"When you think about a problem over and over in your mind, that's called worry. When you think about God's Word over and over in your mind, that's meditation." -Rick Warren , The Purpose Driven Life
Last night at Youth Group I was wondering why my mind wasn't on God, and why I was so distracted. I just ignored the fact thinking "Oh well... I guess maybe I'll concentrate better next week." The things I were thinking about were school tomorrow, what I was going to eat that night, my weekend, my Friday homework, and basically worrying about things that needed to get done in the future. Like I said, I was wondering why I was so distracted but I just ignored that fact. I didn't realize it then but I was replacing my thoughts about God, with worry. God said to me sometime during worship "The reason why your not focused on me is because of worry." He reminded me of the book I am reading the Purpose Driven Life. The quote I wrote at the top of the page espeially stood out to me. I then just stopped thinking about any thoughts that had to do with what was going to happen in the future and I completely trusted Him. That was one of the times I felt the most closest to God. I realized how good it felt NOT to worry about things, and during that time, I completely surredered that part of my life to Him. I was able to meditate on Him and His Word more.
So true :)! It is hard to think of *just God*, like we should delight in doing, when we are "just thinking" (worrying!) about the things we need to do!
ReplyDeleteI love you Katie! I am so happy that you are opening your heart, and mind to God and growing closer to Him! It's a training process, for our minds... even as an adult (and lots of practice) sometimes it's still hard to just let go and trust Him!
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