Today is a pretty relaxing day. No school to worry about. No work until after 6. And I got to sleep in...waaaaay in. haha! It's nice.

I'm spending my time building myself up. Today I'm taking it easy. Today is my Sabbath; my day to just be with Him. I'm learning the difference between rest and laziness. I have not perfected not being lazy yet, but it's a constant process. God delights in our rest because it should be in Him, but He hates our laziness.

God has really been showing me how important it is to realize that time is money. How are you spending your time and what is it being spent on? So think for a second, if you will. There's 24 hours in each day. How much do you do you spend sleeping? On average 6-8 hours. That leaves us with 16-18 hours left in that day. We should realize, even as we're young, that we're not going to be here forever and that we have to find a life of purpose. If we are not living our days for Christ, our days add up to nothing. I'm not saying that you just have to get into a "works" mentality and just have to work work work. I'm just saying that you have to speculate how much idle time you have in one day. Like I said before, God delights in our rest, but He despises laziness.

Psalm 90:12 (NLT) - "Teach us to make the most of our time, so that we may grow in wisdom."

Proverbs 12:11 (AMP) - "...but he who follows worthless pursuits is lacking in sense and is without understanding."

Ecclesiastes 11:9 (NLT) - "Young man, it's wonderful to be young! Enjoy ever minute of it. Do everything you want to do; take it all in. But remember that you must give and account to God for everything you do."

I forget who said this, but I heard it a while ago and it really stuck out to me. "When God wants to grow a squash He grows it in one summer; but when He wants to grow an oak He takes a century." Which lasts longer; the squash or the oak tree? This also reminded me of Isaiah 61:3 when God was saying that His people may be called "oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified." Before it talks about being "oaks," it talks about the Spirit of the Lord and the anointing for setting the captives free beauty for ashes, etc. You should read this chapter. It's amazing.

Jesus quoted Isaiah 61 in Luke 4. The Spirit of the Lord God was upon Him. Jesus is the One who set us free to be "oaks of righteousness." It takes some time to grow into your calling. It is also up to us to use our time wisely to become those strong trees.

This was very long so I appologize. I hope you got something out of it. This was just a good chance to share my heart.

Have a good day!