{"id":35508,"date":"2023-07-02T03:30:17","date_gmt":"2023-07-02T10:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/?p=35508"},"modified":"2023-06-23T13:18:41","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T20:18:41","slug":"july-2-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/2023\/07\/02\/july-2-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"July 2, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 has-pattern-background has-mask-background fusion-parallax-none nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-background-position:center top;--awb-background-repeat:repeat-y;--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-background-image:url(&quot;https:\/\/www.lccredding.org\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/July-2023.jpg&quot;);--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_6 1_6 fusion-one-sixth fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:16.666666666667%;width:calc(16.666666666667% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.16666666666667 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_3_4 3_4 fusion-three-fourth fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:40px;--awb-padding-right:10px;--awb-padding-bottom:40px;--awb-padding-left:10px;--awb-bg-size:cover;width:75%;width:calc(75% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.75 ) );\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h2><strong>One More Thing or The Only Thing<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>\u201cMy soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God?\u201d <\/em>Psalm 42:2<\/p>\n<p>I recently started a new job in a field I have no background or schooling in. I took this job for several reasons: to help a friend; to learn new things; to make some much-needed money; and to spend more time with people rather than stay in an empty house. This job has been the biggest challenge of a changing season of life\u2014a transition from Mommy-hood to empty nest. Not to complain (okay, maybe just a little), it has turned \u201cwhat am I going to do now?\u201d into \u201chow am I going to get it all done?\u201d It seems the job is becoming \u201cone more thing\u201d to do.<\/p>\n<p>I discovered this as I was walking my dog today. (Well, he was kind of dragging me.) I realized that walking the dog was just \u201cone more thing\u201d to do on a list of many other \u201cone more things\u201d to do today and I wasn\u2019t really enjoying any of it. What about the present? What about enjoying my dog and the beautiful day? What about all those other \u201cone more things\u201d? Where was God in all my \u201cone more things\u201d? I didn\u2019t want Him to be \u201cone more thing\u201d today.<\/p>\n<p>I am so glad I can start over in every moment. God is present in every moment in everything and I can meet with the Author and Finisher of my faith any time. When I do this, maybe, just maybe, He will become my \u201cOnly Thing\u201d and the \u201cone more things\u201d will fall into their proper place. If they don\u2019t, then like Mary, I will have chosen what is better and it will not be taken away from me (Luke 10:42).<\/p>\n<p>How about you? Is God your \u201cOnly Thing\u201d today or is He \u201cOne More Thing\u201d today?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Abba, be my Only Thing today and every day. Help me to fix my eyes on You and You alone. 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