Walter Bagehot once said, “An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failing of mankind”.
Am I the only person who finds it difficult to sit quietly before the Lord? I go into my time with the Lord with the intention to sit quietly until HE speaks. But often after a few minutes I reach for my Bible thinking I will read something that will be HIS direction for the day. When I do it is as if there are no words on the page. Then I think HE must want me to pray so I set about my laundry list of needs. But still no recognition of HIS presence.
That is when I know HE is just wants me to be with HIM. To get still enough to hear HIS heart beat. When HE knows that I am fully engaged in resting in HIS loving arms, then HE begins to share HIS heart. HE knows that too often I (and perhaps you) run so fast that we expect HIM to shout to us over the din of noise in our lives. But it is only in the quietness of the moment, in the stillness of our souls that HE is able to reveal the deep treasures of HIS heart.
Hope to see you in a tea room soon,
Elizabeth