<sup>The Cardinals are currently playing their first post season game. I can't say that I avidly follow sports, but nonetheless, I love my Cardinals. Its only the 4th inning, and I can't seem to take my eyes off the television. The bathroom can wait, a snack can wait, my laundry in the basement can wait, all because the Cardinals are playing.

Ok I lied. The bathroom couldn't wait. As I left the lounge to go to the bathroom, I got distracted so easily and by so many things: putting text books back into my room, talking with my RA, meeting a new girl on the floor, text messaging ... goodness. By the time I got back, I missed part of the game.

I think this is the same struggle I'm having in my walk with God. So many times my eyes are set on Him and my heart is placed in His hands. But the moment I take my eyes off Him, even for something that seems essential, I veer off completely. By the time I realize I'm not on the right path, I've already missed something.

Being aware of this fault is just the first step. Being changed by God is the next. This is my prayer to Him:

1</sup> O God, you are my God,
earnestly I seek you;
my soul thirsts for you,
my body longs for you,
in a dry and weary land
where there is no water.

² I have seen you in the sanctuary
and beheld your power and your glory.

³ Because your love is better than life,
my lips will glorify you.

⁴ I will praise you as long as I live,
and in your name I will lift up my hands.

⁵ My soul will be satisfied as with the richest of foods;
with singing lips my mouth will praise you.

⁶ On my bed I remember you;
I think of you through the watches of the night.

⁷ Because you are my help,
I sing in the shadow of your wings.

⁸ My soul clings to you;
your right hand upholds me.

- Psalms 63:1-8

P.S. Go Cardinals!