Sitting in Silence
I'm starting to really enjoy this morning routine. I think I'm less grumpy throughout the day... at least I feel like I am... My mind feels sharper when I wake up earlier, and I don't start the day off in a rush. It's really nice. 👍
I read the thing again, and again, went back to the chapter before it so I would know what it is even talking about... and I found this gem:
I think once the lent reading plan is done I may just start at the beginning of Isaiah. I'm enjoying it. Its full of promises. It gives you hope. (Even though its mostly about Jerusalem... It still applies.)
I don't know if you have noticed... I don't know how you wouldn't notice... we live in such a dark world. It's exhausting. It's depressing. It's overwhelming. And not only do we have to figure out how to deal with our thoughts and emotions over the events around us, we have to function and lead every day lives. I'm not referring to any one event. My facebook feed is filled with friends who have cancer, whose husbands have cancer, whose kids have leukemia, there are school shootings, death of people who should not be dying, seriously how are we supposed to deal?
The sun shall no longer be your light of day - well thank goodness because it's sure not bright enough. The Lord will be our everlasting light, and the days of our mourning shall be ended. We have to change our focus. If we feel hopeless, God can be our hope. If we feel lost, we can turn to Him for direction. We're tired, but He is our strength. Depressed? He's our joy.
But how does that even work? Sometimes it doesn't seem tangible. You know what you're supposed to do and you try but it isn't making a difference in your every day life. Sometimes, I think we are too loud to hear Him.... He may be speaking to you, but if you're not listening, how will you know? We get so focused on the darkness around us, or the problems we're having, or maybe we are just doing all the talking in the relationship.
If we sit in silence, maybe we will hear Him whisper? I'm hearing more from the Lord more than I have in a long time just by getting up before the rest of my family, reading some scripture, and processing through it here on this blog. Is God asking you to find some time with Him? Can you? For me it was loosing 2 hours of sleep every morning. And as someone who loves sleep, that was hard. But I feel more energized spending time with Jesus than I did with a little extra sleep. And He's speaking. And I can listen.
I read the thing again, and again, went back to the chapter before it so I would know what it is even talking about... and I found this gem:
Isaiah 60:19-20
19 “The sun shall no longer be your light by day,
Nor for brightness shall the moon give light to you;
But the Lord will be to you an everlasting light,
And your God your glory.
20 Your sun shall no longer go down,
Nor shall your moon withdraw itself;
For the Lord will be your everlasting light,
And the days of your mourning shall be ended.
I think once the lent reading plan is done I may just start at the beginning of Isaiah. I'm enjoying it. Its full of promises. It gives you hope. (Even though its mostly about Jerusalem... It still applies.)
I don't know if you have noticed... I don't know how you wouldn't notice... we live in such a dark world. It's exhausting. It's depressing. It's overwhelming. And not only do we have to figure out how to deal with our thoughts and emotions over the events around us, we have to function and lead every day lives. I'm not referring to any one event. My facebook feed is filled with friends who have cancer, whose husbands have cancer, whose kids have leukemia, there are school shootings, death of people who should not be dying, seriously how are we supposed to deal?
The sun shall no longer be your light of day - well thank goodness because it's sure not bright enough. The Lord will be our everlasting light, and the days of our mourning shall be ended. We have to change our focus. If we feel hopeless, God can be our hope. If we feel lost, we can turn to Him for direction. We're tired, but He is our strength. Depressed? He's our joy.
But how does that even work? Sometimes it doesn't seem tangible. You know what you're supposed to do and you try but it isn't making a difference in your every day life. Sometimes, I think we are too loud to hear Him.... He may be speaking to you, but if you're not listening, how will you know? We get so focused on the darkness around us, or the problems we're having, or maybe we are just doing all the talking in the relationship.
If we sit in silence, maybe we will hear Him whisper? I'm hearing more from the Lord more than I have in a long time just by getting up before the rest of my family, reading some scripture, and processing through it here on this blog. Is God asking you to find some time with Him? Can you? For me it was loosing 2 hours of sleep every morning. And as someone who loves sleep, that was hard. But I feel more energized spending time with Jesus than I did with a little extra sleep. And He's speaking. And I can listen.
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