SEVEN DAYS.
remember when I was writing before the semester had even started?
where has the time gone?
as the last few weeks have rolled by and each day has passed I have seemed to be faced with
a new challenge,
a new blessing,
a new encouragement,
a new hurdle,
a new promise.
each day has brought something new into my life and I have been shown things I needed to see and stretched in ways I needed to be stretched.
I have fallen in love with my Savior once again and regained my footing on the road He has set me on.
I was reading in Psalm last night and came across an underlined verse I must have underlined years ago. It was Psalm 27:8...
//My heart has heard You say,
"Come and talk with Me."
My heart responds
"Lord, I am coming."//
HOLY COW I NEEDED TO HEAR THAT.
how many times have I run to my friends...
my parents...
my brothers...
before running to my FATHER when I am breaking down.
how many times do I ask for the earthly advice of the people around me before turning to Him for His all-knowing, all-powerful knowledge and guidance?
TOO. MANY. TIMES.
I have allowed myself to make others my counselors when I serve the most powerful Counselor of all.
I have become okay with melting down in front of my friends before I even mention my issues to the One who knows what lies ahead of me.
I have begged for advice from my family before laying myself down before the largest and only true Advisor. The first One I should be seeking advice from.
But why?
Why have I become okay with living life this way when He says in scripture "come and talk with Me." He has made Himself so easily accessible and I turn to the people who don't even know what their tomorrow holds, let alone what my own tomorrow life holds.
This must change.
I need to cling to my Father.
I need to call out His name.
I need to be silent in His presence.
I need to seek His word.
I need to desperately long for His wisdom.
I need to rid me of myself and open my life to what He has been telling me all along.
How much simpler will life be?
He has all the answers.
He holds me always.
He cares for me more than anyone.
He's got this.
So what does that mean for me?
That life will be full of sparkles and pixie dust?
That each day will be as easy as pie?
That I will never have a struggle/worry/doubt?
NOPE.
It means that "even when I walk through the darkest valley, I will not be afraid" for He is close behind me.
It means that I can rest in the knowledge that He will always show me the right path.
It means that I will learn what it means to fully depend on Christ.
And that is magnificent.
How sweet the Father's love for us.
How precious is His mercy and grace.
How mind-blowing is it that He longs for us to talk to Him?
He is there.
He is listening.
Always.
It is time I give Him something to listen to.
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