Listen. Be still. Learn. Looking back spurs to me what lies ahead.
The three words seem to have be a reoccurring theme for me
in 2014. So funny how a new year begins and as we look ahead there is so much
hope and so much anticipation, yet we can never fathom what turns our journey
might take.
As I began the new year in 2014, I had felt God stirring in
my heart and speaking to me in ways that I had not experienced before. Not because
he wasn’t speaking, but most likely because I wasn’t really listening. A dear
friend challenged me in the new year to invite God to reveal to me how he
wanted to use me, to be still and reflect on the joy I have experienced when I
am using my talents and strengths and leading into his power and then experience
a holy depth of energy and life.
I as I have cultivated listening and being still, one of the
most frequent things that takes place is a conviction of my spirit. Revelations that even in my desire to help I
can hurt, my pride and desire to be right is oh so wrong, and I have so much
work to do to be more “present.” Not consumed with what my agenda or “to do”
lists hold, to be listening with my heart to the voices around me – my precious
kidos, my love-and perfectly matched partner, my
family, my friends, my co-workers, and those that God continues to brings across
my path testing me with opportunities to love and extend his mercy and grace –
and as I do so, I see more and more the depth of MY need for his mercy and
grace.
So thankful that as we are heading into another year, that I
know, his mercies are new every morning.
“ The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his
mercies never come to an end;
they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness..” Lamentations 3:22&23
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