45 Days with the God

The idea of spending time with 'God' is not something I give a lot of weight. Yes I am a Christian and yes I believe completely in the bible, but in my daily life I do not give God time. I might pray a little here or there. I occasionally read my bible to 'get back on track'. I never really give God everything. You can read about Christian's in the bible who gave everything. You can read stories of missionaries who gave everything. I know I don't give God 10 minutes some days, let alone my life, family, heart, mind, etc.

If you know me you know I am a very busy person. I like to fill my life with tasks and different jobs to try and keep myself busy. Many of you know I keep my self too busy, I overload my schedule. Some times to the point that I break down or my marriage begins to break down. I do this in 2 year spirts. I slowly involve myself in more and more things until my schedule is overflowing with activities, groups, and work. Then I break down mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. I am not a rock star by any means, but I feel like one sometimes. I feel over stimulated and out of my mind. I feel lost in my own body and life.

So I have taken steps to remove every extra from my life. I have stopped serving at my church (gasp!), I have stopped participating in tons of extra groups (gasp!), I have pulled back my work schedule, and I have removed all fat from my schedule. I have replaced it with quality time with my wife and free time. That free time is going to belong to God.

I plan on taking the next 45 days and spending it with God. Taking this time of rest to examine this relationship. To evaluate everything I believe. To try and learn more about the God I believe in and draw as close to Him as possible. During this time I am giving up Twitter, Pinterest, Facebook, and all other web surfing not essential to my full time job. The reason for removing these elements is they are distractions. I will however be blogging here in a journal like fashion. I plan on being completely open and honest. I am going to hide nothing during this time. I feel like it's important to be fully honest and go after God without putting up any walls.

I will update this most days. The plan is to spend time in the bible, in dedicated prayer, in worship via music, in worship via writing, and in submission to the Holy Spirit. Society has begun to teach me that there is no God. My plan is to dive deep and find out how real the God I believe in is. I want to make sure you get to see how much I discover during this time.

I would appreciate your prayers during this time that I can open myself up to all that God has for me. Thanks to all of my friends and family who support me and love me. God has truly blessed me with the people in my life. My prayer is that this blog allows you to see exactly what I go through and shows who God really is.