Compartmentalization.

Last week in my Christian Perspective class our question of the week pertained to compartmentalization of the different areas in our lives. This was the quote that our professor prompted us with:

“Imagine the [TV dinner] tray as your perspective on life. Within this worldview all the areas of your life are placed. The turkey and gravy might represent your job as an engineer or homemaker of social worker. Unless you are always on call, it stays in its compartment. In another compartment you find mashed potatoes – your family life. The green beans meanwhile stay to themselves. They represent entertainment. The most important part of your life is your relationship with God – that’s the “cherry surprise” in the tray’s middle compartment…The problem with this image is that we’re squeezing our relationship with God into a tiny compartment of our lives. Such religion can never satisfy; it will only fragment our lives.” --Greg Johnson

What a convicting quote. And when I thought about it, I realized how much I have been compartmentalizing my own life recently. It has sort of gotten out of hand. I feel like God is being kept in a small box, that I put on the shelf for now. I have drifted so far from my relationship with him, that he isn't part of every area of my life, or as he should be, the center of my life. 

I think that realizing this and acknowledging it is the hardest part. Then trying to get back on track even harder. But worth it. Once you get out of something, it is hard to start back up. Like I know I could be reading my bible and spending time with the Lord, but instead I'll watch some tv or go shopping or work out. It's crazy the things we will substitute for spending time in the word. This month I'm going to get back on track and spend time doing my devotionals and working on getting my relationship stronger. 

My God is not a small God, therefore, I should not put him in a small box and treat him as such.