I was awakened this morning by some serious thunder action. I'm not going to lie, I'm not a fan of loud noises, much less unpredictable bolts of white hot electricity striking down randomly. Some enjoy this force of nature. Me-not so much.
Anyway, it ended up to be a perfect alarm clock to my day-I needed to wake, have some quiet meditation time, pray, and ground myself. Without going in to specific details-today was a big day. I had an appointment that I both feared and found empowering. (For those of you who know what I'm talking about, this makes sense. But for those readers that are intentionally aloof, just go with the broad picture I'm trying to paint.)
I admit, I haven't been the most disciplined at reading the Bible, meditating, praying. I've been busy. So busy, in fact, that my yoga practice has become sporadic instead of routine. Life is in transition and I'm just rolling with it. Convicted and guilt stricken, but roll with me here.
Anyway, back to the thunder storm meditation session...
The abrupt awakening,while the weather was intimidating and dramatic couldn't have been more of a mirror image of the situation. Nerves and worry billowed through my spirit like the wind that threw the hail on my window. Doubt and fear stuck my confidence like the thunder that came rolling in and out of the early morning atmosphere. The anticipation of the situation not only mirrored the weather this morning, but rather, the weather magnified the situation I was battling with inside.
Yesterday I gave a therapeutic massage to a dear friend. She told me she felt the need to have a morning devotional with her girls and wasn't on any specific devotional routine, so she just chose the Proverbs 15 since it was the 15th of the month. Remembering this, I chose to start at the same place. Proverbs 16. I was craving wisdom and solid ground as the situation I was about to enter at 9 am came closer and closer.
Suddenly, like the break in the thunder, peace and tranquility met me in the sage pages of Proverbs. And, just like the early morning rid itself from the antagonizing and turbulent thunder storm and torrential downpour (I'm not exaggerating either-you HumCo folk know what I'm sayin'. It was quite a storm this morning.), a peace came over me and soothed my soul. The verses I read brought peace and assurance as I thought about the situation I was going to face head on to day.
And now, hours after, the sun found it's way to grace the day and seem like the storm this morning was another day. The situation came with great force but dissapated just like this mornings sun.
Peace.
Serenity.
Truth.
Growth.
Commit to the LORD whatever you do,
and he will establish your plans.
and he will establish your plans.
The LORD works out everything to its proper end—
even the wicked for a day of disaster.
even the wicked for a day of disaster.
Gracious words are a honeycomb,
sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
There is a way that appears to be right,
but in the end it leads to death.
but in the end it leads to death.
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