Have you ever wondered if maybe you are speaking a different language than everyone else around you? Obviously , if you have found yourself in a foreign land , that would be a silly question! But maybe you feel that way right in your own land, with people all around you but it just seems that no one really hears what you have to say. I believe that elderly people could easily feel that way and children for that matter. There is always so much chatter, business around you, that it is hard to get a word in “sideways”. What you have to say is important, and when you stop believing that it is, then something begins to die inside of you. Please don’t let that happen to you!!

I worked for the state for several years and it was always interesting how many meetings, subcommittee meetings, task-force committees etc… that I had attended over the years. It never ceased to amaze me how it took so long, so much outlining, organizing , plotting, scheming to come to a consensus-on any thing. You can never be too careful, too cynical, too unmotivated, too negative, or simply too undirected to see a plan come to fruition! I do not mean to pick on the state …I believe you may run into this in any agency, I am a proponent of defining what the need or job is, who ultimately has the power to say what the goal should be, listen to a seasoned person’s directions (or you be one directing) and just do it!!! It seemed I got so much more done with this attitude. I guess I ask the question, “What needs to be done…what are the guidelines that we go by?…So then ..let’s do it!!!!!” Who is asking for your opinion or 20 minute dissertation on what you think….just do what you are told!!! Even workers for God’s kingdom get caught up in this trap, being cynical and negative…time is a wasting… souls are being lost…..we are told to go into the world and tell others about Jesus … so let’s just do it!!!!!

The time should be NOW!! We should really be having fun right now. Life goes so quickly ….it is almost like the ‘brass ring’ on the merry go-round. Stop robbing yourself of a good time!!! Laugh …..if you want to ….live…. enjoy every moment. Today, I was watching a very dear friend playing with the sprinkler… she was like a kid again …she had so much fun….we may get older in our bodies…. but inside of each of us is a young child…desiring love, acceptance and most of all wanting -to do just what kids always have no problem doing!!!!! Having some fun!!!

When young lovers begin to bond..it seems horrible to be separated from the one that you love even for a brief time…
the newness of the love leaves one weak without the presence of the one who is dearly loved. Let us rekindle the love that is like fresh fire with our Lord Jesus. To long for His presence when we are busy about other things… our lives can only be fulfilled by His presence and His love. I know that were it not for this intimacy with the Lord, I would have not lived through the abuse, I would have folded and ceased to exist… knowing Jesus, helped me to trust others again…simply because I was able to trust Him first…that He was always with me and would never leave me as long as I have faith in Him.

We live in a fast-paced society and, let’s face it …no one wants to wait for anything! Those red lights take too long, those deadlines pressing upon us -we are often compelled to scurry even in our minds as we go from activity to obligation. All this bustle…leads to more stress. The Lord asked the disciples whom He had poured into…”will you not wait with me for one hour?” The Lord was looking for prayer support for the intense burden that He was carrying at Gethsemane…He still asks us that everyday….will you stop all the bustle and …choose to wait with me…even an hour? My yoke is easy , my burden is light….let go of your burdens…and wait on Him.