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Quiet Solitude

Psalm 23:2-3 He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul.

My soul is refreshed as I read Psalm 23 and sit in the quiet with God.  I am reminded to make the time to spend moments with Jesus each day in quiet solitude.  I can feel my soul filling up and my strength is renewed.  With the stress of life and maintaining so many things, I sometimes forget to slow my mind and concentrate on the one person who can bring me peace in the crazy world, Jesus.  I find myself rushing through my time with God too, as if He is just one more thing on my to-do list.  Alas, am I so calloused as to have made my time with God a common daily task?  I am saddened by my inability to recognize how I have done so.  He is not a task.  He is my friend, my counselor, my redeemer, my father and many others.  None of those descriptors are a common task!  They are all references to my relationship with Him.  God is a being.  I get so caught up in what I am doing, I forget to just be with God.  I once had a friend tell me that her children would often remind her, "Mom, you are a human being, not a human doing."  Lately, I'm afraid I've been a human doing, even when it comes to God.  I want to get back to living as a human being.  I'll start with just being in His presence today.

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  1. AnonymousJanuary 16, 2014 at 6:45 AM

    well said and Amen

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 16, 2014 at 8:56 AM

    "A human being, not a human doing", such a wonderful paradigm shift! Thank you for that change of perspective. It can mean all the difference!

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