I'm actually kind of a big fan of being alone. Since started college and having to share a room for the past 3 years, I find that I treasure the nights where my roommate isn't there. Not because I don't love her, I just really love being by myself sometimes. But God isn't just calling us to be alone...he's calling us to be alone WITH HIM. I think part of the reason I like being by myself is because I can turn my brain off a bit. But God is asking for my presence. At the same time, I do kind of have to turn my brain off. Or at least shut it up for a second so God can speak. How the heck do I do that? My brain only turns off when I am sleeping or watching TV, and neither of those really require my presence in the way that God is asking.
But it's in that moment, where I am fully present but LISTENING where I get to hear the divine Whisper. It just ties back to the name of this book...listening and being present and patient, it's all a discipline. But why do we celebrate? Because that's when we get to hear from the Lord.
And then we just get little glimpses of who God is and what He wants. And then we change in that. I mean, how does anything we do make sense unless we have that time with Him? How do we get through a single day on houseboats without waking up and saying okay, this is who you are? This is what you need me to remember today? Okay, let's do this. There's no other way to pour ourselves out than to first hear from Him. So that's exactly what He demands of us!
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