FORCED OUTSIDE

WHEN WE GOT HOME FROM CHURCH YESTERDAY, THE HOUSE SEEMED WARM. YES, IT WAS IN THE MID 90’S OUTSIDE, BUT WE HAD THE THERMOSTAT SET ON 78 IN THE HOUSE. HUM!!!! YES. OUR AIR IS OUT. NO AIRCONDITIONING AND I HAVE INVITED ALL THE NEIGHBORHOOD LADIES TO DROP BY TOMORROW NIGHT FOR FELLOWSHIP AND TO INTRODUCE A NEW BIBLE STUDY FOR THE SUMMER. INSTEAD OF PANICKING…..THE LORD HAS FORCED ME OUTSIDE. OUTSIDE IN THE EARLY MORNING LIGHT OF HIS CREATION. I SIT HERE LISTENING TO THE MOST SOOTHING BREEZE, FEELING THE EFFECTS CALM MY HEART. LISTENING TO THE CHOIR OF BIRDS PRAISING THE CREATOR. WATCHING THE MORNING SUN WAKE UP OUR GARDEN. I AM TAKING PICTURES AS I HAVE MY QUIET WORSHIP OUTSIDE. THE LIGHT LANDS ON SPOTS AND I CLICK. YOU HAVE TO BE QUICK BECAUSE IT MOVES RAPIDLY…..FIRST SPOTLIGHTING A FLOWER, THEN MOVING ON TO A BIRDHOUSE (WHERE WE ARE BLESSED TO WATCH LITTLE BLUEBIRDS GROWING UP!) BUT THE MOST AMAZING THING I REALIZED THIS MORNING IS MY FAVORITE THING TO ADMIRE IN THE GARDEN, IS NOT FROM THE WORK OF MY HANDS….AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING AND WORKING IN THE GARDEN…. THE SUNFLOWERS ARE BEGINNING TO BLOOM!!!! I DID NOT PLANT THEM. GOD HAD THE BIRDS DO ALL THE WORK. I THOUGHT I WAS FEEDING THE BIRDS AS I FILLED THE BIRDFEEDERS EVERY FEW DAYS. THE BIRDS DROPPED SEEDS AS THEY WERE FEASTING AND NOW THE FEEDERS ARE SURROUNDED BY GLORIOUS SUNFLOWERS. BY JUST DOING DAY TO DAY LIFE…..SEEDS ARE PLANTED. GOD BRINGS THE HARVEST, THE GROWTH AND ALL THE GLORY. LORD, HELP ME REST THIS MORNING…..NOT OBCESSING ABOUT BROKEN AIRCONDITIONERS BUT TRUSTING IN YOU. HELP ME MAKE MY HOME BE INVITING BECAUSE OF THE WARMTH OF JESUS’S WELCOME…NOT ANY OF MY DOINGS…BUT JUST FROM RESTING IN YOUR PRESENCE. THANK YOU FOR FORCING ME OUTSIDE TO FOCUS ON YOU AND YOUR CREATION.