Question Everything

  This has been a VERY long week that pretty much lasted from last weekend to today.  It was just life things that needed to be taken care of and family obligations.  Normal stuff you know?  But I feel so disconnected from the reality of God.  I attribute this to the fact that we don't live in a society that revolves around God, so when we're in the world we get sort of sucked into this vortex of worldly reality, which lessens the strength of our awareness of God's reality.  The only remedy I've found for this is pulling the plug from the world, disconnecting whenever possible.  Even just small increments helps tremendously, like after work.  Or two days on the weekend of time devoted to studying God.  I've been really focusing on this idea of God verses the world lately.  The division becomes more and more apparent, and I see how and where I've bought into worldly ideologies and belief systems and how I've been decieved myself. People tend to think of Christians as being close minded or prudish, and in an attempt to prove them wrong or just fit in we tend to make incremental sacrifices to our faith.  Well, I'm sure God won't mind if I practice yoga, or go out drinking with my secular friends or wear this revealing outfit.  I've really been inquiring about these things.  I've practiced yoga since I was 17.  Everytime I would hear a Christian question yoga I would judge them like, seriously?  What's wrong with yoga?  I didn't know God's way of thinking.  I didn't know how against idolatry he is.  And most importantly, I didn't understand what idolatry was.  It has been brought to my attention that idolatry is not only anything we put our faith in more than God, but anything we THINK about more than God.  Anything we spend our time doing or thinking about more than God.  Think about it.  What do you devote a typical day to?  If you had a pie chart of where you invested your energy what would it look like in a day, a week or a year?  If you got sick what would be your first thought?  Dr. or God?  When something bad happens do you get pissed off or do you think "what is God saying here?  What is he doing in my life"?