I've heard before that you can better understand God's love when you have children. We are His children and He loves us more than anything. Here's what happened today...
I decided to take some "quiet time" after putting my toddler, Micah, to bed for a nap. I've been so busy and distracted lately that I started to feel a disconnect with God. So, after discussing it with my Grandma on the phone I knew it was important to schedule quiet time to "Be still...and listen". I put on my Dad's CD... very anointed keyboard music played by my loving earthly Father. I lied down on the living room floor and set my phone alarm for 5 minutes. I calmed my thoughts and relaxed my body to just receive God's anointing and listen if there was something He wanted to say. About 1 minute in to it Micah yelled "Mom!" I had already answered his previous "mom" request for water so this time I didn't reply. He yelled a few more times getting louder each time. "MOM!" Then he said "I want my tee-tee!" (his favorite little stuffed animal) I saw tee-tee in the living room and I knew I would bring it to him when my quiet time was up in 2 more minutes. (I knew I planned to answer his request but he didn't know it) When I finished with my quiet time I headed towards the stairs to bring tee-tee to Micah. I heard him crying softly. From the stairs I said "I'm coming, Micah." He got quiet immediately. With tears in his eyes I handed him tee-tee and all was well. I wiped his tears, covered him with a blanket, kissed his forehead and told him I loved him. I told him I didn't go anywhere and I was right there, he just needed to wait a minute for tee-tee.
Then it kind of hit me...This is what God does to me. He hears all of my prayers and requests. Some He answers right away, others I have to be patient and wait for and sometimes He has a completely different plan. Sometimes I yell and cry when I don't hear an answer or feel He is not close. But when I do feel His presence I am comforted. I feel Him wiping away my tears. I can feel peace knowing that He is there and I just need to "Be still and know He is God." All things in His timing. He is my Heavenly Father. He knows what's best for me and when it's best for me. He loves me more then I can comprehend. I need to "Let Go...Let God."
Thank you for taking the time to read. I hope you got something out of it too.
Love,
Linda
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Right before I logged into facebook and saw your newest blog update, I had also been on the phone with my grandma talking about god. I was telling her about my new "all women bible study class" that I had attended this morning. She was talking to me about 1st John, chapter 5 verse 7.
ReplyDeleteIve lost touch woth god also the last few weeks and really needed a re-connect. I felt I had an extra skip in my walk this morning after my bible study because I had spent some time with god today. I am learning to "Let Go...Let God." and it feels so spiritual and peacful to me! :)
Thanks for sharing your moment with god...It made my heart smile! :)
Thanks for sharing sweetie! Amazing though, this was what was happening to me laying in bed this morning about this job I terribly want I interviewed Monday for. This has to be one of the longest weeks of my life!!! Patience is not my strong point...LOL!!
ReplyDeleteI love you girl!