a few years ago cherry boone, one of pat boone’s daughters wrote a book about her struggle with anorexia called starving for attention. who do you know like that? who do you know that is starving for attention?
the answer is everybody. everybody is starving for attention. so what are you going to do about it? are you going to change? or are you going to stand before GOD one day and explain why things were more important than people? what excuse are you going to give for not putting first things first in your life? who do you need to start spending more time with? what do you need to cut out of your schedule? what financial sacrifice do you need to make for things that really count?
the best use of life is love. the best expression of love is time. the best time to love is now.
let’s pray…
FATHER, it is so easy to get distracted from what’s most important in life knowing and loving YOU and knowing and loving those around us. forgive us from being task-driven instead of love-driven. forgive us for valuing things and accomplishments and the praise of others more than people.
now you pray, “FATHER, thank you for this wake-up call today. i know what matters most even when my schedule doesn’t show it. i thank YOU for the reminder today. i know that the people who love me are a gift from YOU. please forgive me for taking them for granted. please forgive me for allowing other things to crowd out my relationship to YOU and to others. i want to change. i want to slow down. i want to make time for loving relationships. i know that this may mean making some personal sacrifices, probably financial. but JESUS, YOU modeled real love when YOU sacrificed YOURself for me. thank YOU. i want to be like YOU, and i want to make love the primary aim of my life for the rest of my life. in JESUS’ name i pray. amen.”
just a thought from the front porch…
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