God
is always present and active in my life whether or not I see Him.
Coming to
recognize & experience God’s presence is a learned behavior. I can
cultivate it. My task is to meet
God in THIS moment. I am always
tempted to live outside this moment.
When I do this, I lose my sense of God’s presence.
Sometimes
God feels far away for reasons I don't understand, those moments are
opportunities for me to learn.
Whenever I fail, I can
start again, right away.
No one
knows the full extent to which a human being can experience God’s presence.
My
desire for God ebbs and flows. God’s desire for me is always constant. ( He always wants to be in my present and
presence.)
Each
thought carries with it a spiritual charge that moves me closer, or a little
further away, from God.
Every aspect of my life is of genuine
interest to God.
My
path to experiencing God will not look quite like anyone else's.
-God is Closer Than You Think
John Ortberg
My assignment is to read this daily for 2 weeks. What precious truths to tuck into my mind. Gives a sense of love, hope, healing and consistency.
After a time of relaxing over Christmas and New Years, I always have a sense of wanting to do better at so many things. New year, New slate. As this book stated "God has my picture on his refrigerator". I've only started the book, but I love that concept.. It could be my photo or a project I made, He values me and my meager efforts. Like a parent thinks their child is "the Best"! When I don't do well or could do better, He encourages me to get up and try again. I guess that is my January feeling usually, try again, try to improve, try to be more like Christ and serve (as a Child of His, as a; wife, mom, Mimi, friends, church family...) like Christ would like me to. That is a high calling, a huge task, it could be overwhelming. But, He is walking with me, He understands me better than I understand myself (yikes/yeah). Is 41:10-14 (one of my life verses) speaks of God holding my right hand with His righteous right hand, I'm not to fear. That leads me to think that the bodily position for that to happen, is if we are not standing side by side, but face to face. Christ/God is standing face to face with me (with each of us) as I walk this path of life, encouraging me as I am striving to be a glory to Him. Not to bringing attention to myself, or serve self, but that people will see Christ through me.
Sometimes I give myself a to-do-better-at-list that is too large, but God knows what I am capable of, and so it's a day at a time and we will see where He leads, " My task is to meet
God in THIS moment. "
