Listening

It's kind of funny how God works...repeating the same lesson over again until you finally get it! It's like "Duh! Got it God thanks! Sorry for being so slow!" lol That happened to me today!

I try to be good at doing devotions everyday. And for a while I was doing them at least every night, and sometimes also during the day. It was great. I felt better. I felt more calm and peaceful. It's pretty amazing what spending some time alone with God can do for a person! I live a busy life like many other people these days. On the go always Involved in lots of different things, and I love it! This week I kind of felt like "Whoa horsey! Slow down!" Like I was on some grand adventure on horse back and the horse was full speed ahead not wanting to slow down at all. With the busyness of life I had gotten away from spending time everyday, for personal reflection and devotion, in God's word. It's kind of ironic how God is the first thing pushed from the schedule when he was tortured, and gave his life to save me...and I shove him off first...not cool! He is kindly reminding me of that today!

Tonight at bible study we were talking about opening up our ears and listening. Isaiah 55:3 says this, "Come to me with your ears wide open. Listen, and you will find life. I will make an everlasting covenant with you. I will give you all the unfailing love I promised to David." Yeah, well if you know me...I might like to talk a little bit ;) Being quiet is not something that is easy for me! It's something I need to work on more! We had further discussion tonight and we mentioned listening with open ears more than one time. I had that rolling around in the my thoughts as I came home tonight.

I watched some TV and did some work on my computer, and I subscribe to a blog of a Christian woman who I found out about just after I was raped. She was speaking on the radio and telling her testimony of how she was raped by a masked man that was hiding in her apartment years ago. Someone called me to listen to her story. I couldn't listen to all of it, but I later went back to look her up and read her story. Ever since, I have participated in her online bible studies. I new one started today. So I was starting this weeks lesson tonight before I headed to bed. We are looking at Mary and Martha tonight. Martha who was so busy with the details of preparing a big meal and worried about all of the details, and then there was Mary, who quietly sat at the feet of Jesus learning what he was teaching.

HELLO! I think I'm getting the picture here! I need to start to carve more time out for God in my everyday schedule and not push him to the back burner. God has some subtle hints sometimes doesn't he.....

I hope this finds you doing well, enjoying the beautiful weather!

Today, Michael and I talked with the family of Jessica Herringa who is still missing from being abducted from Exxon 12 days ago now. They are hopeful still, with the three girls being gone for a decade in Ohio being found that gave them brighter lights of hope. We prayed with them, for Jessica, and the man that took her, and her whole family. Continue to prayer for her situation that it gets resolved quickly and that they find her alive.

Much love!