What God Has Taught Me Today....

1. I can find God anywhere.

I am a cat person. Crazy, I know, but I love cats. I had a cat growing up-we'll call him George, cause....it's his name. George loved me! George was my cat. If I was at home, George was on me. He sat on my lap, my bed, where ever I was, there was George. When I got married 5 years ago I would come back to my parents' home and George would run to me seeking my immediate attention; however, as the years passed by George would run to me less and less, till now I have to seek him to have anything to do with him.

Last year, I found a cat. Actually, it found me. It came to me one day while I was outside using the phone and he hasn't left since. He has become my cat. That cat will follow me where ever I go. He makes Melanie mad because he completely ignores her. This cat loves me, he is always wanting my attention, but his love does not fill the void left by George. I mean, this cat wants to be petted, not held.

How much are we like these cats? George's focus is not on me anymore and he will only come to me when I seek him. How I wish George still sought after me. Do we still seek God, or do we have to wait til God seek's after us?

My other cat loves me and wants me to be a part of his life, but only at arms length. Are we keeping God at arms length even though we love Him? He longs to hold us and be closer to us than we could ever imagine. Imagine how much love God could show us, if we would just let Him hold us.

2. I should be a pleasing aroma to God.

In Leviticus, during the different voluntary sacrifices/offerings the priest would burn the fat of the bull/dove/pigeon/goat-whichever the case may be-over a fire on the altar....It said that the aroma it produced was a pleasing aroma to God. I thought about that. What made the aroma so pleasant? Did God actually smell it? Not positive. I think what made the aroma so pleasing was the people's obedience to God. They desired to be in fellowship with God and thankful for what He had done.

Am I that obedient to God, that my life is a pleasant aroma? I pray it will be.

3. We are set apart for His glory.

Reading Leviticus, it shows us that we are set apart from other people on this planet. We are to be different....for a purpose. Again I started thinking...Melanie and I just began trying to have kids, which in turn got me thinking about my own birth. I wasn't supposed to be here. My parents got married in 1974. Soon afterwards they began trying to get pregnant, but things became difficult. The doctor's eventually told my mother it would be "impossible" for her to have kids. So what was left? Adoption; however, it just so happened ;) not to work out. A couple of weeks later and guess what...right, mom found out she was pregnant. With me. There was a reason God opened my mother's womb and for that reason I am set apart. Just as you are set apart. God set us apart for a reason. We were set apart to worship Him, to be Holy, to be in fellowship with Him.

I also realized to be set apart I had to set apart. When I met Melanie and fell in love with her I did whatever necessary to meet with her. Skip class-No problem, Eat in the caf(trust me-it was harder than it sounds)-No problem. I did whatever it took to be with her. I set apart my time. I realized it is the same with God. I need to set apart time to spend with Him. Get up early-No problem, turn off the tv-No problem. Why? Because I love God and want to know Him inside and out and let His love radiate from me. So in order to be set apart I need to set apart.

Thank you, God, for showing me these truths.