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Day 7 of Devotional

Respond: Imagine how Enoch went about his walk with God. Could you do something similar?

Enoch was taken from earth by God, while everyone else died of a natural death. Enoch must have really loved God, truly because I can’t imagine any other reason why God would just pluck him off the earth and into Heaven.

I don’t know if I can do something similar. Life back then was a lot simpler than it is now. But  that should not be my excuse. God is worthy of all my attention all of my effort, all of my praise, and all of my time; yet I am still hesitant to do such things, why?

Because this world also demands a lot. I have pressure from my family, and I need to respect my parents, for that’s what Jesus did while He was here on earth. School life, worry about grades and GPA’s not dropping, and so on and so forth. Right now I am in the process of applying for Grad school and the school.

It is very difficult not to worry about things, even though God tells us not to worry and be anxious. It’s human nature to worry, but I tend to feel guilty for worrying because I should be trusting God instead of fretting over temporary things. Prayer and going to God’s word is the best way to deal with worry, I know this yet I don’t do this. I use something to distract me so I don’t have to think about it.

Day 3 of the devotionals

So for this devotional it focused on the, well Garden of Eden. This was the original paradise that God created for His creation. Now this was all before the fall of Adam and Eve. These two were naked and not ashamed (Genesis 2:25). If anyone was naked in front of someone they would feel ashamed, well at least I know I would feel ashamed. 

I have studied this passage before with my college group, and one thing that we noticed is that Adam was asleep when Eve was being created, and I mentioned that in Les Miserables, when Cosette and Marius meet in the yard, Marius mentions that he is in dream, while Cosette says that she’s awake. Whoa. 

Anyways, moving on. I believe the purpose of this devotional was to remind His children of His beautiful creation. Living in the city I don’t see much of nature, unless I actually go and seek it, like how I should be seeking God everyday! I have venture out to the parks and see some “nature” because some of the “lakes” and “ponds” were man made. 

I do like nature, but I’m so much of a city girl that I don’t even like stepping on mud, and that’s what Adam was made of (Genesis 2:7)! Let’s just say I like seeing it from afar, or if there’s mud i will avoid it at all cost. I don’t mind walking on grass, but I do mind sitting on it. I really do admire God’s creation, especially the sunsets that he paints everyday, and the sound of rain, the lightning streaks, the sounds of birds chirping. I also want to see the Orcas and Dolphins being freed from captivity, even though it will be hard to rehab them for living in the wild. 

If we don’t take care of God’s earth nature will definitely disappear, and I don’t want that to happen for the next generation. I don’t want to see a world where people would have to buy “bottled air” in order to breathe in clean air. Let’s take care of God’s creation for He has provided us this environment so we may be fruitful and multiply.