Happy First Day of Autumn~
“Be still and know that I am God” (Psalm 46:10a).
There is a crisp chill slipping through the air at o'dark thirty this morning. I tip toe back to my closet to find a warm comfy sweater. I peek outside to see the temperature and it is only 40 degrees. What happened to summer?~ It's cold! I make myself a cup of Folgers in my cup and add some Spiced Pumpkin creamer~just what this girl needs!
I cuddle up in my favorite comfy chair~ my prayer corner. It has been a very long week and a half. To be frank~ never have I grieved until I felt physically sick. There is just something horrible about losing a parent. Maybe the realization that life has gone so fast and you are next in line to die. Not that I am afraid of dying~ but I do love this life of mine so. I am blessed. While I buried my father at the same time I am planning my momma's wedding. Life is bazarre for sure at times.
The events of my fathers sudden~early death~ at the age of 63 seems like a nightmare to me. At first I was mad at God for not giving me a chance to say I love you one last time. But I am coming to see that God's ways are best. Everything that needed to be said between my Dad and I had been said. It would have been too painful for us both. Addiction is a nightmare and I am thankful that my Dad has finally unloaded the weight of the world off his shoulders. I am finally resting in the confidence that my Heavenly Father knows best.
As I am sitting here in my comfy prayer corner wrapped in my big sweater I am feeling loved. God has comforted me in special ways as He never has before. My husband has been my rock~ as always~ I love you My Brian! My sister and brother have been wonderful and my friends have blessed me with flowers, meals, diet Cokes and homemade pies. I am loved!
This morning it hit me~ when I slow my soul to still and listen quietly~ God gently speaks to me. I am face to face with His holiness. In light of His holiness His loving kindness is revealed. He knows best. It is all for my good and for His glory. This is not the end of the story. That fact this morning is like this comfy sweater and warm coffee to my soul.
Be still. Know that He is God. Know that He is good. Know that He is holy. Know that He is in control. Know that He loves you. He is worthy~ oh so worthy.
Then in stillness~ respond.......
1O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.
2Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
3Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
4For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
5Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
23Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
24And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
Psalms 139:1-6 23,24
Have a fabulous Friday and celebrate the first day of Fall!
2Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
3Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
4For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
5Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
23Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
24And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
Psalms 139:1-6 23,24
Have a fabulous Friday and celebrate the first day of Fall!
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