Paige Aleah

“What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?”- Mark 8:36

I got to spend most of the day yesterday and most of today with my mom and I absolutely love love LOVED it! I have missed my mama! We got asked today if we were sisters (which seems to happen more and more as I get older) and I think the haircut makes it even more convincing. We woke up and went for a walk and oh was it ever so interesting! We decided we would walk to Safeway, get some breakfast, and then head home. Well it took us 40 minutes to get there, due to having to walk through fields and figuring out what the best route to take would be. We got there fine, but the way home was the interesting part! ha! Mom thought it would be smart to try to walk up something (since that is more exercising, bleh!) so we decided to walk up this huge dirt mound and we knew for sure it would meet up with the trail down the road. Well, it didn't, to say the least! hah. We got to the edge of the dirt, which was quite a ways walk, and it completely DROPPED! Therefore, we had to walk another 15 minutes back to where we were before. Well, we have to admit, when we got back to the trail, we called daddy to come and get us. We just couldn't do it any longer! haha. 

Then we shopped for a few hours, exercising even more :) 

I spend the evening packing for camp. Whew what a chore! It is so hard trying to figure out what I should and shouldn't bring to be out in the wilderness! haha. I have been praying about my heart lately and about my attitude, and God has actually filled my heart with an incredible excitement to go with the kids of our church to camp! I am getting more and more excited as the time comes! 

I had some time tonight to sit and relax, and I decided to turn on the TV (which doesn't happen very often!) I am not kidding, it seemed like every single channel was talking about our economy and how awful everything is right now. I quickly remembered why I hate watching TV, it is so depressing! Anyway, as I sat and realized how engulfed our media and society is with this recession, I couldn't help but think about what the Lord reminds us in  Mark 8:36. What good is it for any of us to gain the whole world, and lose our soul? Obviously these times are very tough on everyone and it is important to be good stewards of the possessions that the Lord has graciously given to us. But I keep reminding myself, we are not home yet! This world is not our home, and anything we gain from it will surely pass away. I am so thankful that God sent His only son, Jesus Christ, to die for us. We now have the decision to live for Christ, and look forward to going home :)