Confessions of a Peace Lover...
Okay, okay, I confess...I am a mama that likes PEACE!!!! As I sit here this morning - the first morning since before the Christmas break that I am truly at home, alone, with no where to go - I feel a little selfish in admitting just how much I am enjoying the quiet. And it seems rather strange that I am enjoying it so much when, without a doubt, I LOVED having all my kids home over Christmas, and was sad to see the older ones head back to college. My favorite memories are full of people - family vacations at the beach, Christmas morning, our kid's birthday parties, worshiping with a body of believers, all of these things include people and activity and noise!
So why is today so special, why is the quiet so appealing, why do I think I could really get use to this...perhaps because I know I can't? Am I guilty of always wanting what I can't have? Or, am I just enjoying the gift of today? The gift of quiet; of solitude; of peace.
There is a reason why God tells us in His word to "be still...and know... " He IS God of the "noise", of the activity that involves His kids in relationship with one another. But He is also a very personal God, who knows that we can best know Him in the quiet, in the stillness, in that "peace" of the day.
This past month has been so filled with activity that those quiet, still, peaceful times I've come to cherish have been harder to come by. My days have ended later, which for me means my mornings have started later. And morning is the time I love to sit and read, and pray, and drink my coffee...all by myself, before the first peep comes from one of my chicks.
Would I trade the activity of the past 4 weeks for those quiet mornings I missed out on? No, I really do love having all my chicks in the nest; having places to go and people to see. And as I look back I can see how creative God was in giving me moments of quiet with Him. I may have been out of my routine, but I was not out of my relationship with my heavenly Dad.
Yes, peace is one of the things on my "favorites" list. Always has been...but next time I write I think I'll let you in on a little secret...I think it's time for me to confess the fact that "peace" didn't always mean the same to me as it does today...
Until then...
Beth
So why is today so special, why is the quiet so appealing, why do I think I could really get use to this...perhaps because I know I can't? Am I guilty of always wanting what I can't have? Or, am I just enjoying the gift of today? The gift of quiet; of solitude; of peace.
There is a reason why God tells us in His word to "be still...and know... " He IS God of the "noise", of the activity that involves His kids in relationship with one another. But He is also a very personal God, who knows that we can best know Him in the quiet, in the stillness, in that "peace" of the day.
This past month has been so filled with activity that those quiet, still, peaceful times I've come to cherish have been harder to come by. My days have ended later, which for me means my mornings have started later. And morning is the time I love to sit and read, and pray, and drink my coffee...all by myself, before the first peep comes from one of my chicks.
Would I trade the activity of the past 4 weeks for those quiet mornings I missed out on? No, I really do love having all my chicks in the nest; having places to go and people to see. And as I look back I can see how creative God was in giving me moments of quiet with Him. I may have been out of my routine, but I was not out of my relationship with my heavenly Dad.
Yes, peace is one of the things on my "favorites" list. Always has been...but next time I write I think I'll let you in on a little secret...I think it's time for me to confess the fact that "peace" didn't always mean the same to me as it does today...
Until then...
Beth
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