What Is Important?

Here I am at five in the morning considering what I need to put on my desktop. It is an almost clean slate. Oh, how I wish it would not get cluttered. But, alas, I just wonder how long it will be before I have it covered with folders and websites. When I realized I could put the sites in folders to keep them sorted was when I really went overboard. And, yet, I use the sites.




My daily devotionals are most important. It is easier for me to read them online than to try to handle a book.



Then, there are the Christian magazines along with some carefully chosen home keeping magazines. Then, the museums, church sites and on and on.



I pray I choose how I spend each day with the care I choose the sites on my desktop.



Do I stop and ask God before every important decision? Or for that matter, every decision? Oh, how I wish I could say yes. He would love it if we would. When life gets hectic, I forget. Then, I have to go back and tell Him I am sorry.



The world he gave us and the life he gives us are so wonderful. All we have to do is follow His plans for our life. Do we take the time to find out what He has in mind for us? It is better than anything we could dream up on our own. All we have to do is stop and listen for Him.



He comes as a soft whisper. He will not force us to follow his plans. We have to want to.



I pray everyone who reads this will listen for what God wants them to do. Try it. It just might make life a whole lot easier.

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