Good evening Readers; Hope you all are doing well so far
this new year. My personal goal is to diligently pursue a deeper relationship
with my creator and strive every day to become more in His likeness and mission
his Love for others! There will be days I fail miserably at having a Christ
like attitude, but I will do my best and know that my best is what God deserves
of me, anything less I’m not living up to all I know He created me and equipped me to be and do through the
power of His son Jesus Christ!
Let me ask you a
question, how many of you love to curl up in a nice comfortable chair with a
good book and snuggle under the blankest sipping your favorite hot drink? I love
doing this especially on a cold rainy
and dreary day, How about taking a shopping trip to the mall and being
able to splurge a little on yourself, or taking a relaxing bubble bath,
All these things in themselves are not wrong at all, I refer to these as
self time, time to focus on yourself once in awhile and give yourself the
tender loving care that you deserve, we all need this, we all desire to have moments
that can be just time away from everyone and everything and just relax. In today’s
society where were always on the go, were always plugged in somehow, we find it
hard to unplug and step away from the hustle of the business of our days!
So here is the
question im asking you, what about “Soul Time” do you understand where im going
with this? Like I said we all need to unwind and turn off and give yourselves
time too. We are running so fast, we don’t even realize when were running on
empty we end up running on fumes and exhaustion. we want ,we think that what’s best for our down time is the things I
mentioned, but there is a big difference in self time and soul time .
Self time takes
care of the earthy, and here and now
needs of our bodies and our minds, but we need even more so soul time, Time to
get into Gods word and let the spirit speak, no noise, no distractions. It’s
the way we truly can unwind and come back into focus on what’s truly important
in this life, what’s going to last, are
we setting our mind on eternal riches,
are we filling our minds with empty meaningless distractions or are we investing in our
eternal future.
When our bodies are
tired, , and we feel worn down and weary, instead of always first winding down
in front of your favorite TV show or video game or book, whatever it it that
you find your solace in, try next time turning to God’s word first for your
soul time. because this life is not A life of “I” this life is so much more deeper lasting value, what are we investing
in, its just so easy to think im relaxing so im doing the best I can for me,
but its not about just us anymore! If we truly want to be happier and
cherishing life and thriving in what God has placed us here for, the best way, we can invest is taking some
extra soul time for your mind….but even more so for your heart!
For true refreshment and renewal comes from
what we are investing in, not what were watching! Invest in Eternal things
above, for that is when you will find rest and you will come to realize as you
grow in your spiritual walk that the more you take time for soul time, you will
demonstrate a better self to God and to the world around you!
