When I assured one man about our prayers
for the upcoming away-doctor visit for his wife he commented, “I think you have
a lot of people you pray for.” He is
right but many times I do not pray as much as I ought.
I read a book by Charles Stanley about
listening to God and one of the points he emphasized was that we need to “Be
still…” and listen to God.
Since God is my Father it does stand to
reason that the communication should not be all one way…and God’s communicative
skills are so far superior to my own! He
deserves far more attention than I give Him as well as far more praise. His creations speak to me and I hear them perhaps
more than many other ways of His communication directed to me.
How many times do I stop to look at a
flower as though it were speaking to me of God’s presence? I often realize that God has created such but
do I let it speak of God’s love of beauty created for my pleasure? And what about the sound of a waterfall and
the beauty of a rainbow created by the sun shining through the spray?
I am not saying worship the creation, but
be aware of the Creator! The song says,
“All nature sings and ‘round me rings the music of the spheres.” How true!
When “a picture is worth a thousand words,” do we even think of how many
trillions of pictures we take with our eyes on a daily basis? Wow!
What a gift when we can see!
And what is more
pungent than the smell of a freshly cut orange or lemon? Do we think to say, “Thank You that I can
smell that wonderful smell”? Does this
help us better understand what a sweet-smelling savor is to God? How does such a sweet smell make you feel? Maybe like you want to take a taste?
Yet another gift God gives is the
wonderful feel of a baby’s snuggly, soft-haired head resting close in that
particular place on your shoulder/neck area, the feel of the soft breath in and
out, in and out, on your skin, and the wonderful peace-filled presence from
that child of trust! Can we think how this feeling comes from God, perhaps
as a lesson He wants us to hear regarding our trust in Him and how it makes Him
feel? Could it be a reminder that we, too, are learning to "be
still"?
© M. Sue
8-11-06
