June 9

Here are some thoughts:

It is so hard to understand why God does some of the things that he does. However, that's never enough room for us to accuse God of being wrong, because he is always in control of the situation. Todays reading consited of a lot of lives lost and enough blood to fill up an olympic pool. I sat there and wondered to my self, what can you write about this? How must the people in that time feel about what is going on?

I will give you my thoughts and submit them to you for your own judgement and opinion. Every person alive is meant to worship. If you worship the new york yankees, God, your bank account or your car, you worship something. If you look at someone's schedule and where their income goes towards, you can usually find where worship is going. For example: People go to work from 9 -5 (usually) and then rather than spending time w/ God, they IDOLISE the TV. TIME goes towards watching the TV from 6 - 9. At the end of the month that's a lot of hours lost. Not only that, but people love the TV so much, they thythe to TV, $39.95 monthly. There are those individuals that idolize it so much, that they spend A LOT more, for A LOT more wasted time.

It's a silly example, but a very true one. In todays reading, we see how God ended up punishing a lot of people for Idolization and turning their backs to God. I'm not here to tell you there is nothing wrong with what ever it is you like to spend your money on. However, if that overules the time you spend with God, maybe it's time to reconsider your priorities. It's time to put an end to your idols. If the only time you spend w/ God is one hour on Sunday because of a church service, that's a problem. If you spend 3 hours daily on a television, but one hour with God, that's a problem. If then you have enough courage to ask God, "What's your problem?". Maybe it's time to ask your self that question. To know God is an AMAZING thing, but it is so quickly overlooked for the things of the world. Take time to know your creator, your every breath and the reason why you have luxuries.