Jesus Is A Busy Man/King

I was at dance practice last week with my girls (sonctified) (I sort of like to do everything and so I teach dance), when one exclaimed "Jesus Christ," and the other responded saying "Don't you know Jesus is a busy man?" I thought that was funny, but then the writer in me bagan to twitch and I started thinking, how busy is Jesus? and is He so busy that He wants us to call on him only when we need Him?

As if God knew I needed some answers, our pastor preached that Sunday explaining that even though Jesus had been exalted as the King of all kings he is still sitting at the right hand of  God, interceding on our behalf (Philippians 2:5-10). First of all, it is so humbling that the King of king still decides to love us through prayer. So Yes! Jesus is very busy. He is making sure that our Father has mercy on us because honestly, if God decided to release his anger we will all be dead. Imagine, He can kill you with a blink of an eye but He still decides to keep you alive. Can you question God? Do you question a maker? No! Yet we are always made aware of His mercies!!!! (Stops to praise dance).

The point is that we usually use the Lord's name in vain (Exodus 20:7) in situations where we can either say Thank You Lord Jesus or just Oh Mine! and I am guilty of this too (shy face). I think it is even worse when we do this with a cuss word, in any language. Imagine how many times Jesus has been interrupted by your OMGEEE!! or God! (As an example this should not be considered as vanity).

The good thing about this is that He is always available. Even more amazing he has given us the Holy Spirit (John 14) to help us with the daily needs including your jeering and your wild exclamations. Next time you want to interrupt his prayers, think can I just swallow my complaints? Can I call on someone else? Maybe I should simply stay positive.

-Amanda 

Unblogging

Everyday, as I climb up the stairs into my home, I say to myself, "what an interesting day, I will blog about it." But that never happens (well besides today) because I am trying to figure out what job to apply for next or what school I will be going to. In the end, I get a little stressed and end up sleeping on the couch...no blogging, no sharing of my incredible day.

I have been pretty busy just setting up myself for a lot of excitement. I started a professional photography business that focuses on portraits recently and that is simply exciting! But more importantly, I started realizing how relevant it is to be grateful. As a Christian, there is nothing more important than showing gratitude. God actually gets upset when He's showing you so much grace and favor but you decide to be ungrateful.

I went through a very difficult January which I will write about in July, but I have recently been having a lot of spontaneous blessings that I have created consciously by calling forth the good. This basically means I have been reading a lot of encouraging books like Joel Osteen's You Can You Will : 8 Undeniable Qualities of a Winner and actively reading and taking notes from the Bible. The fact is that life is hard work!!! But you can also create the kind of life that you want to live. So everyday, when I wake up I say "Something good will happen to me today, Something amazing is going to happen through me, I am complete in Christ, nothing missing, nothing broken!" Believe it or not, amazing things have been happening, like Monday, when I met a man from my church who bought some groceries for me! He is faithful.

All this to say that I repent my unblogging lifestyle and pledge to write more often.

-Rachel