Who are you keeping company with?

What would the world look like if Christians didn’t care about keeping up with the Joneses but about keeping company with Christ? -Ann Voskamp

I read these words and they hit me hard.  I can't hold back the tears.  Why am I so concerned at what 'people' think about us, about our calling, about the way we choose to live our lives, about the fact that we don't have a 'house' of our own, that we are the lowly 'renters', that I spend more money lately shopping at second hand shops to clothe my kids, that I have made a pledge to my husband that we will not buy another piece of new furniture (only used or second hand--because we live in such a throw away society).  

I have been pouting over finding the perfect place, over how certain things look, or don't look, how big it is, how big the yard is, will we have enough room to be 'comfortable'.  Yet there are millions of people who call a mere 'box' their home.  What is wrong with me?  

You see I have worried more about what others are doing and keeping up with the Joneses and I have failed to keep company with my Christ, the one and only, who truly loves, accepts, and desires to know me for just plain old me.  He doesn't care about these ridiculous things that I stress and worry about for nothing, he just wants a piece of me, of my day and I am too caught up with other meaningless, trivial 'things'!

Shame on me!   If I could just draw closer to Him, sit down and have a nice, relaxing conversation with Him whom I love so much, but yet fail to show it with my actions, or with the way I spend my hours.  I am convicted and I lose it and beg for forgiveness.....now I just need to
show Him and remember who the best company truly is. I need to not let these be empty words....or the words of the hypocrite that I am.