Just A Little Change

"And he said: "I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven." Matthew 18:3

Have you ever put something aside in a “safe place” only to discover a few weeks or months (or maybe even a few hours) later you can’t remember where that safe place is?  Maybe it’s just me but the older I get the more time I spend trying to find safe places.  A while back, someone sent me the message in today’s post and I put it in a safe place.  Months later, ta-da!  I guess I’ll call it Gods excellent timing because I just happened to stumble across it last week while I was preparing for an Advent by Candlelight event I had been invited to speak at and the words were a perfect fit with the message of the evening.  As I think about ways to make Advent more meaningful, this was the perfect thing to find.  I hope in these words you can find some things to prayerfully ponder and maybe even change in order to put things in the right perspective and get ready for the birth of our Savior.
 
THE PARADOX OF OUR AGE
We have bigger houses but smaller families;
more conveniences, but less time.
We have more education but less sense;
more knowledge, but less judgment;
more experts, but more problems;
more medicines, but less healthiness.
We've been all the way to the moon and back,
but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbor.
We build more computers to hold more information,
to produce more copies than ever,
but have less communication.
We have become long on quantity but short on quality.
These are times of fast foods, but slow digestion;
tall men but short character;
steep profits but shallow relationships.
It's a time when there is much in the window,
but nothing in the room.
 
I hope somewhere in that story you can find a little nugget or two to work on, I know I see several!  A few of the middle lovelies told me last week they were committing to less time “on screen” and more time “in prayer” this Advent.  I promised I’d join them because  I can’t be in charge of the world and fix all the issues this little story points out, but I can be in charge of my own heart and my own home…and that’s really all God ever asks us to do. He doesn’t ask for perfection, only participation.  Please join me this week in pondering these words.  The last line really hit me; much in the window but nothing in the room; if the room is my heart I’m petrified at the thought of nothing; but I rejoice at the thought of Jesus taking up all the space in my heart.

  A Seed To Plant:  Take this story into your prayer time and really ponder what God might be leading you to do or change as you use this Advent Season to prepare for His coming.

 Blessings on your day!