TAKE TIME FOR GOD

So many times we get so caught up in our lives that we forget just who it is that has given us everything we need to be thankful for.  In her book “One Minute Praises” by Darlene McCarty, she states “Be careful when everything seems to be spiraling upward as if nothing could go wrong.  Remember from where you came.  Let’s not forget who gave you breath and the strength to work.  Satan will temp you with a small voice saying, “Who do you need God right now? Look where you have come from and how hard you have worked to get where you are.  You deserve a day at the lake with the family.  I know it’s Sunday, but he’ll understand this once.   Before long, you find yourself only going to church on Easter, Mother’s Day and Christmas.  What happened?  Pride set in.  You thought you were able to control everything around you and that your success was within your own power to dictate.  But one day, unexpectedly your world falls apart.”  Don’t forget to take time out each week, especially during Lent, to spend with God in prayer.  Take time to be a part of his church, do things for your community, give back for all the blessings you have been given.  In the end, it will be the church and your church family that will always be there for you, in good times and in bad.