I Knelt to pray

I knelt to pray but not for long,
I had too much to do.
I had to hurry and get to work
For bills would soon be due.
So I knelt and said a hurried prayer,
And jumped up off my knees.
My Christian duty was now done
My soul could rest at ease.
All day long I had no time
To spread a word of cheer.
No time to speak of Christ to friends,
They'd laugh at me I'd fear.
No time, no time, too much to do,
That was my constant cry,
No time to give to souls in need
But at last the time, the time to die.
I went before the Lord,
I came, I stood with downcast eyes.
For in his hands God held a book;
It was the book of life.
God looked into his book and said
"Your name I cannot find.
I once was going to write it down...
But never found the time"
Unknown author

Long Time

It has been over a year since I have posted anything. Everyday things of this world have seem to have overcome the things that are important. I have been recently trying to figure out what is important in this life, and I mean the things that are going to be worth a life living not just the pleasures of this world that in the end offer nothing. I have been reflecting on my walk with the Lord and have found that I have put the most important person in life on the back burner. I have realized this is something I have done a lot over the years but I heard a sermon called "Lifeblood" by Pastor David Platt from The Church at Brook Hills. It began to really hit home and make me realize that when my day comes,when I sand before the Lord what will he say to me?? So many Christians think If "I say this prayer and asked Jesus in to my heart all is good" and that is all that is needed and then some say they are Christians but yet they still live a worldly life. I know first hand because that was me for so many years. It is a life style change to be more like Him and less like the world. My prayer would be that you would take the time to listen to these teaching and no matter where you are in your walk that it would help you to change things that may need to be changed, strengthen you where you may need strength and most of all challenge you to be more like Jesus..... Because He is our Lifeblood.