God is on the move...do you hear Him? Well, you may not...there are times when I don't. Often more times than I care to confess, I am deaf to his moving in my life. But this past week in my life, this past week it has been unmistakable. Loud, thunderous movement - problem - I can't tell from which direction. I have prayed and prayed, thought and pondered, sought advice and counsel but still nothing clear.
1 Kings 19:11 “Go out and stand before me on the mountain,” the Lord told him. And as Elijah stood there, the Lord passed by, and a mighty windstorm hit the mountain. It was such a terrible blast that the rocks were torn loose, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. 12 And after the earthquake there was a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire there was the sound of a gentle whisper. 13 When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave. "
(NLT)
I think I know the problem. It's the same problem I have faced for most of my Christian life. I just can't remember to be quiet on the front end. Usually after I struggle a while, I remember. Why can't I learn that lesson?
"God, do you not hear me? Why will you not answer my prayers?" Don't get me wrong...life is going pretty good right now. My Walk is good. My marriage is awesome. My kids are great. I love being a youth minister. "So what is it?", one might ask. Well, I don't know. God is moving, he's getting ready to do something in my life. I can't tell you if it will be visible externally or if the call will be an internal one. I can't tell you what that is right now, but I think I will do what I've needed to do for quite some time - Just listen for a while.
"Be still, and know that I am God" - Psalm 46:10 (NIV)
Monday, January 31, 2005
Saturday, January 29, 2005
A Day Fit for a Cat
It's a long story. Ever since she could talk, Maleah has wanted a kitten. "Maleah, what do you want for Christmas, Maleah, what do you want for your birthday?" The answer has been the same for seven or eight years now...."A kitten - that's all I want." Our reply has been the same for that time as well - "What would be next on your list!"
I have done the cat thing most of my life. I was a little boy when I first got Butter, then Samson, Merlin then my sister got Abbey then Chiena and when I married Lee Ann we brought Chelsea to live with us. I love cats but when we started having kids...yikes we could barely get them fed! We had a dog, a Lhaso Apso - she was our first baby. We got her when we first moved back to Indy. That's been a full twelve years...Brandi is still with us, she is spoiled rotten. We tried to hold them off with a pet rock, then we moved to hermit crabs and fish.
Well, we finally gave in. Maleah's birthday is at the end of February. She will be eight. We combined the family birthday gathering with Malachi's, who will be three at the beginning of February. We were going to give it to her then, but we found it early. A little gray tabby with a white chin and chest. It looks like have the stuffed ones on her shelf. To make a longer story shorter - we had to hide it for two days - not an easy feat! That may be another blog! We moved it up a week. We didn't think we could hide it for nearly 10 days! So we invited grandmas and grandpas up for breakfast and gave it to her this morning! I don't know who was more excited us or Maleah. It was cool.
I thought about Matthew 7 - “Keep on asking, and you will be given what you ask for. Keep on looking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened. 8 For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And the door is opened to everyone who knocks. 9 You parents—if your children ask for a loaf of bread, do you give them a stone instead? 10 Or if they ask for a fish, do you give them a snake? Of course not! 11 If you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him." (NLT)
I thought about my relationship with God - he just can't wait to give me good things! Wow - he's my Father. As much as I loved going through the process of giving Maleah the "kitten", Sadie is nothing compared to what God wants to give me! I love to see my children smile, who am I to think that God wants anything less for his child.
I have done the cat thing most of my life. I was a little boy when I first got Butter, then Samson, Merlin then my sister got Abbey then Chiena and when I married Lee Ann we brought Chelsea to live with us. I love cats but when we started having kids...yikes we could barely get them fed! We had a dog, a Lhaso Apso - she was our first baby. We got her when we first moved back to Indy. That's been a full twelve years...Brandi is still with us, she is spoiled rotten. We tried to hold them off with a pet rock, then we moved to hermit crabs and fish.
Well, we finally gave in. Maleah's birthday is at the end of February. She will be eight. We combined the family birthday gathering with Malachi's, who will be three at the beginning of February. We were going to give it to her then, but we found it early. A little gray tabby with a white chin and chest. It looks like have the stuffed ones on her shelf. To make a longer story shorter - we had to hide it for two days - not an easy feat! That may be another blog! We moved it up a week. We didn't think we could hide it for nearly 10 days! So we invited grandmas and grandpas up for breakfast and gave it to her this morning! I don't know who was more excited us or Maleah. It was cool.
I thought about Matthew 7 - “Keep on asking, and you will be given what you ask for. Keep on looking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened. 8 For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And the door is opened to everyone who knocks. 9 You parents—if your children ask for a loaf of bread, do you give them a stone instead? 10 Or if they ask for a fish, do you give them a snake? Of course not! 11 If you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him." (NLT)
I thought about my relationship with God - he just can't wait to give me good things! Wow - he's my Father. As much as I loved going through the process of giving Maleah the "kitten", Sadie is nothing compared to what God wants to give me! I love to see my children smile, who am I to think that God wants anything less for his child.
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