Beware Of That 1 Hour!

I've been doing what I said.....catching up on my favorite blogs and reading some new ones. If I haven't made it to your blog, I will soon.

When I was in the Hub City, I learned that my niece had just begun a blog. She gave me the address and I couldn't wait until I got home to look it up. She is a precious young woman with two energetic boys....thus, the title of her blog "Busy With The Boys."

I had no idea that her second post would speak so strongly to me. This is what she wrote:

"One thing I really enjoy is going to youth night at our church. Our youth pastor, Jason, is always putting our youth to the challenge of being obedient Christians. An example he gave to them about being obedient was say your parents tell you not to write on the wall. So for 23hrs in the day you don't write on the wall, but for 1 hour a day you write on it. When it comes to the Christian life it can be hard to be obedient all the time. However, I can tell you that Jason is always putting that challenge to every one around him. It makes me really conscious of what I am doing throughout the day. I know a lot of individuals whom think, OK, I been saved, baptized and now I am all good and go about their business. I think it is time for us to take a stand and be the obedient Christians Christ wants us to be."

Sometimes, it's not a full hour that we become disobedient. It can be 5 minutes. But it only takes a matter of minutes to destroy a Christian witness.
We all need a Jason in our lives...a person who is always challenging us to stay firm and strong in our Christian commitment....24 full hours a day! That's why it's so important to seek out that person that challenges us the most and stay connected.

There are the 'one hours'( or 5 minutes) in my life that I regret...maybe repeating some "news" that I've heard through the proverbial grapevine; maybe it's telling someone I'll pray for a situation and then I get busy and forget; maybe it's something I write on my blog. that can be misinterpreted.. I often forget, as I write, that I'm writing on www., and everybody doesn't use the phrases, terminology, and clichés I use.

All of this just to say, I want my life to count for something....something good and Christ-like. I don't want to be mostly light, with a little dark intertwined.

I want to be all light....

Back to visiting my friends.

Until next post, be aware of that "1 hour".