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.
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.
well said and Amen
ReplyDelete"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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