As in the days when you
came out of the land of Egypt,
I will show them marvelous things.
Micah 7:15 (ESV)
Dear
Sister-Friend,
This
week, due to minor surgery, I had the opportunity to crawl under my shield (my
blanket) and indulge in the presence of the Lord through prayer, journaling,
reading the Word, enjoying Christian literature, listening to sermons and "face-booking" with beloved sister-friends.
I love how the Lord will take something like surgery and turn it into a
gift.
The
greatest gift-lesson that I came away with is the reminder of the awesomeness
of prayer. I am by nature a mover
and shaker, fix-it, let’s do it, kind of woman. Even with my leg wrapped, I took a moment
to get up and dance!
However, this week the
Lord reminded me that I can stop doing half of what I do as a mother and simply
turn to Him in prayer. That
translated to less teaching (aka nagging), cleaning (oh yeah!), playing, running around to take kids to
various activities, and even … our family devotion times. For goodness sake does it have to be so
long, I can hear my kids chide! (LOL)
Here is
a very simple and seemingly trivial example, but for me it was profound:
One of
my children has a habit of leaving the soap soaking in a small bowl of water. With five children in our household we
purchase lots of soap and shampoo so this innocent childlike behavior was
“bugging” me. My first reaction
was to take time to teach (Ok …NAG) my child about being considerate,
responsible, and blah, blah, blah.
Instead, each time I saw the soap soaking in the bowl of water I simple
prayed that the Lord would lay it on his/her to put the soap away
properly. Today, after his/her
shower I found the soap in its proper place. To me this was a small but profound victory!
Your
turn:
Take
sometime today to hide under your shield and indulge in the presence of the
Lord. Here are two links that may
inspire and encourage your prayer life to a greater depth beyond soap J:
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Holy
Lord,
We were
created to fellowship with You, each of us has a unique place in your heart
that only we can touch. If we are
to busy that can not take place. Father,
cause us to live within the healthy boundaries that you have set for us, not
doing to much and not doing to little … but simply listening to Your gentle voice and
following your leading as we raise our children for Your glory.
In
Jesus’ Name,
Amen
Note:
A special thanks to my dear friend Erika of Erika Thomas Typografix who taught me the concept of "my shield aka my blanket."
A special thanks to my dear friend Erika of Erika Thomas Typografix who taught me the concept of "my shield aka my blanket."
After the earthquake a fire, but the LORD was not
in the fire.
And after the fire the sound of a low whisper…
And behold, there
came a voice to him …
1 Kings 19:12 and 13b
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