Like a close friend, God longs to be with you too. We make time for those people in our lives who we enjoy being around. God delights in the time the two of you have together as well. Isn’t it encouraging to know that the God of the universe loves to spend time with you?
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Slowing down, remaining still and finding quiet can refresh and revitalize our souls. It can be challenging because we have to-do lists, and long ones at that. We tell ourselves we don’t have enough time in our day to do nothing and we really don’t believe sitting a bit will really help.
Yet, it’s exactly what can fill your soul as you enter into the Holiday season. Give yourself the gift of self-care. Who knows, you may have more to give to others as you care for your body, soul, and spirit first.
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You’re on an alpine slide, slowly gliding out of the gate enjoying the beautiful mountainside scenery and the wind in your hair. Your glider is smoothly riding the rails and your heart races as you pick up speed. Quickly you use your break to round the first of many unexpected corners. Before you know it, a steep hill shoots you down the course, fast and furious. You may feel exhilarated and……. a bit out of control. Many like this feeling while others may be white knuckling it and feel green with fear.
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It's full of peaks and valleys, joy and grief and hope of a new day. Being fully alive entails being fully awake to ALL of life. One minute our lives are filled with dreams and plans and the next minute the course of life is quickly and unexpectedly changed.
In the book Awaken Your Senses I…..
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If Jesus asked you….yes, you, “What do you want?” How would you answer him?
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I panicked. My hand was in my pocket, no phone. I checked my purse, no phone. I check my other pocket, no phone. My heart was racing as fast as my mind was trying to remember what I did with it!
I had it in the grocery store a minute ago. “Yikes, I left it in the cart,” I yelled at myself. I …….
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When I was younger my sister would sit across our family table and squish bananas through her teeth at me. She would laugh as I gagged. Once I started gagging, she was full on torture me with slimy and gross banana slobber all over her face.
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Can you hear it?
A long pause followed that unusual question from my sweetheart. We were standing out in our yard after several days of blustery winds, harsh temperatures and ten inches of snow. This particular spring morning, we applauded the crisp blue sky and warmth from the sun. A few steps into our walk, I noticed the crunching of snow under foot. We stepped up our walk to warm ourselves up and my sweetheart says, “Can you hear it?”
We both stopped walking. Nothing….
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