In Christ Alone

I've been sitting here doing some homework for the last few hours. Im at the dining room table with my laptop, Bible, Kindle, iPhone, and 3 different devotion books, as well as a spiral notebook and index cards for writing down Bible verses that I want to memorize.

When I sat down it was roughly 8pm. I hadn't been sitting long and I was distracted. But thats ok--Tobi had asked me to paint her fingernails and she has not done that in a while, so of course, I jumped on the chance. She picked 2 colors--Cinderella(blue) and Pink Forever. She loves to mix it up and use different colors--forget using just one!

I got finished with that, and sat back down. And....stopped again, and this time got up to blow dry her hair. Of course, when I said, "Tobi we need to dry your hair.", of course her response was, "No, we don't need to." And off she went to her room. I waited about 5 minutes and got up, and found her on her bed, watching t.v. (Yes I know, that 5 minutes shouldn't have happened) I told her to come on, that we WERE drying her hair.

How many times do we get on to our kids because they have not obeyed immediately? They say, "Ok, just a minute." Or, "Why do I have to do that right now?"(after all, its easier to procrastinate, isn't it?)

I know how I feel when my kids don't comply and obey immediately. Makes me upset, and when I really sit and think about it, just flat out makes me sad. And I can't help but ask, "Why? Why can't they just follow through and get up immediately?"

I stop and think, how about Christ? How does it make him feel when we don't obey Him? When we sit there and say, "Ok, but not right now." "Ill do it in a few minutes." And the classic, "Oh, I'll wait until tomorrow!" I can envision Him standing there, heart broken at the disrespect of ignoring Him.

Isaiah 26:3
Amplified Bible (AMP)
3You will guard him and keep him in perfect and constant peace whose mind [both its inclination and its character] is stayed on You, because he commits himself to You, leans on You, and hopes confidently in You.
This was one of the verses I read tonight as I was working on devotions.

Trusting in the Lord--its one of the things we as Christians are to do. Not just some of the time. Not when its convenient. Not when times are rough and tough. But ALL of the time. When we don't rely on Him and trust Him with everything, isn't that the same as disobeying?

He wants us to trust and obey Him. He wants us to put our faith and trust in Him alone--in EVERYTHING.

Im being reminded of this very thing lately. I gotta put all my faith and trust in my Jesus to get me through every single day--in all that I do. I want my focus every day to be on Christ.

Its now 12:15am. The rest of my family has been in bed for 2 1/2 hours. I had NO idea that much time had passed. I've been sitting here reading scripture and writing scripture, unaware of the minutes on the clock that were just tickin away.

I needed this. I needed to just sit and spend some time with my heavenly daddy. And what an awesome thing it is to be able to do just that.

As I started to put my things away so I can head to bed, "In Christ Alone..my hope is found, He is my light, my strength, my song....."
Im trusting in Christ Alone.....are you?