Waking Up Me!

As I sought prayer last week as we interceded for JM as he struggled with some c hanges that were affecting h is futu re and truth be told, mine , I had two of my aunts and my girl KB all come back and assure me with Proverbs 3:5-6, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths." Three is always significant. I wasn't sure just w hat to do with this. Was this for him? Me? Both of us ? I think last night God helped me see what He meant in this.   Lean not on your own understand ing... When I was lying down to go to sleep last night and wrest ling with this, I rea lized that we think it's our heart that is broken. That it isn't capable of love. But what is truly broken is our ability to trust. To trust ou rselves. To t rust our hearts. To trust God and God with our hearts. When I was trying to figure out if I had mis taken what God was doing with ...

I love the sound of the rain. It comforts and quiets me. I even love the sound of thunder and the bright flashes of lightening. When the wind blows, I love the way it feels pushing against me. I run into it. I let it tenderly caress my skin. As the storm picks up and becomes violent, though, my pleasure turns to concern. I become distraught in the possibilities of what this could be turning into. I let my fears overtake me. The same can be said of when the storms of life start. At first, I may be able to handle it on my own. As the severity of the issues or the number of them multiply, I become overcome. I become overwhelmed. I need to set my sights on something greater than me. After the death of his beloved cousin, John the Baptist, Jesus attempts to go off on his own to pray and grieve privately. Instead, the masses follow after him and call to him. In his care and compassion for them, he joins them instead and heals their sick. As night falls, his disciples plan to send the peopl...