Aren't our planners crammed with things to do and errands to run? I know mine usually is. Sometimes being so busy is detrimental to our growth in spirituality.
How so?
When I think about days where I'm really overwhelmed with work, I get so focused on getting things done, that I completely ignore everything else around me, even people.
Today I decided to rest. I took about an hour and sat in the front yard with my bible and the book, Crazy Love by Francis Chan (BUY IT, LIVE IT, IT'S AMAZING). I also had a notebook and a pen. I started writing down my prayers and I simply started asking God to help me walk in the spirit.
After this I continued to read Luke, I'm determined to read all gospels (two down, two more to go). And I noticed in chapter four verse one it said, "Jesus, led by the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit..."
God has not set us out alone in this world to suffer for our sins. He has given us the gift of the Holy Spirit to guide us and to bless us.
Galatians 5:22-23 is a text most people know, "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law."
It's such a beautiful thing to experience these fruits!
Today as I prayed to walk in the Spirit, I looked at everything around me and began to reflect. And after reading a couple of chapters of Luke, I got up and just contemplated the great hill filled with trees in front of my house and then the sky.
I paused. I saw the great beautiful sky with different shaded clouds. All I could think was, "How in the world could someone believe that this beauty and the diversity of the Earth was created by molecular collision or explosion, or whatever nonsense it is...?"
And I was just so filled with joy and I praised God in my heart, because I knew the Spirit within me was revealing the blessings that we ignore when we don't take the time to pause.
"Cristina, filled with the Holy Spirit, got up from her chair, and led by the Spirit contemplated the beauty that her God has created..."
Can you walk in the Spirit and make your version of this verse?
Praise God for the blessings we receive through the Holy Spirit.
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