Sitcoms

I just love sitcoms: Friends, Seinfeld, Andy Griffith, MASH, Reba, Perfect Strangers, Full House, Fresh Prince, Home Improvement, etc. There is so much to love in the half an hour situational comedies. The best part is that whatever problem the characters face you know it will be solved in a funny way by the end of the episode, or maybe carried over for 1 or 2, but you know that the problem WILL be solved and you will laugh through it.

There are times when I really wish my life was a sitcom. I wish I could solve my problems as easily as the writers do in Hollywood on the shows. Unfortunately my life is not a sitcom, it's reality. And because of that there is no writer that is going to come along and solve today's problem for me in a funny way. I have to figure it out all on my own.

Well...that's not totally true I do have the Lord to turn to, in fact I shouldn't have to TURN to Him, I should already be focused on Him. I think that is where most of my problems come from- I take my eyes off of God and focus on the world, on the temporary. In Jeremiah 29 we are told that God has plans for each of us, and they are good plans, plans that will benefit us. If I stay focus on Him, I'll be able to see what those plans are. Probably not all at once, but I will see more of the plan than I do when I'm focused elsewhere.

For July my spiritual goal is to stay more focused on the Lord and less focused on the obstacles. My focus needs to be upward.