Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Why isn't there a God's day?

Father's day is sometime in June, if I remember correctly.  Mother's Day is easy; it's always the week of my mother's birthday, that Sunday I think.  Siblings and pets have birthdays to celebrate, and lovers are special enough to get one of the scarce few days in February.  Why isn't there a day to celebrate all that God's done?

Don't tell me that's what Christmas and Easter are for.  Christmas might celebrate the birth of Christ, but Jesus sure didn't fall into that manger because it lay beneath the chimney.  And where was Peter when the stone rolled away? Peter Cottontail, I mean. We know where Simon Peter was.

I'm serious. God deserves a day when all we do is focus on him.

Your father and mother aren't always going to be there for you, but God doesn't mind babysitting, even if you're all grown up.

And, I don't care who yo daddy is, God is entitled to the "world's best dad" shirt.

Moms have it rough, and sometimes they just forget to take the chicken out of the freezer, but truth be told, God won't forget to feed you.

Since there's no calendar day devoted to the God of the universe, why don't we all take what's left of today and devote it to celebrating all that God's done for us? You know I'm going to.

Monday, September 19, 2011

Rough day

The past few days have been getting progressively more difficult. Stress at home, stress at work, and stress in general have been taxing on me.  My dad and I had an argument a few weeks back.  It was never resolved because he refused to acknowledge any reality other than what he wanted to perceive it as.  Essentially, he's dictating how I'm supposed to act, and if I show any emotions (because he's yelling at me like I'm in trouble), he shrugs them off as me tearing up a little over nothing.

I'm not a kid anymore.

My frustration and anger aside, I'm in a really down spot right now because I got too busy today to spend any serious time in prayer or bible reading.  I managed twenty minutes of cramming this morning before I had to get to class and finish my homework, and then I almost sat aside my homework for another class at noon to flat-out bible study, but I wasn't able to do it.  I just had too much homework and got too busy to afford more than the three obscure verses I looked up for a friend organizing a bible study.

My best friend's mom is sick with a sinus infection again. She's been fighting it since December or November. I'm worried for her, her family, and most significantly, for my friend.  I don't know how to comfort my friend because she's not a Christian and most of the time if I share a bible verse with her, she's just like "Oh. What does that mean? I don't see how it relates to my mom being sick."  It's hard to find any verse she can really appreciate for what it is, and that's compounded by the fact she's literally my closest friend, even if we're not as close right now.

I think God's telling me to get on my knees and pray, first thing tomorrow morning.  I'm discouraged and I can't go on without catching up on my God-time first chance I get.  God's got me, from now until forever.