Getting our attention

So many times in my life I have been so caught up in myself and the things that I just think that I have to do I forget about God and His plans for me. Why is it that we so often get caught up in our lives and the plans we have that we forget about God? We get so distracted with our life that we don't see God and the things He tells us to do and the opportunities that He gives us. When we get distracted like this, He has to get our attention and get us focused on Him again. Sometimes this may mean a loss of somebody or a loss of some thing, but God has a meaning for all things. Monday 8/6 is a day that Caswell will remember for a long time. A church group was on the way down to Caswell and about 20 miles away from their church, they got into an accident and one of their leaders died. Also on that same day, two of my friends, one of which worked at Caswell full-time, were in an accident. Through all things God had a purpose. As Caswell was coming to an end, we were beginning to get into a routine and forget about why we had come together. These accidents brought our staff back together as the body of Christ and united us once again in prayer and song. As we sang and prayed around the house the group was to stay at, it was one of the most amazing experiences of my life. There are times that we may be selfish and grow apart from our brothers and sisters but God brings us back together in order to praise and glorify His name. I am often reminded of the poem about the footprints and how there were two sets of footprints and during hard times there were only one because Jesus was carrying me. When I think about my life I think about when I wasn't a Christian how there were two sets of footprints away from each other, but then when I fully understood what it meant to follow Christ I only saw one set of footprints. Those were the footprints of Jesus the Christ because it is no longer I who live, but Christ; for I am dead to this world, it is Christ who lives through me. Are you too distracted with your life? Are there still two sets of separated footprints?