Wow, it has been beautiful for the past couple of days! I am so excited for no rain! God has been so good to me this past week. I have just been thinking more and more about the Beth Moore study we are doing and how we are so "sucked" in by our "Babylon" like the Israelites were after they were taken into captivity by them. We are so sucked into living "perfect" lives which includes having the perfect house, hair, children who are always dressed nice and neat and never have a hair out of place. The perfect home is always clean, never has any cobwebs, and the "keeper of the home" always wears a dress while vacuuming. (Yeah right!)
Well, in our home, my children are not always dressed neat (Eli drools all the time and will NOT keep a bib on), Noah doesn't wear shorts most of the time because it helps him go to the bathroom quicker. My hair is hardly ever fixed unless I go somewhere and my house is far from spotless. What if we cared more about Spiritual than physical, more about Godly than good, and more about people than things? How would our lives be different? I can only imagine! As long as we know Christ we have a treasure that is greater than any on this Earth! We can get a "well done" from our Father in Heaven rather than a "wow, your house is really clean," or "wow, your kids look so nice." Granted, there are appropriate times to look nice, to clean your house, and to fix yourself up( that country song, "she let herself go" always comes to mind and I don't know why! lol), but I'm talking about those "obsessions" that we have and don't realize how much they control us.
In Isaiah 47:12-15 it's about Babylon and how that their enchanters, magicians, and wise men were not good enough In verse 14b it says "They cannot even save themselves (from being burned up), from te power of the flame. Here are no coals to warm anyone; here is no fire to sit by. Verse 15: "That is all they can do for you - these you have labored with and trafficked with since childhood.Each of them goes on in his error, there is not one that can save you."
This is speaking of magicians, which in the days of babylon were like "gods" to these people because they were "so powerful" to them. The things I mentioned above are like "gods" to us so many times. We must remember that they can 'save' no one and we need to be more concerned about leading others to Christ than "living the 'perfect' wordly life".
The pictures are from the playground down from our apartment. Our landlord just built it and it is so cute and perfect for us! YAY! anyway, I am adding a few more and heading out! Adios Amigas!
