for you know not the hour
when your Lord will come."
--Jesus
When we were first married my wife and I lived in the college town of East Lansing, Michigan where Michigan State University is located. There are tens of thousands of students who attend MSU. Consequently, there are thousands of young attractive women among those students.
As a newly married man and father I remember the challenge of keeping my mind, heart, and eyes focused on those responsibilities as I walked across campus from class to class. What would it say of my devotion, integrity, promise to be faithful & true if I were distracted by an attractive coed as my wife and child were coming to meet me on my way home? Imagine the insult if I walked right on pass them as my eyes gazed longingly at a prize I had no claim to or right to desire! An insult to the care & preparation my beautiful wife puts into making our home inviting and welcoming each day!
If happiness is wanting what we have, then surely the effort to stay focused on the return of the Son of God -in spite of the nearly limitless distractions this world offers- the One who went to prepare a place of unspeakable glory for us is well worth it!
How then shall we live? In obedient love doing what He asks of us or not doing what He doesn't want us to do. Daily.
Here's to another day of un-distracted living!
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Charlie