Luv, I cannot look at that picture without smiling! BIG!
I tried - but couldn’t!
What a DOLL! Thank you for sharing with us!!
Imagine relaxing on a rubber raft along the shore, eyes closed, soaking up the sun and listening to the gentle crash of waves. You dont have a care in the worlduntil you open your eyes! Suddenly the shore is alarmingly distant.
We tend to drift like that spiritually. Its subtle yet shocking when we suddenly realize how far weve drifted from God. The point of departure begins when Satan steals our affection for our loving Creator by putting a deceitful twist on our experiences and causing us to suspect God instead of trust Him.
Consider Job and his wife. Both had plenty of reasons to be mad at God. Their children were dead, their fortune lost, and Jobs health destroyed. His wife told him, Curse God and die! But Job replied, Shall we indeed accept good from God, and . . . not accept adversity? (Job 2:9-10).
There are many attitudes that can set us adrift: believing that we need more than God to be happy; placing meaningful relationships above loyalty to God; thinking God should live up to our expectations; resisting His reproofs; turning a deaf ear when His Word is uncomfortable.
If youre beginning to drift, remember to stay close to the One who is the sole source of satisfaction.