Chasing....

1 Corinthians 9:24

Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize.

As a mom I spend most of my weekend days chasing after my kids.... trying to make sure that they have "controlled" fun.  You know the kind of fun that doesn't make the house cave in or cause hospital visits.  Most of the time I listen for those quiet moments that usually mean that the youngest is into something she shouldn't be and i have to sneak up on her to make sure to scare her enough and hopefully catch her before whatever it is has been broken or wasted.  As moms we all have these moments and then when other people tell us how well behaved our children are we desperately try to hold in the laughter and gently say thank you while wondering where the real child went.
If you are a wife then you chase after your husband to pick up dirty laundry, to not walk into the house with grass all over his shoes from mowing the lawn.  Or even beg him to take medicine when he is sick because ladies lets face it when our husbands are ill it is like we have inherited another 5 year old.  I'm just saying....

So this got me thinking today, I spend all this time chasing after other people that I spend very little time chasing after the one that I should be chasing after... My Lord.  I was struck by the fact that I struggle so much with self-esteem when he has made me in His image.  I struggle with relationships when the one that counts the most gets the least amount of my attention because I take it for granted that He will always be there for me even when I am not my best.  I struggle with hurt feelings when I know for a fact that its not what others think about me that matters its what God thinks that should be my measuring stick.  I struggle that I am not model thin and was reminded today that God doesn't my waist but my heart.

These struggles have allowed what should be my burning flame for Jesus slowly become less bright and why?  What's the point in feeling all these things when He has made me beautifully and wonderfully made?  Ladies we are told so many lies and we fully by into them because the world has told us that we are just not worthy.  I for one am done and taking a stand for chasing after the one who is everything to me!!!

I am taking back my God given beauty.  I will no longer chase after the things in this world because guess what.  People are human and a mess someone will always be there to tell you what you aren't, but God is always putting people in your path to tell you what you are to Him.  He is chasing us so why don't we start chasing Him right back?

Knowing your enemy helps you combat the lies we are told and will start the race of chasing God!!!!!  Who will chase the Lord with me?