This may small and insignificant but I have to share how loving and kind our Lord is.
I was feeling particularly overwhelmed today, so much to do, not enough time to bring order to the chaos. So the muddle continues and this was getting me down. Then I started humming the tune https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPtZRnQyzSM 'when the oceans rise and thunders roar, I will soar with you above the storm. Father you are King over the flood, I will be still and know you are God'.......
- and it's like God said to me - Are you really going to believe I am the King of the flood?- king of the overwhelm(ness) that you feel. Will you be still? Let me lift you up?
Then for the first time ever my three children 4, 6 and 8yr, played peacefully and beautifully for what must have been nearly a couple of hours. I was able to do lots of homeschool preparation and it's like the Lord just knew my heart and my needs and took care of it. It was only later as I reflected on my day that I saw how the Lord had met my need and was indeed the King over the flood.
Be Still and Know that He is God, whatever mountain you face, He is Lord over it. Never doubt His power or His love for you.
Tuesday, 8 April 2014
Monday, 7 April 2014
Quality Time
The other I had a very distressed four year old on my hands. It was bed time and she was screaming and not settling. I figured she was missing out on some 'mummy attention' during the day, and this little drama was her way of filling her love bucket so to speak. She calmed and we talked and I promised her I would fix it by giving her quality time the next day.
The day dawned and my little one hadn't forgotten my promise. She made it her business to insure she got her time and when the other two drew near, she would shoo them away, fiercely defensive of 'her' quality time. What then transpired was an outcry from the other two that they also wanted some quality time.
It doesn't take a brain surgeon to figure out that we all want quality time with someone special. God created us for relationship. Firstly, with him and then with each other. We all want to be loved and validated and to feel secure and accepted.
As I thought about meeting these needs in my children, I also pondered how much our loving Heavenly Father wants quality time with His children. Why we do we look in so many obscure places for the love and validation that He longs to gives us if only we would go to Him.
So my challenge today is to make time, quality time, to build my relationship with my Father God. He is my source. He is the love I need. Then I can give out this love to my children and meet their needs.
The day dawned and my little one hadn't forgotten my promise. She made it her business to insure she got her time and when the other two drew near, she would shoo them away, fiercely defensive of 'her' quality time. What then transpired was an outcry from the other two that they also wanted some quality time.
It doesn't take a brain surgeon to figure out that we all want quality time with someone special. God created us for relationship. Firstly, with him and then with each other. We all want to be loved and validated and to feel secure and accepted.
As I thought about meeting these needs in my children, I also pondered how much our loving Heavenly Father wants quality time with His children. Why we do we look in so many obscure places for the love and validation that He longs to gives us if only we would go to Him.
So my challenge today is to make time, quality time, to build my relationship with my Father God. He is my source. He is the love I need. Then I can give out this love to my children and meet their needs.
Tuesday, 1 April 2014
Peace, slow...
In this fast paced, busy, overflowing life I am thirsty for slow. I need calm and peace and am seeking for where such things can be found. I am working on decluttering my environment and creating a a calmer space to dwell in.
More and more I begin to see that peace is only found in Yeshua. He is my peace. He is the Prince of Peace. He freely gives us this peace. So why don't more of us have it? There must be a secret to abiding and embracing His shalom which I have yet to discover.
My early moments of quiet are so quick to flea in light of noisy demands, to do lists, the phone ringing......and I am left wanting. I am weary of all the rushing, of every thing being such an emergency. Every request has such urgency in it's tone.
Yeshua never seems to rush anywhere. In light of potential death He still avoids the pressure to hurry. Did Jairus have urgency in his request? He must have, his daughter was dying. Why doesn't Jesus come more quickly, how can he possibly stop to heal this woman? And yet, Jesus maintains His peace and moves at His pace and most importantly commands the atmosphere in which He moves. Wow, I would love to be like.
Not to let others move me, stress me, pressure me. To maintain my peace, composure and calm.
Again, when Lazarus dies, He still doesn't rush to the scene. There is a higher purpose to His timimng.
I want to lean from Yeshua. How to be in the midst of the storm. How to not be a people pleaser. How to please Him, by walking in His peace. His SHALOM. Please Lord, help me.
More and more I begin to see that peace is only found in Yeshua. He is my peace. He is the Prince of Peace. He freely gives us this peace. So why don't more of us have it? There must be a secret to abiding and embracing His shalom which I have yet to discover.
My early moments of quiet are so quick to flea in light of noisy demands, to do lists, the phone ringing......and I am left wanting. I am weary of all the rushing, of every thing being such an emergency. Every request has such urgency in it's tone.
Yeshua never seems to rush anywhere. In light of potential death He still avoids the pressure to hurry. Did Jairus have urgency in his request? He must have, his daughter was dying. Why doesn't Jesus come more quickly, how can he possibly stop to heal this woman? And yet, Jesus maintains His peace and moves at His pace and most importantly commands the atmosphere in which He moves. Wow, I would love to be like.
Not to let others move me, stress me, pressure me. To maintain my peace, composure and calm.
Again, when Lazarus dies, He still doesn't rush to the scene. There is a higher purpose to His timimng.
I want to lean from Yeshua. How to be in the midst of the storm. How to not be a people pleaser. How to please Him, by walking in His peace. His SHALOM. Please Lord, help me.
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