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

 

~God is So Good~

         My son sent me this picture from his phone while walking a trail in Petaluma, California. I on the other hand just finished shoveling four plus feet of snow. But when I saw that picture I immediately went to that peaceful place in my mind, my happy place.

         How often do we focus on the situation we are in rather then what gives us that internal joy regardless of the snow piling up all around us?

2 Corinthians 4:18

"We are to fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal."

Clarity comes when we are able to push aside the chaos jumbling up in our minds.

Here is my go to song by Chris Tomlin~ Good Good Father

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When you have a moment to be still, please listen, let it speak to your soul. You are loved, we are  uniquely made for His perfect plan. I pray you know Him personally, Christ can encourage you out of any struggles you may be facing.
In His Precious name I pray.

Jeanne





 

May we see His reflection
 despite the traffic in our lives

     

Being His Reflection

 

~God is Good~

 

~I journal, that is what I do and what I love~

 

Spending time in God's word is so revealing to me, as hopefully it is to many of you.

He speaks to me not audible but through Scripture.

Often I journal then read my Bible and find that He guides me to scripture that reinforces what I believe the Holy Spirit has been impressing on my heart.

I constantly struggle not with being better, but a more consistent Christian.

 

Mark 13:35 "...watch (be ready) because you do not know when the owner of the house will come back...."

 

Wow, to me this reiterates what I needed to hear. Be ready, though I know I am saved if the Lord would come at this minute or while I am in the grocery store, or talking to a telemarketer or with my husband would I be proud of that moment? Would the other person walk away knowing by my actions and words that I was a child of God? 

 

I can not undo the past, but I can live from this moment on trying to emulate His likeness, this may be the last encounter I have with that person, let it be of love and reflecting the joy Christ has given me.

 

In His Holy name I pray.

Amen







May we see His reflection
 despite the traffic in our lives