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| ~first breakfast of the year outside with the girls |
Okay. Here we go again. No work in the shop. The phrase, 'Do you trust Me?' ringing in my ears. Gary even said a few minutes ago, he's having issues with that very same word. Manna today. I've even got Manna for tomorrow. :) A day ahead, which isn't Biblical, but hey, I was at the store today. One more bag of Navy beans and I can add bacon and this and that and make dinner.
I read something at Relevant Magazine online (followed on FB, so that's how I found it), about slowing down enough to hear the Lord. I'm going to quote, and give credit, so maybe that'll be okay.
"God’s response to Elijah’s desperation is at odds with what we’d expect. It’s simple and straightforward:
Sleep.
Eat.
Wait.
Stop and listen.
God chooses when He speaks.
God chooses what questions to answer.
God sets the tone.
In short, God wants Elijah to slow down and seek Him. He is not responding to Elijah’s sense of urgency.
When prayer is born of urgency, we’re dictating the questions God needs to answer rather than listening for the counsel He wants to give."~Ken Wytsma
The whole article can be found here.
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Beautiful. The advice isn't to do something more, but to stop doing things. Keep your mitts off, which is what my husband has said to me before, but the Lord says it in a gentle God-sort-of-way. The Lord wanted Elijah to be still. "I got this, Elijah."
My tendency in the past has been to keep reminding God of what's happening. Beg. Plead. Make myself miserable. Sort of like the nagging wife, which is something none of us want to aspire to.
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In other news....my husband is understanding my love of Anglicanism. Get this. He said yesterday he understands something about the Anglicans he'd been missing. He's said before (well, several times), that he finds the brevity of our priest's sermons (called homilies) not a learning experience like he's used to. Most times, though, there is a sweet nugget of blessing. You have to be open, though. Stand tough, and you can't always hear that still, small Voice. He's gotten his feathers ruffled a bit in comparing these homilies to the long sermons of our past church-going. He said, and I loved this, "The Presbyterian and Baptist churches are more into teaching lessons in church, while the Anglicans are all about Worship."
Bingo.
God is working, so I'll sleep, eat, wait, stop & listen. I'm liking this plan.
