Can You Hear Me Now?: Simple, But Not Easy
#34 in the Series: Daddy, It's Me--Conversations of an Ordinary Person
with an Extraordinary Heavenly Father
Since I wrote the
last two blogs (including “Tick, Tock”) I have failed miserably to follow my
own advice. I have not guarded my time
with the Lord.
For those that don’t
know, Dave, my husband, and I live full time on the road. We have been tent camping since April 25, but
recently (shortly after I finished the last blogs) spent time at his daughter’s
and son-in-law’s house while waiting for some medical appointments to schedule
a knee replacement surgery for Dave. During our stay we had a never ending schedule of busyness which included hours and hours of searching for a travel trailer (something smaller than our 39’ motor home). After Dave's appointment, we had 4 days to traipse 1600 miles back to New Mexico to sell our motor home which was in
storage in Alamogordo. On the way we had stops in Cheyenne, WY; Ft. Collins and Loveland, CO for errands,
appointments and visiting friends and family.
While on the last leg of that whirlwind trip, the buyer backed out of
the deal for the motor home. By the time
we got to Alamogordo we were disappointed and exhausted. We had some additional delays and
frustrations getting the coach out of storage because it was too tall. We had to dig a trench for the tires to lower
it sufficiently to clear the building…all that in 100 degree heat. Finally we set up at the state park south of
town to assess the situation, timing, and to rest. But the busyness didn’t stop there! There were several repairs and maintenance
issues that needed to be addressed before we could make the trip back 1600
miles to WA. In addition we had to do a
lot of repacking and organizing as we consolidated the camping supplies with
the coach supplies.
It is only since
yesterday that I have felt like my spiritual tank has begun to fill again…I
have prioritized my prayer time and journaling.
It is not full yet, but it is filling.
I think I needed to
go though this to have more empathy for you, my readers! I had begun to forget what it is like to
work, take care of family and the issues of life. I will, however, still stick to my advice
that I gave you in “Tick, Tock.” I
didn’t say it was easy even though it is simple. But here’s the promise God
gives us:
“Everything we could ever need
for life and godliness has already been deposited in us by his divine power.
For all this was lavished upon us through the rich experience of knowing him
who has called us by name and invited us to come to him through a glorious
manifestation of his goodness.”
2 Peter 1:3 TPT
Everything
we need, whether for everyday life or building his life in us, has already been
given…How? When? When HE invited us to come to him through
Jesus and get to know him. We do that by
reading and meditating on the love letter he sent us and allowing the Holy
Spirit to reveal its truths. Simple,
yes, but not easy.
Each day
that my prayer and devotions were cut short, it was as if my communication line
was getting interrupted…muffled…staticky.
It is taking a few days of diligence to get reconnected, not because of
God’s unwillingness but because it has taken this long for me to slow down enough to allow the time and
space for communication.
This
happens in marriages and friendships as well.
No communication = no relationship.
Know communication = know relationship!
I hope
my little confession gives you hope.
Remember I am just an ordinary person much like you. I have struggles and challenges and must
fight to maintain relationship with the Lord.
I have to fight…You have to fight!
It is easy to go with the flow of the world!
“I do not understand what I do.
For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate, I do…For I have the desire
to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For I do not do the good I want
to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing.”
Romans 7:15,
18-19 NIV
“For in my inner being I delight
in God’s law; but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law
of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me.”
Romans 7:22-23 NIV
So I
invite you to the fight! It won’t be
easy. It is a battle. But remember…we win!
“No, in all these things we are
more than conquerors through him who loved us.”
Romans 8:37 NIV
““I have told you these things,
so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take
heart! I have overcome the world.””
John 16:33 NIV
“In fact, this is love for God:
to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, for everyone born of
God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even
our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that
Jesus is the Son of God.”
1 John 5:3-5 NIV
Forward! Fight on to freedom for your mustang heart!
P.S. I may pause the blog for a while, while I
fill my tank. Thank you for your
understanding.
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