Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Do I love my Family more than God?

In life there are things I have wondered to myself. The big thing that has been on my mind lately is my love for my family. Do I love my family more than I love God? I know what a silly question this is that I have brought up but, the question itself has merit. Have I made my love for my family greater than God? I was raised with the teaching love God first than family and friends. My greatest fear is that one of my family members is going to die, especially my mom. I was sixteen years old when my mom had her first heart attack a month after my grandma died. It was such a scary time and life, and as my mom gets closer to the age her father died the more worried I get. I have had nightmares of my brother who I am so close to dies and I wake up crying. Last April we thought my dad was going to die because the doctors didn't know what was wrong with him. Through lots of prayer and giving it to God the doctors figured what was wrong. We went through this for 9 months of not knowing and fear. Almost three weeks ago we lost a beloved dog in our family. It was expected but we are all grieving the lost of chelsea.

This is Chelsea our dog
So my sin has been for a while putting my family before God. God has been showing this by how I spend my time. I spend more time talking to my parents than, reading my Bible and praying to God. I have let my fear of losing my family dwindle my walk with God. This is not what I should be letting happen, letting these thoughts sink into my mind taking over my true love for God. I memorized these verse in high school while stressed about getting into college. 1 Peter 5:7 says "Casting all your cares upon him because he cares about you." And Matthew 6:34 is about not worrying about tomorrow for tomorrow has not come. These verse mean SO much more to me now then they did in high school. I can't live life worrying about when a family member could die, they are going to die someday and that is not something I can stop. So I am going to live for God and rejoice that he LOVES me.

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