Just some thoughts....

Hello everyone! I hope you're all doing well. I'm very excited because on Monday I leave for a retreat with my Church. In preparation for my retreat, I decided to tie dye t shirts. As I prepared to tie dye the t-shirts. I was looking forward to see how they were going to come out. After having the t-shirts sitting the dye for a while. I took them out, rinsed them and took took off the rubber bands. To my surprise they came out great. The royal blue was a beautiful color. I then misread the directions and rather than hand washing them with a small amount of detergent I put them in the washing machine. Most of you probably know what happened...that beautiful royal blue faded away. I'm pretty bummed out I'm not going to lie. In midst of my retreat coming up it got me thinking. 

As Christians, how often do we come back after a retreat or even Church on a spiritual high? A spiritual high where we are focused and consumed on God and His Word? But after a few days, a few weeks even that spiritual high seems to slowly fade away and we are back to where we were with our relationship with God before we left for the retreat or Church that Sunday morning. (I have totally experienced this before)

Throughout my walk with God, I have definitely had my spiritual highs, lows and in betweens. But I don't want to have lows or in betweens. I want to constantly have a spiritual high. I want to be that beautiful royal blue t-shirt. I have found that the more I focus on God and His Word the more I think not of this world but of His Kingdom and furthering it. The better I get to know Him and the better I learn the Women of God He wants me to be.To become that royal blue t-shirt is going to take time. Spiritual growth is a process and it's an on going thing.  We either move forwards or backwards. I don't want to go backwards anymore I want to constantly be moving forwards. My encouragement to you all is to do your best to make sure you are going forwards and to not be discouraged. At times we all may take a small step backwards but always remember that God is ALWAYs there with welcoming arms.  

I want to share a verse that has encouraged me in my walk with God. In Romans 12:1-2 Paul writes 

"Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will."