I love adventure. I long for it, breathe for it, excel in it. I love new things. New places, new people, new experiences. A new adventure. I have been longing for one. Things have been so stagnant. I do not like it when there seems to be no movement, no momentum. Work as many of you have read before has been slow for me lately. Whenever it gets like this, I start to feel like I'm not doing something right. Am I doing what I should be? Why does nothing seem to be happening? Ah! The same haunting thoughts come flooding back. My sweet Savior knows. HE KNOWS. Not only does he know, HE CARES. He cares enough that I am able to spend time with friends who know how to encourage me and know how to listen (and more importantly they listen to Him). He cares enough that a couple notes of encouragement that had been sent to me on facebook, I had somehow overlooked and as I am going back through my inbox I find them and their words encourage me greatly.
"The words of the godly are like sterling silver" Proverbs 10:20
"A word aptly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver." Proverbs 25:11
What a kind Savior to send friends to be his mouthpiece. I read this morning in Sarah Young's devotional "Jesus Calling" that Jesus sees us "with a steady eye" because His "attention span is infinite. This gives me great comfort to know that my Savior sees EVERYTHING. Nothing passes before him without his noticing. He sees my yesterday, my today and tomorrow. He knows me completely-UNWAVERINGLY. Sarah Young also says to "give yourself fully to this adventure of increasing attentiveness to My Presence." Adventure! There it is! I never thought of being still and listening as an adventure. This has given me such new perspective and made it seem a little lighter that it's ok that things are quiet. It's ok that there is not much going on. Jesus sees, he knows and He's calling me on an adventure to walk with him, to hear him, to know him the way he knows me. I pray that wherever this finds you reader that you will be swept up in that adventure too. It's an adventure I don't think we'll ever quit...there is no end to our Savior...
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Word! Buckle up and hang on for the ride!
ReplyDeleteI was watching the Nooma video "Dust" by Rob Bell last nite. It is SO powerful. He talks about what it meant to be a Rabbi, and a disciple, in Jesus's day. What a call to draw closer to our Lord - so close that we are covered by the dust of His walking...
ReplyDeleteDear Sarah-
ReplyDeleteMy, my, girl for one so young you are so wise. And wisdom only comes from one place, God. Yes, He leads us beside still waters sometimes to restore our souls. Believe me when I say I understand that you want adventure but as I know you know He knows what we need, not just what we want. You are a very talented, godly woman and I know that He has divine appointments for you. What's so fascinating about God is that He can arrange those at gas stations, parking lots, Wal-Mart or Kroger's. They may not come in the form of big packages but they're divine never the less. It's the lives we touch, not the things we do that matter. Like me, I see you get caught up sometimes in being a human doing rather than a human being. I'm not preaching at you girl- rather I'm there with you-sometimes God speaks in the whisper AFTER the fire, the flood, and the wind. That's when you know it's golden. I love you and I am so proud to call you my friend. God Bless you Sarah Valley Rose. You're moving up whether you know it or not. Love- JoAnna Rivers Pearson