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Reflections

I have been spending the last month or so reflecting.  Reflection on what my life is and if it is where I want it to be and if this is what I want to be doing.  I have had some medical issues (that have, for the most part, resolved themselves) that has prohibited me from getting on the computer and really digging into my study of God’s word.  Now I have been studying God’s word and have some new and great ideas and options, but I haven’t been diving in like I want to be.  I haven’t been evaluating every verse like I used to.  Now that my back is feeling better (for now) I am able to sit and reflect.

So the Bible reading that my “plan” had for me today was in Proverbs.  How can you read Proverbs quickly?  Each verse has its own message wrapped all up into one small little phrase.  If someone spoke in proverbs today, we would look at them very strangely, but we have an entire book of them available to us, a book full of teaching and understanding and we often times just graze through them.  This morning, a lot of the verses stuck out to me, but none so much as Proverbs 10:26 “Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, So is the lazy one to those who send him.” 

I think perhaps it stuck out to me as I know how nasty vinegar is and how much smoke hurts my eyes when at a campfire.  I know that vinegar makes everything hurt, yes, even my teeth and that smoke makes my eyes water and dries them out and makes them burn.  The feeling doesn’t go away quickly either.  The only way that the feeling goes away is to remove yourself from the situation.  To get rid of the pain you must eat something pleasing to your mouth and move away from the smoke. 

So when we are being lazy and not following the paths that God has laid out for us, are we causing Him to take the blessings that He has in store for us and give them to somewhere else?  God has blessings for this world.  He is asking us to be His vessel to pour them out.  When we are being lazy and not doing it, not seeking Him, not following His paths, does that mean that the world wont get the blessing?  Does that mean that someone might not get saved?  I think that God will use someone else to bless that person and situation ultimately, but we aren’t going to be the one being utilized.  How great does it feel when we are used to be the blessing for God?  It is an amazing feeling that none can compare to.  But when we are lazy and do things out of ritual and out of habit and don’t open ourselves up, we are most likely missing a blessing for ourselves and one that we can give to others.

So today, lets open ourselves up, lets be a blessing to God, to ourselves and to others.  Lets let the love of Christ flow through us and bless those around us.  Let us be His hands and feet and ears and go give those hurting a big hug.  God is good- All the TIME.  ALL THE TIME-  GOD IS GOOD!

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