What good is it?

It is now 9:30 p.m. on Black Friday and I am just starting to write... I've been up since 1:00 a.m. I apologize for any craziness.

If there is one thing that Black Friday can teach you is how crazy people can get over material things. As Christians we should not be focused on the material, but as most of us know, it is very easy to get drawn into the excitement over some sale that is once in a lifetime type deal. I'll admit that I become one of those people sometimes on Black Friday. I woke up at 1 so i could leave my house by 2:30 to drive over an hour to stand in line so that I could have a chance of getting a laptop. And I didn't even get that one. I ended up driving to another town so that I could go to a slightly less crowded store to get my second choice. All that effort and I ended up getting number 2 on my list. While I was standing in line I started thinking. We are so willing to deprive ourselves of sleep so that we can go shopping, but how often are we willing to deprive ourselves of sleep in order to study God's word? Why are we willing to get up 9 hours earlier than we are normally happy with to drive an hour to stand outside for another hour, but we can't bring ourselves to roll out of bed a few minutes early to do a devotional before class?

This is one of those things that I really need to work on myself. When I think about this topic I automatically think of a verse in Mark.

"What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?" -Mark 8:36

Hopefully this has given you something to think about. I challenge you to spend time with God first thing in the morning every day for a week. I'm challenging myself too. Let me know how you do!

Your Fellow Water Walker,
-Ashlee