Been awhile

It has been so busy and hectic this summer that I haven't made the time to blog like I should have. Notice I didn't say I didn't have the time, I did. I just did make the time. It wasn't one of my highest priorities. It could have been probably should have been, but I just didn't do it. I was reading the book of 1 john today. It's a good book. Speaks a lot on sin and how if we continue sinning we really aren't children of God. Talks a lot about anti-Christs and how to identify them. But it was the very last verse that grabbed at me. Here is what it says, "Dear children, keep away from anything that might take God's place in your hearts." That grabbed me. Some translations say to keep away from idols. I like it better because an idol is a statue,something i can see, something that I can avoid. But when you look at idolatry from the standpoint of anything that takes God's place in your life, that is a little closer to home. The question for the day is, What is taking God's place in my life? People, relationships, things, jobs, pleasure, Me. Because in reality if we don't make a conscious effort to keep God in his place in our lives, he will fall down on our priority list like blogging did for me this summer.