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Thoughts Along the Way
Monday, August 25, 2008
Joy Comes in the Morning
My heart has heard You say, "Come and talk with Me," and my heart responds, "Lord, I am coming!" Psalm 27:8 NLT
Praise the Lord! He called to my heart, and finally, my heart responded and went and talked with Him! He drew me to Him and it is so awesome.
As I have announced on here earlier, I am pregnant. I have just hit the 12 week mark and I have been sick. Really sick....oh yeah, and tired. I have, also, unfortunately, taken my focus off of the Lord and set it squarely on my circumstances and how I have been feeling. Yes, it is very easy to focus on how I am feeling when I am really nauseous and trying to keep my lunch down, or when I really tired and I feel like doing absolutely nothing. But, easy does not equal right or best.
I was a big lump of blah. I had no desire to do much of anything, and even when I did pick up my Bible, or try to pray, that fell flat, too. Everything was starting to be colored grey in my life.
But, for whatever reason, this morning was different. I picked up my Bible and my journal and again, I was just doing it because I knew I "should". I had no special feeling or excitement. I was just going through the motions. But, the Lord was calling to my heart to come and talk with Him. My head and my ears just weren't clued in yet.
I started to write in my journal. And just started to write how I was feeling to Him. I felt guilty, really, like I shouldn't be saying all this to Him... I was complaining, really. But as I wrote, it was like a gentle rain was falling on the dry soil of my heart. He was there with me. I knew He could hear me. And I could feel my heart softening. I told Him it was like I had been in this dark, grey room with big walls all around me for so long and He just broke through that wall this morning.
But the Lord waits for you to come to Him so He can show you His love and compassion. For the Lord is a faithful God. Blessed are those who wait for Him to help them. Isaiah 30:18 NLT
Somehow, He got me to Himself this morning. And He was there, ready to show me His love and compassion. And I am so blessed!
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