Back with a word

Hello World!

 It has been a painfully long time since I have sat down and wrote anything for my blog. I genuinely hope I haven't lost whoever may have been viewing my articles before. However, I get a lot of enjoyment out of blogging anyway even if nobody is reading. Just a quick update on things going on in my life!
 I am still working at In-N-Out Burger while looking for full-time work. Life has been extremely busy due to that and the Lord has blessed me with a raise and growth in my knowledge of the company. It is very hard work at times but I get through it with God's help and diligence. Also as of late, I have really entered a whole new stage in life. A stage in which I have been more consistent with my pursuit of holiness. I feel like I have been in a very vulnerable position for a long time when it comes to my growth spiritually. I have taken my focus off of Him and subjected my attention and desires to temporal and immoral things. This time in life has been a time to really get close to the Lord and forsake my fleshly desires. In fact, that is actually what life is really all about. If we allow ourselves to love things and people more than loving the God who made both, we find that life is very unsatisfying and miserable. God does not want us to live lives of misery. He wants us to achieve lasting happiness and joy in Him. I definitely had not been focusing on Him the way I should have been but thankfully the Lord has convicted me of this. It is hard to be so focused on God in a world that calls for your 100% attention to other things..however, this is no excuse. If there is anyway you can be praying for me this week(and the weeks to come) it would be in the area of focus. Being so determined to honor the Lord in my thoughts and actions that I achieve true happiness and a life that is successful in God's eyes.
 So how can I be praying for you? Are you struggling with finding your joy solely in the Lord as well? I believe we all do. Satisfaction can be found in so many things. Money. Relationships. Even things such as the way we spend our time. But when we sacrifice those things for the purpose of getting closer in our relationships with our Lord and Savior, we find that He is more valuable than anything else. I hope this testimony of the last few months of my life have been an encouragement to you! God bless you and hopefully I will be much quicker than last time with my last blog!