LUKEWARM ?! !?

http://sheesh-o-phlipbob.blogspot.com/ the link is to my friends blog about being mediocre. i suggest not just reading her blog; but absorbing the thought of doing your best and not using the easy button.
Col 3:17 And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
1Cr 9:24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize.

I on the other had have had a similar spirit (thought) haunting me and that would be a heart that is lukewarm.
Rev 3:15 I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other!
16 So, because you are lukewarm-neither hot nor cold-I am about to spit you out of my mouth.
I wish i wasn't talking about myself. in fact it was my own being that brought this verse to mind. I am sure it was the Holy Spirit trying to get my attention and my heart and soul back to a vibrant reflection of HIM. During the Christmas season i don't get as excited as most. never have and was thinking this year the next year would be different. that as i heard Chuck Smith say, "...there is nothing wrong with celebrating Christ with my family..." many more words of course, but i am to just focus on that because i don't really "Celebrate" at Christmas time. I am maybe pushed away by the commercialism of it all. i don't like to shop, i dislike crowds even more, and i am a thrift type person who can't make a good decision at a department store and don't even think of taking me to a mall! so i have chosen to not be involved in "Christmas" much. But next year I hope to Remember Mr Smith's words and "Celebrate Christ" with all my Heart, Mind and Soul! "Hark the Harold Angels Sing Glory to the newborn King" God has perfect timing as this is the song playing~ no the song that started just as i ended that paragraph. i wasn't even listening to the "Background" music as i usually do. it fact it is so low (lukewarm) that i can bearly hear it. i will turn it up!
So now the words playing are, "Now i want to say, Holy is Your Name. Let all creation proclaim, Holy is Your Name" this is not a worldly known "Christmas" carole; but don't the words sound like one? this or these are the words to my daily "Christmas" music aka Christian Music. It just dawned on me that "Christmas" is over right, so why keep on if i am not a "Christmas" fan? because i have been lukewarm and not "Celebrating Christmas" everyday as i normally do.
No kidding as i typed that sentence the song, "I will Celebrate" came on. This is what i am talking about. The Holy Spirit! He is Awesome and Powerful and all we have to do is....i don't know LISTEN? be attentive? "All I am, worshipping Him" Yes those were the words in the song as i just typed 2 question marks!! Love You Lord, "Sing to the Lord a New Song"
I am to stop now and focus on HIM and Not me!! Love Ya IBShell :)