Tiny Droplets

 "Be Still

and 

Know I AM GOD"

Psalm 46:10

I sit at my desk with an empty screen before me. I know God has something to say, I feel it in my heart but the words don't come.

Distractions come...but not the words...

Why is it that when I'm busy running around I catch glimpses of His Glory and think oh wow I have to write that down, but, when I sit down the words don't come?

I gaze out of the window & pray, "God I know you have something to say but I can't "hear" you. Speak to me. Speak through me."

And then I see it...

It's foggy outside, I see my driveway but the bushes on the other side are shadows. The 3 cypress trees a foot outside my window are very crisp & clear. But beyond that the air is milky white.

My eyes focus on something moving in the air...tiny droplets...almost missed. I have been so focused on the large cypress trees & big picture of the thickness of the cottony white fog that I failed to see the tiny, individual water particles that make up the fog. Those particles are carried along by the direction of a whispery breath of air.

Later today as the air gently moves, and the sun slowly rises, the fog will lift to reveal a beautiful, icy blue sky displaying God's Glorious Creation around us.

Isn't our life like that? 

Life gets hard & days are clouded by the pain, hurt, questions, fear, feelings of inadequacy & frustrations. We only see the hard, difficult things looming directly in front of us like the cypress trees. We want to know what our future holds but its cloudy like the milky white fog.

But God...

He is in the tiniest details of our lives. He works around us, quietly moving like the droplets that are so faint we only catch a glimpse of them-Him or feel them-Him on our faces if we slow down, rest and patiently wait...on Him.

As the trials wear on and our lives heat up God will show is Magnificent Glory when the fog lifts and He reveals the clear blue sky. 

Then we will see the ways in which He has worked all around us. We will see the way He gently moved us with the whisper of His breath and we will see the way he brought us around the obstacles that stood before us.

My prayer for you sweet sisters is that even though you may go through times in your life where you can't see God's path for you or why he has called you down a certain road, you will always know WHO HE IS and that HE IS AT WORK IN YOUR LIFE! So sweet sisters keep your eyes & heart focused on The Cross and God's Truth.

"I say to myself, 'The LORD is my portion;

therefore I will wait for him.'

The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him,

to the one who seeks him;

it is good to wait quietly

for the salvation of the LORD."

Lamentations 3:24-26

Continuing the Joy Dare #977 - #986:

• the Old Rugged Cross
• "winter" scented candles
• Christmas music playing while I clean
• family time reading in front of a fire
• for the privilege to join God where He is working
• having my husband tell me he is proud of me
• looking back & seeing how God answers prayers
• Godly women standing in the gap with prayer
• for the hard days when the walls are closing in
• for the icy blue sky after the fog lifts

Taking the Joy Dare of counting 1000 gifts with Ann at A Holy Experience 

In His Calm,

Mary

Thankful Thursday ~ The ABC's of Thanksgiving 2012

"Praise the LORD.

Praise, O servants of the LORD,
praise the name of the LORD.
Let the name of the LORD be praised,
both now and forevermore.
From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets,
the name of the LORD is to be praised."
Psalm 113: 1-3

Last night when I went to bed I had big plans for this morning. I was going to sleep in, stay snuggled under my cover, and not get out of bed until mid-morning. I'm tired from several nights of not sleeping well and wanted to make up for that lack of sleep today.

But God! ... had different plans!

He woke me in the cool, dark early hours of the morning. I felt Him tugging on my heart to spend some quiet time with Him before little feet started shuffling around and hungry tummies started looking for something to eat. 

So I quietly obeyed, making a warm mug of coffee, lighting a candle and turning on lights just enough for me to see my bible & notebook. As I sat, listening to the silence I began thanking God for the many wonderful things He has done for me this year.

Its been a year of stretching, molding, trusting, excitement, grace, new experiences, laughter, and watching His Glory unfold.

I have learned to praise God "from the rising of the sun to the place where it sets", in the good & bad & everywhere in between. 

As we celebrate this day of Thanksgiving what are you thankful for? Are you praising Him "from the rising of the sun to the place where it sets"?

Continuing the Joy Dare #951-#976:

• A - warm Apple cider on cold nights
• B - Bumper car races with daddy & the kids
• C - Caroline - my daughter, who is loving, passionate, loves dancing & her daddy
• D - Digging into God's Word & watching His Truth leap from the pages
• E - Early morning rainbows
• F - Friends who support & encourage me in whatever God calls me to do
• G - Garrett, my son, who is smart, source of many different facts & loves playing outside
• H - Holding onto God in the hard days
• I - Ice cream on the beach
• J - Jeff, love of my life, strong, faithful, a man after God's own heart
• K - Kids running & jumping in puddles in their PJ's
• L - Listening to the birds as they sing their morning song
• M - Mentors - Godly women who speak words of Truth, encouragement & correction when needed
• N - long Nights of difficult talks with Jeff that bring us closer together
• O - Open windows that bring cool breezes
• P - Power of Prayer
• Q - Quiet mornings when God wakes me to spend time with Him
• R - Remembering I am serving an Audience of One
• S - Sleepy Sunday afternoons to rest for the coming week
• T - Trusting God to make a way when there seems to be no way
• U - Unglued moments giving way to grace & peace
• V - Vacations - time away with family to decompress, rest & reconnect with each other
• W - Watching as God reveals His Glory through Just Give Me Jesus after following Him for 2 years
• X - excitement after sharing homemade chocolate chip cookies
• Y - Years of trusting God & following obediently
• Z - kids Zipping around on their scooters

Taking the Joy Dare of counting 1000 gifts with Ann at A Holy Experience 

 In His Calm,

Mary