centered

each day that we wake up we are faced with the task of manuevering through many different things in our lives...what do I have for breakfast...do I eat breakfast...how am I going to treat my spouse...my kids...my friends...do I expect them to meet all my needs or do I think of them first and me last...what do I listen to on the radio or watch on TV...will it make me smarter, will it make me mad or even will it in someway draw me closer to God...what will I talk about with my coworkers, my friends or my family...will I talk about others in a negative manner to make myself feel better...at least I am not like them (thank God)...or will I lift them up, will I speak of how fearfully and woderfully they were made (warts and all)...now I am not so sure that when we wake up we think of any of this...we are way to busy...have to get to work...have to make sure the kids are off to school or that they are fed and not tearing the house a part...after being in Singapore for 7 days there is something that happens here that has truly humbled me...the people that the Lord has put into our lives have one thing in common...everything that they do...work...church...family...they rely on one thing and one thing alone to guide and direct them...Jesus...they pray about everything...and not just pray they believe that God is going to answer their prayers...yesterday morning (Monday)...Laura and I were invited to be a part of a time of worship and prayer with our host family (Rodney and Esther)...they hae started a learning center (an alternative to public schooling here)...they are using A.C.E. curriculum and believe very strongly that if God is going to be a part of their society in the future...their children must be taught in a scriptual way and not just in church but academically...well after singing a few worship songs...by the way, the learning center is in Rodney and Esther home...they are looking for space to expand but for now because of a desire to follow a vision that the Lord gave them they do it in their for now...after the songs the kids went up stairs and the parents stayed downstairs...and let me tell you the next two hrs was amazing...they would bring up prayer concerns one family at a time and then pray...then the next family and then they would pray...they even let Laura and I share our concerns and prayer requests...I know I know we pray...but I have not been a part of a prayer time like this in many years...I am still trying to process what we are experiencing...one thing I know is that Jesus has been a part of my life but I am not so sure He was the center...totally relying on Him for everything...He is our source of joy and peace and health..."He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings, so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; for in Him we live and move and have our being,...do I seek the Lord about everything?...do  I grope for Him?...hallelujah...He is not far from any one us...Lord may we put you at the center of our lives...and let you take care of the rest