**Sit quietly, eyes closed and in silence for one minute before reading.**
Beauty
requires us to slow down. Beauty requires being seen, heard, felt and
experienced. Beauty requires time. It requires time to listen fully and deeply
to a piece of music. It requires time to take in the natural beauty of water,
mountains, flowers and forests. It requires time to look at a piece of art,
understand its story and consider what it means for you. It requires time to
see the person standing before you, sitting next to you.
God has given us beauty in so many forms and in our hurried world filled with
superficial extras we miss beauty. We miss God.
How will you take time for beauty today?
**Sit again in silence for as long as is available to you.**
Showing posts with label time. Show all posts
Showing posts with label time. Show all posts
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
God Waits
**Sit quietly, eyes closed and in silence for one minute before reading.**
God waits. God is so patient as He waits for us to learn, grow and “get it”. He waits as I learn (again) to speak kind words. He waits as I learn (again) to trust Him alone. He waits as I learn (again) that I desperately need Him to do what He has called me to. He waits.
God has the perfect pace and timing yet He is so patient with me. My impatience sits in stark contrast to His as I demand of myself more than He does, as I demand more of others than He does … and I demand it now.
God waits as you learn and grow. He pushes, challenges and encourages while waiting patiently and lovingly, knowing we need time.
He gives you time, will you give yourself time?
**Sit again in silence for as long as is available to you.**
God waits. God is so patient as He waits for us to learn, grow and “get it”. He waits as I learn (again) to speak kind words. He waits as I learn (again) to trust Him alone. He waits as I learn (again) that I desperately need Him to do what He has called me to. He waits.
God has the perfect pace and timing yet He is so patient with me. My impatience sits in stark contrast to His as I demand of myself more than He does, as I demand more of others than He does … and I demand it now.
God waits as you learn and grow. He pushes, challenges and encourages while waiting patiently and lovingly, knowing we need time.
He gives you time, will you give yourself time?
**Sit again in silence for as long as is available to you.**
Friday, September 28, 2012
Rich Moments
**Before you begin reading, sit
down, breathe normally and be quiet for 1 minute.**
Rich Moments. My heart is tied up in measuring my life by chronological time, by the clock, rather than by moments. Often we think the most valuable things take the most time. A rich moment does not have to be a long one. There is a depth to moments that cannot be measured by a clock or calendar. I wish I were more patient and more attentive to these moments and opportune times. They mold and shape us. They add joy, life, contentment and peace. They allow us to see God and others in deeper ways. Time can be more than a hand moving around a clock yet we often lower the value of time to be just that. Time can be measure by depth and not just length. This measurement is often more valuable. God often slows down our lives so that we have opportunity for rich moments. What rich moments has God brought you? What will He bring?
Rich Moments. My heart is tied up in measuring my life by chronological time, by the clock, rather than by moments. Often we think the most valuable things take the most time. A rich moment does not have to be a long one. There is a depth to moments that cannot be measured by a clock or calendar. I wish I were more patient and more attentive to these moments and opportune times. They mold and shape us. They add joy, life, contentment and peace. They allow us to see God and others in deeper ways. Time can be more than a hand moving around a clock yet we often lower the value of time to be just that. Time can be measure by depth and not just length. This measurement is often more valuable. God often slows down our lives so that we have opportunity for rich moments. What rich moments has God brought you? What will He bring?
**Sit quietly again for as much time as is available to you.**
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Delay
**Before you begin reading, sit down, breathe normally and be quiet for 1
minute.**
Delay. I recently heard a song which had the line, “Oh my God, you will not delay.” At this point in my life this line was a comfort. Other times in life, this line is hard to believe. God’s timing is perfect, He does not and will not delay yet we often think or feel just the opposite. He does not come through at the time we thought He would. He takes too long (in our opinions) or maybe we think He has forgotten. The truth is that God does not delay, His timing is perfect. Through the life of Jesus we see the unique timing that He had, things we could not necessarily understand if we were one of the people in the story, yet He has purpose. His timing is perfect and it has purpose we just may not get to be in the know. Not getting to be in the know - now that’s the hard part.
**Sit quietly again for as much time as is available to you.**
Delay. I recently heard a song which had the line, “Oh my God, you will not delay.” At this point in my life this line was a comfort. Other times in life, this line is hard to believe. God’s timing is perfect, He does not and will not delay yet we often think or feel just the opposite. He does not come through at the time we thought He would. He takes too long (in our opinions) or maybe we think He has forgotten. The truth is that God does not delay, His timing is perfect. Through the life of Jesus we see the unique timing that He had, things we could not necessarily understand if we were one of the people in the story, yet He has purpose. His timing is perfect and it has purpose we just may not get to be in the know. Not getting to be in the know - now that’s the hard part.
**Sit quietly again for as much time as is available to you.**
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