So I attempted to have my first real quiet time today, during studio, down in the courtyard, since probably late September (thanks to a reminder from Cody Cramer) and I think Satan did a swell job of thwarting it. My Bible was still in the apartment and my iTouch was out of juice so no Holy Bible app either turning this into a prayer exclusive time. I even feel safe saying that Satan erased the first draft of this post so he's working really hard today..
About ten minutes into prayer, I fell into temptation and lied down on the bench where I sat(1.5 - 2 hours of sleep that morning). Soon after I had slipped from consciousness, and I'm not sure how long it was but I awoke from a raindrop grazing my face. I went back up a little disappointed because of how sorry it was, knowing how far away it was from where it needs to be spiritually.
Later tonight I got another reminder from and old friend, Michael Welch, and he also had some very uplifting words. "Just remember that as long as you make time for Him and He'll make sure you get everything else done too" is what he said verbatim and I've seen the truth in that tonight. I can't remember being so productive in the studio as I was tonight. I cut out about 95 wood pieces in the wood shop in less than 4 hours. Now I'm in the process of glueing them all together and it's apparent that He's blessing my work right now because it's just going too well for how little effort I feel like I'm putting into it. This reminds me of one of my favorite verses in Ecclesiastes, Chapter 2 verse 24 : "There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God."
If anyone reading this hasn't read Ecclesiastes all the way through, I highly recommend it. It's not too long and full of more poetic wisdom than you can shake a stick at.
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