Bonnie Gray, the Faith Barista, asked us to share a moment we felt close to God recently.
Ok, it is the “RECENTLY” that is stumping me.
Do I see God’s grace and Hand in every day life? YES.
Do I love Him? YES.
I KNOW I am close to Him because He is the Vine and I am a wee little branch. I can’t help but be close to my Vine.
John 15:5
I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.
I seek my Lord’s Face and He is always on my heart and on my mind.
According to the online dictionary, the definition of ABIDE is:
1. to remain; continue; stay: Abide with me.
2. to have one’s abode; dwell; reside: to abide in a small Scottish village.
3. to continue in a particular condition, attitude, relationship, etc.; last.
I do continue in a direction towards my Lord. My heart and attitude are always turned towards Jesus. I fail many times, but dwell in His Kingdom. So in my opinion, I DO abide. I AM close to my God.
I have been convicted lately about the lack of quiet time I have had in the Word and just in “being” with Him.
I can’t continue to live off of yesterday’s “manna” — nor do I want that.
I need fresh revelation from my Lord.
Today I was thinking, “Anyone can write about MY husband, but unless they are intimate with him — commune with him — they don’t know him like I do.” It is the SAME way with the Lord. We can write about Him each day on our blogs, but unless we spend time with Him and hear from Him — then we don’t have the type of intimate relationship that I know God desires us to have.
THAT is where the “RECENTLY” comes into play.
I KNOW that I am close to Him, but do I “feel” close right now?
Y’all, even though I’m a SAHM (stay at home mom), my days have been SO BUSY. Now that our precious daughter has started school, perhaps I’ll be able to find more time to meet with my Master, my Deliverer, my Savior, my Friend. I yearn to dance before Him and fall on my face before Him.
How can I explain my love for this Lover that I have never touched in the natural realm?
Song of Solomon 2:10
My beloved spoke, and said to me: Rise up, my love, my fair one, And come away.
Song of Solomon 5:4
My beloved put his hand By the latch of the door,And my heart yearned for him.
Ok, so now — just focusing on my love for Him, I FEEL CLOSE TO HIM. How can we stay away? How can we not LOVE and ADORE our Lord?
Thank you Bonnie for pointing my thoughts towards my Beloved, my Lord!
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God bless you today!
Beth,
Great, thanks for sharing this!! Have a double blessed day.
Hi Beth!!
Sometimes in the blurs of my days, I find that the day slips by…evening has come…and where is my quiet time? Where has it gone?
And then I realized that I need to ‘pray continuously’, just as Paul has said.
What I did was turn every thought I had in a day into a short prayer…thank You for my clothing…thank You for hot water for my shower…thank You for my job….thank You for the people who You have brought into my life–my spiritual family..
Before I knew it, I was ‘praying continuously’, and the closeness grew and grew….and so we abide..
Beth in PA
My quiet times have been shortchanged this summer too. 🙁 And I miss those peaceful, still moments. I pray that next week my routine can finally return to a little more normal, but that even if it doesn’t, I’ll rearrange it to get back into a better groove of stillness.
Oh girl, this is so good. I too have been struggling with consistency in my quiet times. He has been faithful to meet me still. But I yearn for stillness. I long for it. I must learn to stop, to sit at His feet. To be still. I want to love on my Jesus, so He can pour into me.
What tremendous reminders. Thank you.
Am a happy new follower (of your blog)…a long-term follower of Christ. 🙂
Thank you so much for popping by Twinfatuation today…I hope you will come by often!
Awwww, thanks for the follow Cheryl! I followed you as well! Bless you!
Knowing the work of Christ is different from knowing the person of Christ, it’s easy to write something about Christ but it’s only through spending time with Him that we c truly know Him as a person.
Your post reminds me once again to prioritize my relationship with Him.
I agree! Thanks for sharing!
Those special quiet time moments are precious. I know how life can get so busy. I’ve had years at home and now years once again working full time but it’s always a struggle. So glad you are joining in on these Faith Barista jams. I love reading your thoughts.
Blessings and love,
Debbie
Thanks friend! <3
Oh, yes, I know how you feel when you say ‘recently’. It IS all about ‘practising the presence of God in the busyness of life as well as the quiet, special times. You encourage us all to keep on moving on!
Hi Beth! My little one start kindergarten in the fall and I can’t wait to get some alone time after a hectic summer. I’m a stay-at-home mom too, so this post definitely resonates with me! 🙂 Thankfully, God is always there, never counting anything against us. Thank you for sharing in the jam with us!