This picture reminds me of my life lately. There is the one thing worth focusing on. The one thing deserving of all of me. The one place where all of life is found. Then in an attempt to take our attention away from the one thing, is this big, blue, balloon.

I have a lot of these big, blue, balloons in my life. It seems that lately they are all over the place. My mind is going a million miles a minute. It’s all mostly a mix of good, and just ‘neutral’ stuff. Seminary, ministry, work, family, travel, dreaming about ways I could change the World for the cause of Christ, and just living life. Then things like Lost, 24, ipad’s, my fish tanks, rss feeds, naps, projects, and the rest of the things that take up my time. All big, blue, balloons.

I haven’t gotten much sleep lately, instead I’ve been consumed by these big, blue, balloons. (Again, it isn’t that these balloons are all bad) – but they are distractions. Things attempting to keep my focus off of the one thing that really matters.

I want to pop all of these big. blue. balloons.

Tonight I put away the Hebrew parsing, the mountain of books I have to read, the sermon prep for Easter Sunday’s sermon, the ministry planning, the iPhone, and all the rest, and I just sat with God. I popped all the big. blue. balloons, and just sat there, at the foot of the cross, with my God. It was nice.

I read through Psalm 63 tonight, the entire Psalm is beautiful, however I really like verse 1-4.

“O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you;
my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you,
as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary,
beholding your power and glory.
Because your steadfast love is better than life,
my lips will praise you.
So I will bless you as long as I live;
in your name I will lift up my hands.”

My soul really does thirst after God. I know this land is dry, there is nothing here for me. It’s lame in comparison to my God. No iPad, no Iphone, no degree, no anything can compare with how awesome God is. In fact, that Psalm says, “Your love is better then life.” How true is this! The fact that the Holy, Loving, Powerful, Creator, God loves a guy like me. Enough to send His Son to die in my place, and take ALL of my sin, and put it on His Son so that I could have a personal relationship with Him, that blows my mind. That is better then any of the big. blue. balloons.

God’s got a lot of work to do on me. A lot. But my prayer is God will help me to get better at popping these big. blue. balloons.