Most mornings, when I get up to spend quiet time with the Lord, I have no great, inspiring thoughts to share. I have been pondering this for a few months. It seems like the flow of "things I just have to say" has become a trickle. My journal has seldom been written in for the past couple of years, and this blog has been posted in only occasionally. At first I thought it was having two babies in one year, but now, almost three years later, things haven't changed much. Maybe it's being a mom to six little ones. Perhaps it's just a season. Whatever it is, I don't think there's anything wrong ... in fact, I feel that the Lord is teaching me to be more present in the everyday with my husband and children. And that, as my mother could tell you, is a good thing. Even as a child I was more in tune with my inner life than with things going on around me.
But I am not discouraged from my commitment to quiet time. I can still tell the difference between when I "do it" and when I don't. Even when all I do is get out of bed, plug in headphones to the computer, wrap up in a blanket on the couch, and let the Word of God wash over me from Daily Audio Bible and The Prayer Room webstreams, I can tell the difference. I can feel that I'm more ready for the day, more at peace, more focused, and much less stressed. I'm like a nursing babe, receiving nourishment from my Heavenly Father who loves me, holds me, and fills me. I don't need to be aware of what He's doing in me. I just need to come and eat.
Jesus said unto them, "Come and dine" (John 21:12).
I like that analogy. I'm going to turn the stream on now.
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