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Focus on Jesus

        When I was younger, I sang with a youth choir in church. The name of the group was Mission Voices. The name of one of the songs we sang was "Focus on Glory". The purpose of the song was to admonish us as individuals not to focus on the problems of life but to keep your attention on Jesus.  At that age, I sang it because the song sounded good and I'm sure that we didn't really get the point because we still spent a lot of time focused on the little drama going on. Now I feel like we need him more now and because of the little focus we put on developing a relationship with Jesus Christ then, I feel like we're ill prepared to turn to Him now. Even the little drama we had at that time was not as complicated as the drama we got going on now that we are all grown.
        Today the pastor challenged us to find Jesus in every part of the Bible. So when you are doing your devotion and you're studying the Bible, you're not just looking for factual information, or thinking about how nice the story is. You're looking for Jesus. For example, Jesus is the light at the beginning of the world, or Jesus is the servant in Exodus 21, or the olive leaf  in the dove's beak after the flood. If you look for Jesus in every chapter in the Bible, like the two disciples walking on the road to Emmaus, your eyes will be opened to the glory word of God. Not only that but Jesus, the revelation of the glory of God will be revealed to you and your face will be lit with His glory, just like Moses, whose face shone when he came out of the mountain with God.
        So that's what I'm doing. I'm looking for Jesus in every part of the Bible so that His glory can be revealed to me and through me. To my old youth choir, I love you guys, and I'm praying for y'all. I dedicate this post to you.
Focus on Jesus' Glory and let that glory shine through you.

On to my hair, mini twists were loosed. This is me talking to my Mom on the phone before the Pastor's surprise party. I love my hair! 
Rocking the twist out, my staple style.
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