Be Still
This morning I started out my Bible time by asking God to help me be quiet and listen to what He was trying to tell me. I feel that for the majority of the summer I missed out on some things because I wouldn't be still and quiet before Him and because of that I felt distant from Him. I would kind of pray about it off and on but I would never just be still and seek Him. I don't know why but for some reason I can't get it through my thick skull that God isn't found by 10 or 20 minutes of light reading. I HAVE to be still and quiet, nothing else cluttering my thinking. I HAVE to put forth the effort to seek Him and He will reward me with His words. And I love His words. His voice is what I long for. And I had become so distressed because I felt like He wasn't speaking to me. But as soon as I quieted down and truly sought Him, diligently, He spoke. And I just wanted to share something He shared with me that made me start crying because I felt like it was directly for me.
Something I have been struggling with off and on for a year is how weak and sensitive I am. Not physically, but emotionally. I feel that EVERYTHING takes a toll on me emotionally. Things that wouldn't bother anyone else always seems to affect me. And it's not because I want it to. I don't like being so sensitive, because it causes me to hurt a LOT. And I used to think that if I could change anything about myself I would change how deeply things affect me. But I'm slowly coming to the realization that I don't want that anymore and what I read today confirmed again that I don't want to change.
"Come to Me when you are weak and weary. Rest snugly in My everlasting arms. I do not despise your weakness, My child. Actually, it draws Me closer to you, because weakness stirs up My compassion-My yearning to help. Accept yourself in your weariness, knowing that I understand how difficult your journey has been.
Do not compare yourself with others, who seem to skip along their life-paths with ease. Their journeys have been different from yours, and I have gifted them with abundant energy. I have gifted you with fragility, providing opportunities for your spirit to blossom in My Presence. Accept this gift as a sacred treasure: delicate, yet glowing with brilliant Light. Rather than struggling to disguise or deny your weakness, allow Me to bless you richly through it."
"For the mountains may be removed and the hills may shake, but My lovingkindness will not be removed from you, and My covenant of peace will not be shaken," says the Lord who has compassion on you. Isaiah 54:10
*Taken from Jesus Calling by Sarah Young
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