During the hecticness (is that a word) of the end of school year, I seem to be finding so little time for quietness and stillness. In the chaos of an overly busy weekend, I wondered when would I ever make time for God? What a terrible question. But in all seriousness, I was missing my Abba Father, I wanted to spend time in His presence, in His Word, in conversation with Him . . . where would I find time. For a little humor, and if you know me well - you know I refer to our family as the walking, living, breathing version of "America's Funniest Home Videos" . . . there is never a dull moment in our household, but back to my humor statement - Saturday started with me rebelliously exiting our bed at 6:45am to begin my day of chafeuring, "chefing", and catering to the many desires of teenagers hearts! We begin with me chafeuring one to baseball practice before 10am, cheering for another at a softball game at 10:30am while trying to keep up with "Little Missy" who has discovered "these feet were made for walking, and that's just what they'll do", to leave in the black cowboy Cadillac heading to chafeur teens number #1, #2 and #3 home to prepare for social activities that amazingly are all to begin at 3pm! While maintaining a sense of calmness so my sweet and hardworking husband doesn't feel guilty going to hit a few little white balls over the beautifully landscaped and manicured green grass of one of his favorite golf courses (he deserves it and I don't ever want to take that joy away from him!) Are you laughing yet? I'm out of breath just thinking about it . . . But I absolutely LOVE it! My family is a hoot and I wouldn't change any of it . . . God knew what He was doing giving me this craziness, they keep me on my toes! Still though, I was missing my heavenly Father . . . I needed Him, I needed time with just Him!
At 2:45 this morning, our dear dog, Lucy, decided something was nearing the perimeter of our house and she didn't like it - keep in mind, we back up to woods . . . animals tend to wander at night, this is not a predator . . . just probably something that will attempt to touch her food or leave evidence that he/she has visited our yard. Nevertheless, Lucy does not like anyone outside of our immediate family entering our yard without her LOUDLY announcing their arrival. After illuminating the neighborhood with our outside lights and visiting to chat with her several times, my eyes dared to shut again - I'm one of those, once awake, staying awake kind of people - so there I was 3am, wide awake and nothing to do . . . or so I thought! Then, clearly my Bible sitting next to my bed spoke to me almost like an audible voice, open me, spend time in me, sit with me. Conveniently, my dear husband was out of town, so I couldn't bother him . . . here I was, snug in my bed with my precious Bible and Heavenly Father sitting right here with me. We visited different scriptures, we conversed over the people who were burdening my heart, I shared my heart for the women of our church and He listened. AMAZING, SIMPLY AMAZING! He awoke me, not with just a nudge that I could return to "night-night" land (as our "Little Missy" says it) - but with the freshness of the cool morning air that would awaken me and freshen me to spend time with Him. In the midst of our chaos and whirlwind lives, He meets our needs . . . He recognizes our hungers and meets us there! What an amazing God and Father. He knew us before we were someone to know and He knows our every need . . . Reach out to Him and He will meet you where you are!
