Serenity in a Storm: A Journey of PURE WORSHIP

HEY HEY HEY!!

Okay. So...I woke up this morning after a long night. Actually I woke up this morning after a long few weeks.

Lately I have been feeling....strange. I have been so restless. It's kinda like when you are anticipating something (like a trip for example). You're excited and anxious and maybe a little nervous about it all at the same time. That's how I have been feeling for quite a while now. I've felt like I'm about to go on a trip...but where am I going?

I recently graduated from college and completely changed my social role with so many different people in my life. I am also working more with Blu21. So yup, you can say that things are changing. How do you keep from feeling so restless and anxious in the midst of all that is shifting and shaking? (Haggai 2:6,7)

*I am so grateful that God shakes me and my environment, because through it all I come out tried and better; stronger in faith. Nope, it hasn't been comfortable, but I know that at the other end I will be closer to the one who made the heavens and the earth.

So back to this morn...

I woke up, got up, put on some sweats, grabbed by bible and my guitar and headed out. I wanted to find some biking or walking trails that would not be too busy at 8 in the morn. So guess what??? I found some biking or walking trails that weren't busy at 8 in the morn (lol.) I parked my truck and began walking on a mtn biking trail. Let me tell you...I was jumpin over streams and mud holes and tree limbs. All I could think at first was...I could fa real get lost up in here. SO I only took right turns when there was a decision to make and prayed that would be an answer to this bidirectional dilemma. When first beginning this mtn. bike trail I was a bit overwhelmed by the bugs and spider webs and dirt...basically on any normal day I would not have been able to do this...but today I was seeking God and this place felt like peace. It was like a calmness came over me and I was enjoying every bit of that trail. Every sound was like hearing God...His creative works were everywhere! I was slick giddy...but hey, when you know God is walking right there with you, that He is everywhere you turn, you have a right to be giddy :)

While walking God took me to Isaiah 52..nope, read it for yourself. But just know that "the Lord goes before you, and the God of Israel guards behind you." There is no reason to ever fear.

After I made my way back (after a few minutes of being sure that I was completely lost!) I started back to my truck only to find that my quiet little undiscovered spot of God and nature was populated by other people!! arrgghh, how rude! LOL I guess it was really MY spot. Before I left got to my truck it was like God was saying "sing to me." hmmmm...okay God. So I started my truck and began looking for a quieter spot. I really didn't want to put on a show for all those people. I wanted to be alone with God and WOOO-WEEE LORD did I find the PERFECT spot.

Rippling lake water glistening with the light of the sun, cool shade provided by old, towering trees, soft winds like a whisper, birds singing, fluttering butterflies of every color...basically, it was a spot God made just for me at that moment.

PURE WORSHIP is all I can say. I could share with you what God told me at that moment, when I openned my heart to Him, when I closed my own eyes and saw with His eyes, when I quieted my spirit, but I won't. I want you to find your own spot and worship God in your own way. Open your heart, close your eyes, quiet your spirit.

WORSHIP

WORSHIP

WORSHIP

~cALl Me jeL