O Love That Will Not Let Me Go

Again Charles Spurgeon leaves me a little awestruck as I slowly read through his evening devotion tonight:

"I am sure he would not have loved me so long if he had not been a changeless Lover.  If he could grow weary of me, he would have been tired of me long before now.If he had not loved me with a love as deep as hell, and as strong as death, he would have turned from me long ago. Oh, joy above all joys, to know that I am his everlasting and inalienable inheritance, given to him by his Father or ever the earth was! Everlasting love shall be the pillow for my head this night."

I grow tired of myself at times even!  How much love can Christ's container of me hold?  More than I can imagine for sure.  I too sleep on the cloud of His everlasting love with the old hymn, "O Love That Will Not Let Me Go" on my mind.

Who Am I?

Casting Crowns has some very nice songs.  Here is one for your Sunday morning.  See you in church.   Click here

Take the Time

Yes, my soul, find rest in God;
   my hope comes from him.
⁶ Truly he is my rock and my salvation;
   he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.
⁷ My salvation and my honor depend on God;
   he is my mighty rock, my refuge.
⁸ Trust in him at all times, you people;
   pour out your hearts to him,
   for God is our refuge. -- Psalm 62:5-8

Georgia O'Keefe once said, "Nobody sees a flower -- really, it is so small it takes time -- we haven't time-- and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time. " 

God is our rock and salvation.  To know God as a friend and trust Him takes time.  To trust God at all times takes some conscious effort and work.  God can be very small -- microscopically so in some people's lives.  I say this because it is such a simple thing for God to be invisible (tiny) amidst all the busy-ness with which we fill our lives.  To see God takes time.   I think for God to become a more present friend requires, at first, setting aside at least two or three formal times a day to intentionally focus on God.  It is perhaps one way Muslims have it