While I'm Waiting...

Do you ever feel God speaking to you? Do you ever feel His presence so close that you are ready to bow at His feet? Do you ever humbly cry out to God and ask Him what he desires of you? Do you ever feel that you are not giving your all? Well...honestly...I can say yes to all of the above. Sometimes I feel that God is so close that I can reach out and touch Him. What an amazing feeling to feel the holy presence of our amazing Saviour!

Do you ever ask God what you can do while you're waiting for His triumphant return? I do and sometimes I can feel quite confused. I feel His will trying to grasp my heart and my soul and at the same time I feel the pull of my own will trying to take over. Wow...what a struggle that can be sometimes. I have to pause and remind myself to let go and let God take over my life...completely.

I was teaching my boys their Bible lesson in school on Friday and the lesson really touched me. It was called "Lord of the Kings" and it was the story of Samuel and Saul. It was talking about the people's desire to have their way and not God's and God gave them what they desired. It struck me that sometimes God lets us have our own way, even when He knows we may fall flat on our face. Why is it that we want our own way and not always God's wonderful plan for our life? It is called the sin nature and sometimes it seems to be so embedded in our lives. I often wonder why that is????

There will come a point, when we all will bow down before the most merciful and awesome Lord and Saviour. We will want to give Him everything we have. We will want to surrender all we are to His feet. The question arises...Why would we wait until the end to do these things? There seems to be four basic ingredients in a healthy relationship with God...respect, obedience, love and service. These four ingredients are seemingly quite simple, but often times challenging to each of us.

My prayer is for God to give me strength, grace, humility and most importantly a will to respect, obey, love and serve Him in all areas of my life. I pray that I will continue to run the race...even while I wait for His most glorious return. Wow...what a day that will be....whatever the cost...it will be worth it in ways that humanly we cannot even imagine.

"And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul" Deuteronomy 10:12

A Mother's Touch

She could open up the pantry with hardly nothing there
And like the loaves and fishes there'd be plenty left to share.
She could take a penny and stretch it to a dime.
She could kiss a fever and leave us feeling fine.

There is only one explanation
for these amazing transformations
How she could take so little and turn it into much.
'Cause God gave her a miracle when He gave her
A mother's touch.

Give her two yards of cotton and a little bit of lace
She'd turn a "flower on the wall" to the prettiest girl in the place.
She could take a young man's heart that was drowning in his tears
And bring back the sunshine with just a listening ear.

And of all a mother's hands can do
Nothing can compare
To the way she could reach heaven
And touch a child's heart with her prayers.

There is only on explanation
for these amazing transformations
How she could take so little and turn it into much.
'Cause God gave her a miracle when He gave her
A mother's touch.