NEW IDOL! LORD HELP ME!!

I'm back to reading again. I get so involved when I read. I think I exchanged TV idolatry for reading idolatry. What's bad when I read, like TV, is that I tune this world out. When I'm reading, do not disturb me! I'm reading!! How dare you interrupt this crucial moment in my reading world! You want to talk with me, wait until I finish this particular chapter, then I can talk. (with TV, it's wait until the commercial break, then I can talk). Now this kind of scenerio is great if I was single, but I've got a husband and grandkids that love to talk to me. How rude and foolish I am.

But, I do notice that when I'm reading Christian material I'm not obsessive with my concentration as with a "worldly" novel. I realized that yesterday. I was reading and Frank wanted to talk about something. I put my bookmark in place, closed the book, and listened. Hmmm. That is so interesting to me. I'll have to some more testing on this observation.

My new read and it's so good is "Battling Unbelief" by John Piper (Multunomah Press). You can visit his website at http://www.desiringgod.org/ or com, I'm not sure. You can listen to his sermons, great prices on resource materials etc. He's a little deep sometimes and I have to think about what he said but I'm in need of some deeper thought sometimes. He did a study on the book of Romans with his church, verse by verse, and it took them, I think he said 8 years to complete. One can listen to his studies and they are so thought provoking. He is a right on, true to the Word pastor.

Well, I've got to sign off now. Must start packing for Big Bear. Talk later about BB and my journey in becoming idol less and have more of the Real One in my life. I thank God for his AMAZING GRACE. Even in my faithlessness, he is still faithful. What an awesome God is that!!!

Now my heart starts sing the song...There is none like you, no one else can touch my heart like You do, I can search for all eternity, Lord, and find, there is none like You...

The sun has risen, the crows are cawing and the planes are reviving their engines (they take off at 7 AM sharp), I can hear them.

Wow, I can't believe how happy I feel right now. It's not Big Bear or the book I'm reading, it's God. A little touch of heaven here on earth.

Today I pray that I can live in the Spirit and not in the flesh. I pray that I can be a servant to my family this week, that I can live for God and God alone, because there is none like Him!!

Enough of my ramblings.