The Unquiet Time
I wake up everyday with a goal of having a special time set aside to spend with God.
I love to have quiet time to sit, read, drink coffee and think about my Creator, but some days I don’t create that special time to be still before Abba. I used to beat myself up over it, like I was less pleasing to Him because I failed to devote enough quiet time.
Lately I’ve been thinking about my quiet time differently.
Most of my days include a lot more unquiet time than quiet.
If I fail to talk to God throughout my unquiet time, then I fail to involve him in the majority of my life. The unquiet time can be internal or external. Externally, some days seem too loud: with requests and demands that must be completed. Internally negative thoughts can flood your heart and mind, leaving you treading water in a hopeless flood…. Invite God into that mess. He would rather have you messed up 6 days a week than clean and perfect for two hours of church on a Sunday morning.
I think inviting Abba into my unquiet time makes my quiet time with Him a whole lot sweeter!
ATTIC,
Lindsey
So very, very true!
I love that He loves us where we’re at..emotionally/mentally as well as locationally. I do some of my best “God time” surrounded by noise and craziness. He’s so much bigger and sweeter than the box that we put Him in saying that He prefers us to do things in __fill in the blank___ way.
Totally agree! :) The world is 99.9% unquiet and it is in God’s presence only where we feel the solace we need. Thanks for sharing!
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