Do Life with God!

On the first morning back to school after Christmas vacation my husband and I had a conversation that I vaguely remember.  He was in the bathroom getting dressed to head out early as usual, bright eyed and bushy tailed. 

I was still in bed wrapped in the warmth of my blankets refusing to get up.  I was not awake and
definitely not fully aware of my surroundings.  After the fact and after several cups of coffee, I had
flashbacks of our little talk and pieced together the facts just like the jigsaw puzzle currently under
construction on our table…piece by piece. 

He told me that we were separating, not in a courthouse, but in the bathroom.  He stated I had until the end of January to move my stuff off of his side of the bathroom counter completely.  (Notice that he gave me plenty of time and I might add that he was smiling the whole time he mentioned the split)  He attempted to describe my items which were currently residing on his side of the counter.
He pointed out a cup or two, a bottle of perfume and my jewelry hanging on a “tree” as he called it.  He saw it all very black and white, no gray.  My stuff needed to go!  The only place I wanted to go was back to sleep! 

Our conversation and his plan for bathroom separation reminded me of a truth that has followed me
around like a blinking sign for the past few weeks.  It too is black and white, no gray!   Christian radio, television, our Sunday school lessons, and my own Bible reading all have ended up the same…Put God first!

Joyce Meyer and Beth Moore boiled it all the way down to “DO LIFE WITH GOD.”   I got to thinking…  If we do life with God, the future, the present, the finances, the jobs, the relationships, the extra five pounds that we need to lose after the holidays, will all work out.  
Now, maybe everything does not work out the way we want it or the way we had planned, but if we “Do life with God” and put Him first, we will be okay!   If HE is not first, whatever IS will destroy us!  I may should repeat that so I can hear it again myself.  If Jesus is not first, whatever IS will destroy us.   There is no gray there!  He is a jealous God and loves us so much to let us go without a fight!

I realized last week while jotting all of this down in my journal like I had discovered a new buried
treasure that more than anything else, I want to “Do life with God.”  That includes the good days, the
bad days, and the mundane days.  It is also the greatest desire I have for my children. I always wish them well, pray for them, encourage them, and all of that good motherly stuff.  Now, I have simplified my motherly desires.  I pray that they will “Do life with God.”  I mean all of it...homework, friends, sports, food choices, music choices, and their many future plans and dreams. 
I believe this is all based on scripture. 

The phrase “Love the Lord” appears 17 times in the Bible.  In Matthew 22:37, the disciples asked Jesus what the greatest commandment was.  He said “You shall love the Lord your God with all of your heart, and with all of your soul, and with all of your might.”  That is doing life with God!  I am in.  Are you?