Sometimes (most times really) we regard people who move slowly or take time to have nothing to do but be as lazy-or even lucky. But i think God desires so badly for us to just take time to be still and savor the moment-to stop and be rather than rushing from one moment to the next to the next to the next to the next. Rushing gets exhausting and you forget what you’re living for in the constant movement. Your value begins to be found in what you do rather than who you are. The more our identity is found in what we do, the more we compare ourselves to others and what they do and the more we feel the need to do to be loved by the people around us and by God.
I wonder how many blessings God has hidden like little Easter eggs in our path that we miss because we quickly pass them by without noticing. I want to take the time to be a child in search of every egg-every single blessing that God has hidden for me. I want to overturn my pillow and blanket, look in drawers and on top of cabinets in search of them. And i guess the thing is, they’re not all that hard to find if you’re moving slowly. The bright colors stick out from across the room if you’re just taking the time to be. It’s in our speeding through life that they become blurred and blend in with their surroundings.
Maybe to the rushers, the do-ers and the fast paced, the be-ers are naive and lazy, but I love all the blessings God gives me when I just take the time to soak in all his goodness. God is a God of each moment-not a God who is busily planning for our futures, as we are, but a God who rests confidently-having our whole lives laid out beautifully before him, like big treasure maps with paintings of his love just covering them. I don’t want to rush from the first X to the last. I want to experience each painting of God’s love on my life. This morning it’s an empty room, a big yellow blanket, a cup of cinnamon coffee, the Weepies, health, no where to be and no one to hurry me up.
Thank you God for your blessings-for being a God of every moment-every detail-for painting the treasure map of my life with beautiful pictures of your love…slow down my often rushing heart.
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