The day I sashayed into the church with the back corner of my dress firmly tucked inside my pantyhose was one of my most embarrassing moments.
My two toddlers and I had made a restroom stop before the morning worship. Anyone with toddlers knows this is no easy feat.Finally I arrived at the sanctuary pew and got the children settled. A sweet, teenage girl quietly slipped in the pew behind me and informed me of my predicament. If I could have crawled under the pew and slithered out, I would have. My only option was to laugh it off and make the necessary adjustments.
Afterwards, my husband asked, “Could you not feel the dress stuck in there?”
I assured him with all the control top undergarments, everythingfelt stuffed in there! Due to the numbing tightness, I was totally unaware the dress had gone astray.
That incident happened over ten years ago. Not one Sunday has gone by since that I have not triple-checked the location of my hemline. Needless to say—lesson learned.
All too often, I rush around in life, never really seeking God’s direction. Sometimes my day is jam-packed with so much stuff--that I absent-mindedly agreed to mandate, coordinate and participate in--that I fail to realize something is amiss.
It’s easy for my heart to become calloused to God’s purpose for my life. Even if all my activities are good ones, I can allow myself to become stretched to a numbing ineffectiveness.
God wants me 100%. He wants to be the first thing on my mind. When I choose to focus on Him, amazing things come to pass.
When hardships burden you because you rushed ahead and did not seek God’s counsel … slow down.
Choose not the controlling pressures of the world, but rejoice in the freedom Christ offers. Pray, seek God’s wisdom and guidance in all things, including the use of your time. Tust and obey when He says, “Be still.” Any afflictions along the way will soften your heart, making you sensitive again to His voice and His will for your life.Their hearts are callous and unfeeling, but I delight in your law. It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn your decrees.
Psalm 119:70-71 NIV
Psalm 119:70-71 NIV
This devotion, written by Sally Matheny, was first published on www.christiandevotions.us, January 2013.
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