Desperately Seeking His Sanity

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When Heather asked me to guest post here, I thought she was scraping the bottom of the barrel. Surely she could find others to fill the slots. I agreed anyway wondering how I could be witty and funny just like Heather, but God had other plans. What follows is me and what God’s laid on my heart to write. I’m sure this is better than me trying to be funny like Heather

I was at the gym yesterday working out with my trainer (don’t I sound professional?). Needing to stretch before the next set of exercises, I stood in front of steps and put one leg up. I leaned forward. Of course, I was looking down at my foot, my leg and my hands. He instructed me to look up and when I did, oh my, the muscles that were pulled — from my back down to my feet.

All I could think was, how in the world does where I’m looking affect that many muscles?

Doodle (my daughter) wanted to go for a motorcycle ride, and since it had been awhile, we decided to ride to dinner last night. It’s been a couple of weeks since I rode my bike, so I was a little worried about how I would do. I thought back to my safety rider’s course. The one thing the instructors drilled into the class was to look where you want to go on the motorcycle.

All I could think was, how in the world does where I’m looking affect a motorcycle?

As we were learning how to ride through curves, I quickly realized the instructors were right. If I looked down at the ground, I almost lost control of the bike. But if I looked up through the curve to where I wanted to go, it was a much smoother ride. The motorcycle would actually go where I looked. And if I wasn’t turning sharp enough? I wasn’t turning my head and looking far enough to where I wanted to go.

Believe it or not, where you look is very important in everything you do. If you have visited my blog lately, you know I went to She Speaks, a Christian women’s conference for writers, speakers, and women’s ministry leaders. Before that conference, I was so busy looking around — at other women in ministry, at other bloggers, at worldly things. When I get caught in the trap of looking around, that’s when the comparisons start and jealousy creeps in. The conference was not as good for me as it could have been if I had been looking at God the whole time. I know I missed out on wisdom from God concerning where I’m going.

So take a few minutes this morning and look to God. I love the hymn, “Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus.” Watch this video and let it soak into your soul.

“Let us fix our eyes on Jesus.” Hebrews 12:2