Don't Do just Be!

  In a world of distrations: Iphones, cellphones, Ipads, internet, television, etc...  I find myself longing for more simplicity in my life and see others seeking the same kind of joy in the "ordinary things".   I know the busyness of life can steal our perspective on what we want our lives to be,  where we want to be going and the overall vision we intended for our family or ourselves.
 I found my self caught in the traps of DO's instead of BE's (as my husband said to me the other day, smart fella).  I was focused on the DO's so intently it was stealing my joy and passion and replacing it with sadness and an overwhelmed feeling that would not lift no matter what I did.  As lovely and wonderful as my devotional time with the Lord was I was still digging off the side of the path instead of forging straight forward towards the high place.  The place of contentment with myself, contentment with others and contentment with the state of life I am in right now.  You know the old saying Prayer changes things...well it does, it did and  it will continue too!  I found this to be the one and only place I could be truly honest and truthful with myself and my lord.  I began to confess everything even my irritations and my jealously(which was huge for me) and asked God to take these from me.  It's amazing how freeing it is when you confess those deep dark things that are so ugly you wish none to see in you.  Our savior almost makes it a requirement in order to have peace, and I don't know about you but I long for a true and real Peace that I have not made myself but is God given and true!
So, I have given all over to the lord so I may be satisfied with him and in him, longing only for the things he wants for me.  I fall, and get distracted but come right back to the fountain to be refreshed and washed once again.  Please friends do the same.  Lay it all out before our Lord and let the junk come out, he wants to take it and restore your beauty.  Do not leave any stone unturned in your heart and soul for he wishes to take it all!!
Now go in peace and find your prayerful place, seek his face and when you find him, (and you will if you seek for him with all of your heart Deut 4:29) pour yourself into his loving arms and reveal all of you to him not that he doesn't all ready know but he invites you to confess and you will be forgiven.

Much Love
~Abby