Follow the Leader pt. 1

This is going to be a two part topic. The first part is actually an observation that I saw at a picnic that I went to a couple of weeks ago. I volunteer at an elementary school every other Saturday. This was an end of the year picnic that we had, for the kids and their families and the volunteers. While all the other kids played, I sat under a tree and watched them. I noticed this one kid, who wasn't even old enough to go to elementary school, walking around. I noticed that he would follow anyone who would give him attention. If you gave him a toy, he would follow you, but only until you stopped paying attention to him, then he would look for something else. All he wanted was to be loved and to be included, but where he looked, he didn't find anything like that. He only found the love and attention he wanted when he returned to his family.

Even though we are older than this kid that I saw, we still act like this when it comes to our faith. Just think of the many things that we try to chase that only leads us to be empty: popularity, boyfriend/girlfriend, money, etc. We keep trying to look for things that will fill a void in our hearts, and things that will give us love and attention. The thing is that these worldly items will fail us, because they are not from God. 1 John 2:16 says, "For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions—is not from the Father but is from the world." Things that are from God will fill you up, and he will stop your wondering around from thing to thing. Zephaniah 3:16 says, "The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing." God loves you and he wants to love on you and make you happy, but we don't turn to him but we turn to the things of this world. But we don't have to be that kid wondering from place to place looking for love, we can head back to God, or Christian family, and find everything that we need in one spot, a
 spot that will never change. 

Dear Heavenly Father,

Thank you so much for you love and compassion that will never change no matter how many times I walk away and come back. Help me to turn from the things of this world, and turn right into your arms for everything that I need Lord. Amen.