A little something I thought I'd share...

Well, I am back! Lots of stuff has been keeping me busy, but this site is important to me. So I am going to update it as often as I can. I'm sure those of you who are keeping up with my site will appreciate that. :)

Just a little something I want to share...

This is one of the big things God has been teaching *me* lately. The thing is a lot of times...when God points out things in my life He doesn't like, but I do like, I often try to put God aside saying "Oh it isn't that bad..besides! I love it too much to give it up." You are probably wondering what exactly it is I'm talking about.

I was listening to something on the radio not too long ago and the man talked about how people want to grow in Christ, want to have a passion for Him, but don't seem to be growing. I thought, this is Me! I want to grow spiritually so much! I want to have a passion, a yearning for Christ, but I just haven't quite gotten there yet and didn't know exactly how to get to that point. Well, the man continued on talking about how sometimes things in our life can hinder us from growing. He said that sometimes we ask God to forgive us of big things, but sometimes little things in our lives can hinder us such as the music we listen to...the movies we watch...the friends we hang with... If these things are hindering us from fully experiencing Christ, if these things are hindering us from growing, then Christ commands us to rid ourselves of these things. Not just the big things. A lot of times I get right with God about the bigger sins in my life but I continue to watch movies or shows with language...or worse "scenes", hang out with people I shouldn't, etc... and go on with life saying it doesn't affect me. But the truth is, it SO does. God has taught me that I need to avoid these things as much as possible. When I hear bad lyrics in a song or language in a movie, I should be surprised and wanting to turn it off! But no...most times I am like...Hmm...that isn't good....and keep on listening or watching. The man I listened to on the radio talked about the reason I was not growing. He said that if these things are hindering me from being closer to God, then I should be willing to give up these little things to God as well as the big things. If I am not willing to do this, I can't get closer to Christ. I should be willing to give up everything for Him. I mean, gosh! He gave His life. Why can't I give up Grey's Anatomy and Other thingsfor Christ? These little things in my life are hindering me from experiencing an amazing walk with Christ. So next time I come to one of these things, I need to walk away. The Bible tells us to just say no! It might be hard at first, but once I do it, I will feel so much better and by putting these little things out of my life, I will be back on the road towards a closer walk with Christ.

Well, that is all for now!
Emily