Today was a sweet one. I feel that even in my selfishness and craving for time to do what I want, God spoke gently to me. I am being taught a lot (and slowly learning) about the value of time. I’m learning that the joy, growth and sustainability of love has much to do with time spent devoted to a relationship. This obviously applies to human relationships, so it makes sense that it would apply to the Maker of community, too! :) I love how God created us to be relational. Too often I focus my energy on human relationships, and put time devoted to God on the back burner. He is gently drawing me back to Himself, and reminding me of that. I want to spend this week making time to be with Him.
This week, I’m taking time off to spend with Ben, as he is about to leave for a seven week training course. The time away from my job has been refreshing and restful! I miss the beautiful young women that I get to meet with weekly, but I’m excited to hear what God does in them while I’m gone. In my absence, I want to spend time daily making room to commune with God and be changed by Him. This has been a struggle for me as I want to be with Ben. Oh, how much I have yet to learn :)
God is so loving in how He cares for us. Today we were driving and I saw a young boy (around 6 years old) who was seemingly paralyzed in some of the lower half of his body. He was dragging himself on a walker to his mother’s car. Once he got to the van, his mother picked him up in her arms and sat him to his seat. It moved my heart so much. This child had a huge physical disability, and his mother cared for him deeply. It struck me the tremendous opposition (specifically social) that awaits this precious child. It was so beautiful to see his mother sweep him into her arms. God does the very same with us. I want so much to fathom the beautiful picture of God knowing our disabilities, sins, insecurities, and brokenness, but choosing to carry us until the day that He fully heals us. He is the mighty Father. I pray that I will never forget that image. How beautiful our Lord is!
On a more trivial note- I’m weighing my commitment to Facebook! I feel like God has shown me some things that arise within me that Facebook provides the environment for. Two things in particular have stuck out to me. I’ll share these things because I feel like realizing them has given me some clarity- so please know that I don’t feel like these are universal issues. Facebook is a really fun resource.
- I love looking at people’s pictures and learning about their lives. While this is harmless, and a big part of Facebook, I find that it can produce a false sense of intimacy and closeness to people.
- More importantly, I’ve noticed that I can love and think on aspects of other people’s lives and ignore the beauty of my own. It has been so sweet to spend today letting the Lord remind me of the wonders in my life, my marriage, my home, etc., instead of fixating on other people’s lives.
So- those are a couple of reasons why I’m going to spend much less time on Facebook- even though I love it!
Until next time :)
Julielle
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