Love God, Love People

Recently, this thought has weighed heavy on my heart.  Nicole, are you loving God and are you loving people?  Well, of course I am..maybe..sometimes..so not to extent that He desires me to.  You see, I've been distracted.  Distracted by good things.  Busy things.  Kid things.  Friend things.  Family things.  Running things.  Things, things, and more things.  There are two ways Satan is famous for getting me off focus; by discouraging me ("you're not good enough to be a minister's wife," is one of his most famous lines to me) and by distracting me.  Confession, I'm a little ADD.  I get distracted at the grocery store.  I get distracted with crafting.  I get distracted in my own home... you know, go to the closet to put something away and I realize I need to sort through a box and before I know it, it's been 4 hours and I have 10 bags to donate to charity.  I can lose focus in an instant.  Weakness #496,752.  But God, using different circumstances, gently reveals this to me and calls my focus back.  Love God, Love People.  Did I mention how much I love people?  God has used my circumstances as a child to develop in me this passion for people.  I love having people over for dinner.  I love visiting with people.  I love talking with people.  I love investing in people.  All types of people as well.  Weird people.  Grumpy people.  Tattooed people.  Old people and new people.  I just love people.  So that's what I want to be consumed by; loving God and loving people.  Francis Chan said it well...