We can learn so much from nature. Have you ever paused and watched baby birds in their nest? It’s amazing, especially when they are hungry. They throw their heads back in total abandon, open their jaws as wide as physically possible and wait for their provider to fill the void within their gullet. What an astounding example has God set for us in the simplicity of nature.
We must learn to approach our Provider in the same way. How long must I suffer from this deep spiritual hunger which I feel before I learn? I spend hours each day reading my bible to prepare lessons and sermons and yet do not drink deeply from it’s wellspring. I spend even more hours each day sitting in the Church, less than 30 feet from the altar, writing curriculum, creating publicity, tracking attendance,...and rarely do I pause to kneel at the feet of God and enter into his presence. It is an all to common malady, this spiritual malnutrition. We allow ourselves to get so busy with the mundanity of our daily lives, going to work, preparing meals, doing the dishes, laundry, shuttling our children around… We forge ahead day after day barely pausing even to sleep or feed our physical hunger, and we wonder why we don’t feel as connected to God as we desire?
Forgive us Lord!
Teach us Gracious One to rely fully upon you. Teach us Loving Provider to throw our heads back in total abandon, open our spirits up to You as wide as possible, and to wait for You to fill the deep chasm of our souls.
- Roman
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