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5.12.2010

Poured Out

I'm actually a day behind in reading the L3 journal, but I have to admit - after today I'm actually glad for it.  This morning I got up, doggedly went through my workout routine (I'm about 4 1/2 weeks into p90x), hurried to get ready for work, and went to the coffee shop down the street for a cup of steaming hot brew and a couple minutes of quiet reading.  To be honest, I was reading in a little bit of a rush, feeling stressed because of work, and I was not really focused on getting the most out of my quiet time.  You ever been there?


Anyway, I get all the way to the end of the selection and this verse just jumps out at me.  And it wasn't one of those things where I said to myself, "Huh, that's cool."  It went straight to the heart and spoke to me exactly where I am right now.  Here's the verse:
"Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us."  Psalm 62:8
It's like God was telling me, "Stop!  You're going and running and stressing and forgetting that I am GOD!  You've tried to rush me along and forgotten that I am the Wonderful Counselor!  Rest in me.  Trust in me.  Seek refuge from the storms of life in me."


I forget the awesome truth that is represented in that verse all too often, if I'm brutally honest.  I don't take the time to pray - truly pray - and tell God all the stuff that's weighing on me.  The Psalm clearly states "pour out your heart before him" and it's SO true.  He wants to hear it.  He wants to help me with whatever is troubling me, or stressing me, or making me feel lost in the shuffle of daily activity and routine.  Sometimes I feel pulled in eighteen different directions and overwhelmed by it all, but this morning is an incredible reminder to me that God is here with me, ready and waiting for me to pour out my heart to him, confide in him, trust in him, and hope in him.


You know, Beth and I talk all the time about pouring out our own lives in ministry and service to others, but I can't do that unless I'm being poured into and ministered to myself by the Unending Source.  So, the take-away for me today is this:  Am I making it a priority to pour out my heart to Him on a daily basis?  Or am I trying to do it all on my own?  Am I turning to God for counsel and refuge?  Or am I counseling myself and hoping for the best?


I think it's time for a change of mindset.
  


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