Its all about perspective

Perspective:  the capacity to view things in their true relations or relative importance

So how does this definition apply to life and faith? Well friends-let me tell you. I was sitting in church yesterday and while I should have been worshiping the King of Kings and being amazed that God would bless us with His presence, I was selfishly thinking about how homesick I was, how tired I was, how much I wanted to drive Lorenzo (my car) and hang out with my friends, and how I looked in my super cute outfit (stupid girl thought).  It was then that I looked up and while singing "How Great Is Our God" I saw Johnny, a man who struggles to stand up, walk, and even talk, raising his deformed hands in worship with his eyes closed so tightly as if he was seeing the very God that we desire to know more and singing at the top of his lungs in celebration that God is great.  At that very moment I realized that my perspective was off.  My capacity to see things to their relative importance was extremely small.  Here I was, complaining about all the minuet items in my head and Johnny was solely focused on how great God is, regardless of life's circumstances.  


There are more important things in life to think about rather than focusing on that crap. Now, don't get me wrong. I believe that those thoughts have a time and a place; however, during worship was not the proper time.  So maybe a side note to perspective (when it comes to faith) is this: That there is a time and a place for all things (Ecclesiastes 3:1) and that we need to make sure that our perspective is correct to not mix up the important things in life.