It's been some time since I've frequented the blogging scene. Three months is what it looks like from my last post.
Too long.
I typically don't write unless I feel like God's told me to write something. I think a big reason it's been so long is because I haven't been spending enough time with God to hear what He's saying to me.
Life.
It always seems to get in the way somehow. But, you can't escape it... Over the last several months I've let far too many distractions get in the way of my relationship with Jesus. It got to the point that if I opened my bible once a week I was doing good.
Apathy had set in... Not only that, I had become a little too comfortable and complacent. And, tired... I think exhaustion is one of the devil's most powerful weapons.
I could keep going on, and probably come up with several valid excuses, but the truth is spending time with Jesus is a choice. Of course there will be distractions, there always will be, the hard part is keeping focused and setting our hearts on what's eternal... I set my heart on more temporal things and ultimately it left me feeling exhausted and alone.
I'm coming back.
Back to Jesus. Back to intimacy with Him. Back to the One who's been through everything (good and bad) with me... I find myself looking back at the adventures I've had traveling around the world these past few years and to be honest, it feels completely surreal! I think to myself, "Was I really there, did that really happen?!". And, "I wish I had someone with me who I could have experienced all these things with. Someone I can reminisce with.". The truth is, there is! It's Jesus. I know it's different than a human relationship with someone, but He's been there with me, every step of the way. When I would go for a walk in the South African bush to watch the sunset. When I was in Wales wondering why on earth I had gone there. When I was in Germany at a Students For Christ conference. When I was in Panama at a drug rehab center in the middle of the jungle. And, beside me right now, here in Wichita, KS.
I don't know where you're at right now, whether you've become distracted as I so easily do. What I do know is that God wants you to come back, and come even closer.
I'm coming back.
