Sunday, February 4, 2007
In Other Words
"I long to worship Jesus with the heart of a child, in a state of pure and
true adoration. Yet so many things of the world cloud my thoughts and pull on my
heart until it's no longer just a girl in the arms of the Father"~ Darlene Schacht ~"The Mom Complex"
How often I set out to pray and worship and find myself getting distracted by the worries of the day, or week or year. My heart longs for the sweetness of the love I had for Jesus in my youth.
As a child it was as easy to crawl up into my heavenly Father's lap as it was to snuggle up to my earthly father.
Those days were so long ago now...
Since that time I have suffered, I have struggled alongside my husband to provide shelter, clothing, and food. I have seen sorrow, I have felt grief, I have asked God some very searching questions.
Somewhere along the way I have come to realize that I can't focus on loving Him because my life is no longer simple. Somehow I've allowed confusion to replace clarity, chaos to replace order, clutter to replace simplicity. I've started filling the space in my heart with busy activities and new things.
I was speaking to my son about these very things today..."Son, you've got to immerse yourself in God's Word and prayer...nothing else matters..." I said these words and then as if I floated up out of myself...I heard what I had just said echoing in the back of my mind "nothing else matters...nothing else...nothing else..."
I can do this. I can let go of my 'control' (as though I ever had any :-)) and I can love Him with abandon...He is the only reason I live. Every moment of my life is a gift given to me from His hand. I choose to remember:
~~ The days of my youth...that first spark of love I had for Him...how I dreamed about the day he would return to take me home with Him! ~~When I would quiet myself in His presence and close my eyes...I could pour out my heart, my hurts and my love with nothing else on my mind.
I'm going back to the simplicity of childhood abandon today. It's a matter of quieting myself and acknowledging that the things of this world are only shadows...
Becoming childlike may be hard work for us grown-ups emotionally but it's not complicated!
Go to Sting My Heart to read more Christian Women's takes on the above quote.
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what a lovely blog you have (I really like the family description)
anyhow.. giving up control... as bob the builder would say "YES WE CAN!" lol.
Beautiful thoughts, thank you. To crawl into the safety and love of our Father's lap.
Just as I'm looking at amydeanne's comment, the Bob the Builder song was playing on the TV. I guess God is telling us that "yes we can" We just need to have that quiet time between us and God so we can tune out the world.
Thanks for sharing such great thoughts.
"Somehow I've allowed confusion to replace clarity, chaos to replace order, clutter to replace simplicity. I've started filling the space in my heart with busy activities and new things." Well said! I can really relate to that. Thanks for sharing.
Somehow I've allowed confusion to replace clarity, chaos to replace order, clutter to replace simplicity.
We all have done that. Well, okay - I know I have allowed the world to 'crowd-in' my relationship with Him. I am taking steps (baby-steps) to claim my childhood back...My car has become my sanctuary and prayer closet during the week.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this week's IOW quote.
Blessings on your evening and always...
That is so important. I was actually starting to think I have ADHD because I get so distracted when I am trying to spend time in prayer and worship of the Lord.
Some of that is the kids! the house! etc.
---Terrill
nothing else matters
Oh, thanks for sharing. We certainly can learn a lot even as we train our children.
Thanks for sharing! We all do need to become like the little children!
Blessings,
Elisa
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