Continually Learning

Today was just one of those days. I'm sure you all know what I am talking about. A day when things just don't seem to go right. I got out of my aviation class at about 9:45 this morning, walked to my car, and drove to my apartment. I got there at about 10:00 and walked in; everything seemed to be ok. I then got the things that I needed for a day at the office and took out the trash (my wife asked me to last night). On my way out I locked the door. After I threw away the trash and began to get in the car to drive to work I realized that I left my keys in the "locked" apartment. I thought to myself, "No problem, I'll just go get the landlord to open the door." When I reached the landlord's door I notice a note that said she would be out of the office until about 12:30. I began to realize the predicament i was in. No one can open this door buy myself, my wife, and the landlord. AHHH! my wife. I quickly called her phone only to get the answering machine. I then proceeded to call her phone about 9 more times....lol No answer. I found myself a chair and sat down and waited. My wife wasn't supposed to get out of class until 12:00. I sat there for about an hour and fifteen min. Then my neighbor, a very sweet old lady that likes to talk alot, came outside and offered me some lemonade. Hey, i thought to myself, this isn't so bad. She then brought me a sandwich as well as some pink lemonade. I began to eat and drink, even though I wasn't hungry. I didn't want to seem ungrateful. As I was drinking the lemonade I began to notice little things floating around in the lemonade. I shrugged it off thinking it was ice particles. When I got to the bottom of the cup I realized that the glass was EXTREMELY DIRTY. I almost gagged. Still, I couldn't blame the old lady. I gave her benifit of the doubt thinking she probably couldn't see into the bottom of the cup. My wife finally came home at about 12:20. I sat out there for about 2 and 1/2 hours. It was a hot and long 2 and 1/2 hours. I had much to do today, but i was forced to sit and be still.

I bet that sometimes God wants us to sit and be still, to take a break from everything we have going on in our lives and be still and know that He is God. Sometimes in my life I get sooooo busy. Between school, church/work, coaching, being a husband, sports, music, and friends i have very little time left in a day to just be still and know that God is God. I encourage anyone who reads this to set aside some time each day to cultivate your relationship with the Father. Church doesn't count. Church is a must and it too helps cultivate that relationship, but everyone needs to know how to have a 1 on 1 relationship with God. I have found that many people get caught up in the peer to peer relationship aspect of Christianity that they forget about cultivating the relationship that means the most. The relationship between them and God. I hope this encourages each of you to not forget your quiet time. The time you should set apart each day to get to know God. This time is essential to this race that we are running. If we want to finish the race like Paul says to Timithy in the Bible we must......MUST have a close relationship with Christ on a DAILY basis. Ask God to show you how to be still and know that He is God. Ask Him how to have this close and personal relationship I write about.

David John Philips