IT'S WORTH IT

Well, I'm back...in Indiana and the Blog World.  I am sure a lot of you were thinking that my blog was a sparkle-and-fade thing that only lasted a week.  I hope that you stuck with me in my absence and were checking in.  My family was blessed with a vacation to Disney World (thanks Mom and Dad).  I didn't mention that we would be away because I completely anticipated writing my blog while on vacation.  Yes, I brought my computer to Disney World.


It would have been fantastic.  I had so many "And that got me thinking..." stories that it blew my mind (if you were in church on Sunday, you heard only 15 of them--and that was from a six-day trip).  I don't know if it was because I was relaxing more (if you can do that at Disney), or if it was because I was away from my normal; I don't know what it was...but I was getting all kinds of ideas for blog entries everywhere I went.


However, it did not happen.  I didn't write any of them.  I could say that I was exhausted every night when we got back to the hotel, but I think I would have been able to push through to get something written for you.  I could also say that I was on vacation and I wanted to spend time only with my family (very valid), but I usually write my blogs after everyone is already in bed anyway.  The main reason for not writing my blog while at Disney World was the fact that it cost $10 A DAY to have internet capabilities.  I love you all and I love writing my blog...but I'm not throwing down that kind of cash to write a few stories.


And that got me thinking...what are we willing to throw down for the Lord?  Are we willing to pay the price to be a follower of Jesus?  As ridiculous as $10 a day sounded to me, the price to follow the Lord is even more so--we have to throw down our very lives.  We have to give up our wants, our desires, our very selves to be a disciple.


Does that mean that our lives will be miserable?  Absolutely not.  Our wants and our desires will be replaced with the Lord's wants and the Lord's desires.  We will WANT to do the things that bring us closer to Him; we will WANT to give up the things that don't please Him.  So does this mean that it's going to be easy and great?  Not all the time.  But unlike the $10 a day...it's worth it.




P.S.  On a side-note, we met a wonderful, like-minded family while at Disney.  Check out their family blog in my Blogroll to the right--My Blessed Home.  Michelle has all kinds of great ideas and information about family life.  And she obviously knows what she is talking about because her seven kids were the best-behaved at Disney World.