Take My World Apart

(The following is my wife’s first post on this blog!  After all, this blog is named “The Glodjos”.  She’s probably just grown tired of me running my mouth in cyberspace a little too much and feels like she needs to step in .  Either way, I seriously excited that she has chosen to join me on here and offer personal, honest truth that will hopefully be of benefit to all of our readers.  ~ t)

God really used this song, “Worlds Apart” by Jars of Clay, in my life more than two years ago to bring me to my knees and surrender my life to him whatever the cost.  At that time I was so full of love and joy in my Savior that I did not care about this world or the pain that comes from being separated from those you love.  I was ready to go and do anything for my God.  I often quoted Colossians 3:3-4 which says, “Set your mind on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.  For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.  When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.” When one is heavenly minded, they do not care about the things of this world – the things that man chases after.  There is only one thing in sight, Christ and his glory.

I say all of that to share with you one of my struggles recently.  These past few years God has blessed me with a husband and now a baby boy on the way.  And sadly, I have taken these blessings from the Lord and become satisfied with them instead of Him who gave them to me.  I have turned my eyes from the things above to focus on the earthly things I have been given.  This past year I have been trying to get back to where I used to be spiritually, but it has felt like a very slow process.  A few weeks ago at church (City Fellowship Baptist Church) God revealed to me what I have placed ahead of Him.  My husband and this new little boy have become idols in my life that have distracted me from the thing that matters most, namely, God.  I have to give Tyler and baby John back to God.  This does not mean I will love them less; in fact, I will probably love them more because I will be loving them with the love that flows from God.  I know that God has a plan for each of our lives and that it is good and perfect.  I simply have to trust in him alone for that plan rather than cling to what I already know and have.

~ d