settling

My apologies for not updating here. You'd think while on "sabbatical" I'd find the time to do things like this, but that's not the case. I find other things to fill up my time. Important stuff like getting coffee with friends, reading books, and living into fall. God has granted me this time to actually see Him. Feel Him moving in me, not just brushing past. My pastor once said that one of the devil's greatest schemes is to make us so busy we don't have time to stop and focus and study. I think that's true. So, this Fall has been all about not being busy and stopping and focusing and studying. Thank you, Lord. When you rest, you see Him everywhere. In lazy afternoon lunches in the sunshine, cups of hot tea, dinners by candlelight, carving pumpkins, and late night conversations. He's present everywhere. And shows His love through many people and things.

The other day I was visiting the library and ran into a teacher I had in Jr. High. She shared something with me that I will always remember. She said that every morning when she gets up she meditates on the fact that if you take time to let the mud settle in your life, the water will clear and you will see what is coming up next. This all hooks back into getting to a point where you are going 7 different directions at 100 miles per hour. The 'mud' gets so mixed up that pretty soon all you have is a clouded mess. No way to see to the other side. But when things get a chance to settle, it's much easier to see what is ahead.

No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us.
--1 John 4:12