still the way it was in the beginning?
My pastor recently did a sermon wherein he mentioned the church in Ephesus in the book of Revelations, and how they had left their first love because they got too busy. Business can kill any relationship. Its not a subject that’s foreign to me. Lately, God has been bringing this to my attention.
Speaking of attention, which is the issue here, I’ve discovered that I suffer from both an attention deficit as well as being overly attentive to some things or circumstances. Where am I overly attentive? Things, circumstances…anything but relationships. That is where my attention deficit lies.
Today, I realized that if my relationship with my first love was right; if that relationship was as intimate as what I want with my future husband, then (number one) I’d be ready for that man, and (number two) all my other relationships would be in far better shape.
So since I’ve been praying for certain changes as far as my living situation goes, I made a decision. I told my son that if we wanted the change we’ve been praying about-plus other changes I’m interested in seeing; then we have to change. I told him that if we continue to do the same things we’ve been doing, following the same routine because we’re comfortable or accustomed to it; then nothing will change.
Just wanting it is not enough. Action on some level is necessary. I told him that we need to do at least 1 thing different every day, regardless of if its minor or not. No matter how small, if we “get in the habit” of doing one thing different daily to pull ourselves out of our regular routine, then we begin creating change a little at a time. If you take enough baby steps in the direction you want to go in; if you just do something towards initiating change, it will come.
Make sure, of course, that the change you desire is in God’s will and He will do the rest. If you repent (ie: change your thinking) and are thinking differently then you’ve got to line your actions up with your new thought patterns. Once that happens, whatever you endeavor to do will be a success.
