My sister left this morning :( I had some time before church to clean around the house and put some things away from my boxes (yes, I moved into this house in Sept.). I realized how easy tasks are once you just get started. I have been struggling with discipline in my relationship with Christ. I DESIRE to meet with God daily because I love Him, but I often find the end of the day coming sooner than I expected and I go to bed with regret that I made no time for God. I admire my sister for her consistency in prayer and worship, and we talked about how she doesn't always FEEL like doing those things. She just knows that she wants to, so she makes it a priority in her life. Then, I went to church this morning and the message was the exact same thing. The statements that hit me the most were: "Obedience is not a feeling" and "Love (for God) follows obedience". This essentially means that I should do the things that I KNOW I want to do (like daily prayer, worship, and communion with Jesus)--even when I don't feel like it--because the good feelings/emotion will come once I start. This may seem obvious, but it finally hit home with the housework & church message. God often teaches me with object lessons--it is then that they stick!
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This is Sarah, Katie's sister...I don't have a password so I am the "anonymous" comment poster. Don't really know what to say really, but I wanted to comment on the Obedience not a feeeling thing...good message Katie (I will spare the nicknames :D ) I still want to grow in my consistency. Sometimes, it's only 5 minutes...I want it to always be more. I really want my heart to overflow even more with LOVE for our King...and then obedience is even less effort often times. But in the times that our hearts are not as passionate...it is still good to come and even tell Him those things...even when they are the "super spiritual" things. He loves to commune with us, and I want to remember that more often :) Blessings to you Katie and to anyone htat reads this. May we have hearts that will obey even when the emotion wants to come "after the fact" Love you!
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