This week was a "Busy" week with a "capital B-double-exclamation-mark"!! It was full of great things, some interruptions, several appointments, some disappointments, two graduations, my "Grammy day", a funeral, a promotion, my 4 year old grandson's birthday party, more women to add to summer study (yeah!), bon voyages, meetings, daughter's senior prom (beautiful), and then the usual keeping up with the challenges of everyday life. So needless to say, I had to be "intentional" to have my quiet time. It won't happen unless I am intentional to give priority to the Priority in my life!
Early on in our book, Kay mentioned that "it takes 21 days of repetition to form a habit" (pg 25). I would like to launch a "21 day challenge"! Of course since we are doing an "on your own" study, feel free to pick the start date that is best for you and go for it! Or since accountability is a such a great proponent for success, maybe do it with a friend or loved one!! We do it for other things -- let's do it for our quiet time!
In April I read a quote that I have wanted to share with all of you since then, waiting for the appropriate moment! Sarah Young in her devotional, Jesus Calling, writes, "Stillness of soul is increasingly rare in this world addicted to speed and noise. I am pleased with your desire to create a quiet space where you and I can meet. Don't be discouraged by the difficulty of achieving this goal. I monitor all your efforts and am blessed by each of your attempts to seek My Face." Let's please our Heavenly Father who desires for us to "be still and know that He is God," and show Him our "stillness of soul" which is totally uncharacteristic and basically foreign to us for the most part!
I will be praying this week that each one of you will take up the "21 day challenge", and in doing so, finding that you are just a little better tuned in to that still small voice that calls you to "come away"! Whatever you have to do, however you have to do it, don't miss out on this incredible discipline to glean from the Master by on purpose, intentionally, removing yourself from all the "Busy!!" to meet with Him! I absolutely love II Chronicles 16:9 that says "God's eyes search to and fro throughout the earth, looking for one whose heart is seeking Him!" May it be you (and me!)
Intentionally seeking Him,
Debbie Harris
QUIET TIME AGAIN in SUMMER 10
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