Abiding or Busy?

   "The disciple who abides in Jesus is the will of God, and his apparently free choices are God's fore-ordained decrees." (Oswald Chambers)

   Chambers talks about abiding again today, and again I have to confess that I have not done much abiding in the past couple of days. In fact, even though I read him yesterday, I did nothing with the reading, not even jotting down a single note.

   Any excuses for this lapse? Sure, but are they valid in any way?

   We are in Charlotte for our oldest grandson's graduation. We actually came on Saturday for his race in Kernersville, went to church with some friends on Sunday, and then Sawyer had a piano recital that afternoon. Monday, we helped at the school on the yearbooks, to get them ready for distribution on Wednesday.

   Today is also our 53drd wedding anniversary, AND I REMEMBERED. We are blessed to have had these years together, and I know how fortunate I am. God blessed me in spite of myself.

   So Mr. Chambers says that in spite of all that is going on in my life, I need to abide in Christ. In fact, he says that If I am abiding, all of these other things will be the things that God has planned for my life, to bless me in them.

   So, am I abiding or just plain busy? God knows the answer to that question, and, regrettably so do I.