Learning to Slow Down and Live Your Life

 

Seeing His Beauty in Every Situation


I love you Lord and I lift my voice to worship you oh my soul rejoice, let it be a sweet sweet sound to your ears. (from the song I love you Lord by Petra)

I love it when out of no where the joy of the Lord fills my soul. What a blessing it is to be completely in His Presence. I know from my own experiences even as a Christian,  I tried to fill that void or longing to be complete by staying busy.  I would try to fill the days with working, volunteering anything to keep moving.

But all God really wants us to be is still in His presence and He will fill that void and direct our paths.  That stillness does not come easy in a world that implies we need to be constantly busy, social media leads us to believe if we are not moving then we are missing out.  But in reality if we are able to block out the world and focus on our creator He will bring us the fulfillment we are longing for.

 

Matthew 5:6
"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled."



Last summer I was gravely ill, prior to that I was trying everything possible to quench my thirst. I was in constant motion. God literally had my life come to a complete halt both physically and mentally in order for me to hear Him speak clearly to my soul.  It took being laid up in bed to realize that the world will keep going even if I do not. That I was not really missing anything and there is nothing more important then living the life God intended for me, not even the one that I was so desperately trying to create on my own.

While confined to the house I read the book  God Isn't in a Hurry, Learning to Slow Down and Live Your Life by Warren Wiersbe. I highly recommend it.  Initially I even found this book difficult not  to "hurry" through ;)
This book helped reveal that all the "things" I was doing to get closer to God, were really getting in the way of what God wants and that is a communal relationship with us.

I feel blessed for my illness, obstacles in life are not planned, but they do not  need to be stumbling blocks. Instead we should use them as opportunities to grow closer to our heavenly Father. By drawing closer to Him, He will set us on the path that He intended for us.

In His precious name I pray that you allow the path you are on to bring you to a closer fellowship with Him.

Jeanne



May we see His reflection
 despite the traffic in our lives