This morning, I did something I haven't done for quite a long while. I got up, went to a park, and watched the sunrise. I used to do this on a fairly regular basis when I first came back to God. I would get up, make a cup of coffee to go, and drive up to a park way out on Craig Road. I would sit there with my coffee, my Bible, and a flashlight. I would read the Bible using the flashlight, sip my coffee, and talk to God. Just Him and me. I would come home filled with joy and peace. I wonder if that's how Moses felt when he would come down from the mountain after time spent in God's presence. Today, I took my Kindle (my Bible is on it) and drove to a park not far from my Mom's house. I didn't take any coffee with me this time and I stayed in my car. I parked facing east and waited. I have a book on my Kindle that I have been using for my morning devotions called "Jesus Calling". I'm ashamed to say, I didn't have my devotion yesterday morning. So I read March 14 today. It was absolutely perfect for what I was doing.
A while back I read a Facebook post that said something to the effect of "Sit still and wait for God's grace to fall on you." In this crazy-busy world in which we live, how do you sit still and wait? I mean, I know we wait in lines to check out at grocery/retail stores. We wait in lines at the Costco gas pumps to get gas. We wait in lines inside and in drive-thru's at banks and fast food restaurants. However, we are very rarely still. We are checking our e-mails, Facebook, Google, texts, etc. while we wait. We are constantly occupied by something. My goal today was to sit still and wait. Yes, I did read the devotion and the accompanying Bible verses that went with it. Then I closed my Kindle and laid it aside. I talked to God. I asked Him to help me sit still and wait. I told Him, I wanted to receive His grace. I cried. I was still. I waited. I received. I was blessed.
I want to renew this old habit. Spending time with God as a new day starts is something I do (pretty much) every day. However, I very rarely get up and go outside to watch as that day begins. That is something I want and need to do more regularly. I want to start each week filled with joy, peace, and wonder at God's great love for me and for all of the human race. I want to have the glow that Moses is purported to have after spending time in God's radiant glory. I want to be filled up with His grace so that it overflows on to people I come in contact with throughout my days. Maybe then, I will be able to love others as God has loved me. Maybe it will help me to love myself so that I can love my neighbors, too.
May you each have a Spirit filled and blessed Sabbath Day!
The Vicountess Babbles On
