Good Morning!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIs it time for you yourselves to live in your [expensive] paneled houses while this house [of the Lord] lies in ruins?\u201d Now therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts, \u201cConsider your ways and thoughtfully reflect on your conduct!\u201d -Haggai 1:4-5<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This was written to Israel in a time where they had come back to Jerusalem from exile and they spent 18 years rebuilding their own houses while leaving the temple in ruins. They were more concerned about their own comfort and taking care of themselves than about making sure that their spiritual life was in a healthy place. I don\u2019t think they intentionally neglected rebuilding the temple and they had plans to do it, but life got in the way and they just hadn\u2019t gotten to it yet. Because of them not making it priority, God\u2019s blessing had started to diminish, they weren\u2019t as profitable anymore, it seemed like they were spinning their wheels. Today we don\u2019t have a physical temple building that God resides in but instead He resides in each of us as Christians. How does our life look, how does it compare to what they were going through back then? Are we too busy making a life that we forget or don\u2019t have time to take care of our spiritual life? I love how verse 5 says, \u2018Consider your ways and thoughtfully reflect on your conduct!\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNobody is ever \u201ctoo busy\u201d, if they are interested, they\u2019ll make time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThings that matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.\u201d -Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dad Joke of the Day:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The cable repairman was on the street and asked me what time it was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I told him between 8am and 1pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Have a great Monday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Good Morning! \u201cIs it time for you yourselves to live in your [expensive] paneled houses while this house [of the Lord] lies in ruins?\u201d Now therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts, \u201cConsider your ways and thoughtfully reflect on your conduct!\u201d -Haggai 1:4-5 This was written to Israel in a time where they had come back to … <\/p>\n