Excuse Me.

"I Desire to do your will, my God; Your law is within my heart."

Psalm 40:8

        "Hang on I'm busy." "Just a second, I'm doing something right now." "I'll get around to it eventually." "I can't, I dont have time." "I'll get a hold of you soon." 

Excuses. That's what those are. If I could count how many times I said these to people, it would be way above a reasonable number. My other favorite, "I'll say a prayer for you." How many times have you said that to someone, and never prayed for them. So now, I try my best to pray in the moment. There is no excuse, like, "I'm busy", for prayer. None. The best thing about communication with God, is you can do it out loud, in a group, or just, silently to yourself. There is never an excuse for not having time to pray over your children, either. This is something that I need to make happen. So why do we find these excuses? Why do we fill our lives with busyness, and always put ourselves in a go, go, go mode? It is simply that way this world has trained us. So lets stop letting the world train us, and let the spirit of God Almighty run this course with us. Easier said that done, eh? I have set this vision, to start practicing this. I have let the world and society get a hold of me. This phone consumed, always on the move society. God gives us the ability to REST. I'm not talking about, going to lay down for a nap for an hour. What I'm talking about is sitting down, spending time in prayer, and just listening. Omitting the noise from our lives for even a moment. To REFRESH ourselves. Because if we never take that TIME, how will we ever know, what his will is for our lives?

Desire: noun: a longing or craving.

Just seeing that definition makes me take a deep breath in, close my eyes, and exhale slowly. When I see the word desire, it captivates me. I DESIRE God's unconditional love. I want to spend all of my days running after his heart! So when the scripture says, "I desire to do your will, my God, Your law is within my heart", it captivates me! I have a longing and a craving to do God's will!! How am I able to though, when I'm "too busy"?! Here's the thing. If you know me, and follow me on facebook, its clearly evident that I spend too much time on social media. You might even say I post too many pictures too. Get used to it. Just recently, I deleted my twitter. One key to getting rid of the busyness, is filtering out the junk. I get it, Twitter is great for those who are into marketing, and what not, I've even been told it's a great tool to get my blog out there. however, I don't feel that I need it. Then again, I've been told wordpress is the way to go if you want to blog too. Eh. I'm not saying you have to go, and delete the social media outlet you spend too much time on, but one thing for me even, is learning self control. What is hindering you from getting close to God though? This is an easy but HARD prayer! If you ask God to reveal this to you, He will!!!! So when I say it's hard, it's the getting yourself to ask Him! Here's a hint: if you make it about you, get rid of it. In other words, we theres no room for selfishness when you have a relationship with God. There is, indeed, plenty of room for selflessness though! 

"Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the DESIRES of your heart!"

Psalm 37:4

Read that like this, if we take delight in the Lord, meaning if we please the Lord, he will give us what we crave and long, in Jesus' name!! We have to pursue him, run after him, and let him be a part of our lives! It is not by deeds alone, that he will give us the desires of our hearts! He gave his LIFE for us. So that we can live! We have the opportunity to forgive, repent, move forward!

So tell me this.. why do we fill our lives so full, that we can't take the time to sit down with God and ask, what is your will for my life? Why is it that the first thing I look at when I get up, and the last thing I look at before going to bed is my iPhone? How much more time could I give my husband, my daughter, and my God? If you saw my last post, you would've seen that there have been a lot of changes in the last year. Some of those changes it was hard not to just say "what now God??" But if you press on, and trust that He is holding your life in his hands, you know that things are being worked out for GOOD. IF you are trusting Him, and pleasing Him. :)

So next time you say, "Not right now", ask yourself, why not? Next time you extend a prayer out to someone, do it at that moment. Next time you get asked for coffee, and you're "too busy" because you just don't want to, think about a life you can invest into. If someone forgives you, receive it. If you had a bad day, and you wronged someone, offer forgiveness. The beauty to forgiveness, is it can come with restoration. Don't make it so you're always in a hurry! You could miss out on something amazing. <3