Anonymously Lost

Exodus 19:1 - 21:36

It's amazing because this weekend we were talking about things that get in the way of our relationship with God, and today's daily devotion talks about idols and the things we do that distract us from God. In today's passage there is the Ten Commandments. The first one being, "Do not worship any other gods besides me." This weekend at retreat I decided to give up most of the television shows and things that I had been watching. I would like to be able to completely give up watching tv but for now giving up the bad shows that were teaching me that it's okay to be like the world is sufficient. I've given up the shows that I used to think I would die without watching. I haven't died yet. I have already turned my music over to God, now I have turned the television over. Homer Allison, the speaker and the retreat, was very in your face, but I loved it. I liked that he didn't skirt around the truth. He knew what God said was okay and he taughtwhat God said wasn't okay. If you ever have the chance to hear him, he is one of the best speakers I have ever heard. He's amazing. He encouraged us to tell our "Jesus Story" and even gave us a chance to get rid of the negatives in our lives that distract us from God.We were all given a square tile. On that tile we were supposed to write things that are blocking our relationship with God. We were supposed to write the things we wanted to break away from. When we were finish writing, we were to go to the pond and throw the tiles in. We were giving it away 3 times. The first was when we prayed about it. The second was when we actually threw it away into the lake. And the third was when the water washed the tiles clean. I think that is amazing to think about. When I threw that tile into the water I felt a burden lifted. Not the whole burden, but a part that I thought I would never get rid of.