Amber rays danced through the window as I awakened from somewhat restful slumber. No pre-dawn alarm, no screaming rooster, just a moment of peace watching my better half of thirty-seven years breathe deeply of her beauty sleep.
A moment of nothing. I cannot recall the last time there was a moment such as this. Soaking in silence, even the distance sounds of various modes of transportation in their hurried paces faded into the stillness of my heart. I inhaled a calm I had forgotten existed.
Picking up My Utmost for His Highest (yes, real ink on real paper) the wisdom of Oswald Chambers poured into my morning.
The measure of the worth of our public activity for God is the private communion we have with Him … we have to pitch our tents where we shall always have quiet times with God, however noisy our times with the world may be. January 6 – 736R
A lesson in simplicity when the Lord is my focus.
A moment is but a moment and like that, it was gone, the earth began to spin again at its normal pace. The weight of the outside world, banished from beneath cozy covers, found its way in. My thoughts spiraled into a tailspin, yet the aroma of peace lingered softly in the air. Reaching back to that moment, I released the white knuckled grip on my worry to He who holds me in His Hands.
Even the very smallest thing that we allow in our lives that is not under the control of the Holy Spirit is completely sufficient to account for spiritual confusion, and spending all our time thinking about it will still never make it clear. September 14.
As the world weighs heavily on my shoulders, relentlessly pressing on my chest, breathing deeply of the Holy Spirit restores me, rejuvenates me, reminding me that such peace still exists.
Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. John 14:27
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