Recognition Comes 30 Seconds Later

We often seem to be very slow in the head. At least I know I can be. I often don't recognize things in my life until moments later.

Examples?

You may not realize how much you care for someone, or how much you enjoy being with them until their gone. It seems that once they are leaving, or not around anymore you realize that they really do mean a lot to you. Sometimes we don't catch a joke, until its been well finished. We sometimes don't notice that God has blessed us with something until much later. We often miss where we are going and then we realize once we are at the next exit on the road.

But why do we miss these things? Just about everything has a reason (I say just about because everything does not have a reason). There is a reason why we miss these things, and it is because we are distracted. With our friends we get distracted by our friendship and forget that things aren't always forever. With jokes its often we don't understand them or we weren't really listening to them. With directions or places haha, I always look at my surroundings and realize that I wasn't watching for where to go being too distracted by the things around me.

But the one thing we often miss is the one thing we should be watching for; the blessings of God.

We are so often distracted by things we think are bigger and better that we miss the blessings of God. Or just the opposite we are so distracted by the things we may need or not need that we don't see the blessings of God. Sometimes we miss these blessings and never knew we had them. But God gives us new blessings each and every day.

So I want to challenge everyone... Look for the blessings that God gives you. Don't let the worries of life cloud your vision.

I love to play paint ball. In paint ball if you use a O2 tank (Liquid Oxygen) it will constantly leak little amounts of air. This is completely normal and nothing to worry about. Although you are losing air slowly, and do make a hissing noise as you walk along O2 is still better than Co2. But if you constantly focus on your slowly leaking air tank, you will not be able to focus on the game around you.You will miss good bunker positions, chances to move up field, and you will cloud your goggles up. If you constantly focus on the leaking air tank you will not win the game and you will be taken out fast. A leaky air tank is normal when using O2.

The same in life. We will have hard times, trials, and temptations. But these things are not a problem, when we compare the reward at the end. A leaky air tank in paint ball will be a nuisance, people can hear you, its cold on your side sometimes, and you need to fill it more often. But O2 is much better than Co2 as it lasts longer; a person with O2 can play much longer, and will have an advantage over someone with Co2. Trials, temptations, and difficulties will strengthen us. But we cannot focus on these things, but we need to focus on God our true goal. When we focus on Him, and not our leaky life we can see all the blessings, opportunities, and mercies He gives to us.

So I want to challenge everyone. Don't focus on the leaky air tank of your life. This is normal, Jesus said that these things were normal and would happen. Instead focus on the Lord and what He has for you, and you will begin to see all the things He has for you.