Nudges

          

Nudges.  God's little taps on the shoulder to get my attention.  I have had a couple of those over the last few days.  The Lord seems to be giving me little reminders that He loves me and wants me to remember that.

Firstly, (is that a word?  if not it should be, I like it!), I was going around the house the other day murmuring to myself about this and that...grumbling about housework, broken stuff, to dos, etc, basically airing my complaints about the minor irritants of the day. This is something I've been trying to quit doing....but I was falling short of that goal right then.  I grab my phone just to check....well, you know, we look at those darn things every other minute it seems, for what I don't know....anyway, I grabbed my phone and the daily Bible verse notification was showing, so I took a peek at it....Hebrews 13:15  Therefore, let us offer through Jesus a continual sacrifice of praise to God, proclaiming our allegiance to His name.   Well, I had the continual part down anyway, but I'm pretty sure I wasn't proclaiming my allegiance to God!  LOL  Hmmm, you mean something to do with my words other than mutter complaints and jabber about my annoyance?  I certainly need that reminder A LOT!!!  Okay, nudge #1.

Nudge #2, came and continues to come even this morning.  Many things seem to be going against me lately.  I had a car accident in December and it seems to be the gift that keeps on giving.  There are still problems.  "God, don't You care about me?"  I was out for a run yesterday, and had a physical problem that just wouldn't quit.  "God, why are You against me?"  It seems my finances are taking quite a battering lately, one thing after the other.  "God, don't You see what I'm going through?"  I think you get the picture here...incident after incident over the last few days and each time those negative questions came to mind, the Lord put that Hawke Nelson song in my head, specifically the line "I am for you. I'm not against you.  If you want to know how far my love will go, just how deep, just how wide.  If you want to know how much you mean to me, look at my hands, look at my side." Time after time, negative thought after negative thought, those lyrics came into my mind immediately, as if combating the downward spiral of my thinking.  Amazing!  And it just lends credence to the need of putting positive things into our heart and mind.

I have been reminded by the Lord, that bothersome things, whatever form, whatever size, pass.  I've been through them before  and these problems pass on by in time.  And  quite frankly, with few exceptions,  I cannot remember what the issues of yesteryear were or even the angst they produced in that moment,

Lord, thank You for the nudges You give everyday.  Help me, help all of us to be more aware of them. And to trust!!  2 Corinthians 4:17  For our present troubles are small and won't last very lone.  Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever!  So we don't look at the troubles we ca see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen.  For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever.  Lord, help me to focus on "what is true, and honorable, and right and pure and lovely and admirable."  Turn my mind to the "things that are excellent and worthy of praise."  Philippians 4:8  Remind me always of Your love.

Purposely look for God's attention getters today