Tired

I'm sure like me, many of you are tired.  Some days just putting one foot in front of the other is an act of monumental proportions.  Tight schedules, work, family, mini and major crises.  Then there is physical impairments or illnesses...anything from aching backs and knees to serious sicknesses.  Oh, but don't forget to fit in some good for you exercise and healthy food!  LOL.  Ugh.  Years ago I had this picture in my head of me being on a treadmill, time clock in one hand, to do list in the other....running, running to get ahead and in reality I was just stuck in place.

This is how I am feeling right now.  These are the days where God visits seem more like God glimpses!  Sitting in His presence seems like a far off dream, out of reach and vanishing.  But that is what I need most.  And so I take the time.  Put away the distractions.  And just breathe.  In this place, I find His peace, if only for a few moments.  It's so worth it.  This is God visit.

There are days when I feel like I only have 10 minutes at the start of the day to sit with my Creator and rest.  Study time, prayer time comes later on breaks and lunches....but this quiet with Him that my spirit craves, this short visit is the healthy food I need to walk (or sprint) through my day.  Just enough time for a devotional, a short prayer, draws my mind and heart to the Lord.  And like cool, fresh water in the desert, I'm desperate for it.

Our schedules leave us exhausted.  Yet this small time of fellowship with the Lord is so very important.  And that is what God has reminded me of today.  Everything else will be there when I step out of my quiet little sanctuary...the treadmill will be there, the jobs, the house stuff, responsibilities and joys, problems and pleasures.  But these few moments with God, they have fed my soul.

As I sit here this morning, the tiredness still deep in my bones, I know that the Lord will carry me through the day ahead, I can face anything with Him and because of Him.  Time spent with my Jesus is never wasteful, never an extravagance.  And I am so thankful for it.

Lord, thank You for Your presence.  Thank You that even the smallest amount of time spent with You is more nourishing than anything else we could do.  Days are long, bodies get tired...but You are constant, You carry us through.  Let me never forget the importance of this tarriance with You.

Give yourself permission to rest in God's presence each day.  It's essential!