Sharing My Chair

This week I have sat down a handful of times to get my BSF worksheet done but each time I came up with just a few things to write down. I couldn't get my mind focused on the task at hand. I had a clear case of the "wondering mind".

We are starting James. I love that chapter. I have read it many times. The questions in the worksheet are great. They help you see it in a new light.

I have been heavy hearted about BSF being tomorrow and my work not being complete. Because I am not a slacker! I want to be prompt and be able to interact with the group.

There has even been a thought, of skipping tomorrow so I wouldn't have to deal with it! God just wouldn't let me do that. I love it, Landen loves it and WE NEED TO BE THERE! God spoke directly to my heart and he spoke up fast! The thought was dismissed as fast as it came into my head. :) I had one option; I had to get it done.

I decided that today I would get my errands done after dropping Landen off at Mother's Day Out and then sit down with my bible and BSF with God snuggled tight in this tiny chair beside me and we would get it done! I would sit on His lap if necessary....or He could sit on mine, which ever he prefers!

Frankly, I was tired of doing it by myself and getting nowhere!! Time to call out the big guns!

I sat down opened to James and prayed. I spoke out loud. I asked God to open my eyes, heart and mind to the questions and take my anxiety away. I asked for His help, to give me peace about the answers and be honest. While I was praying, I prayed for Landen, Brandon and my sister - along with other things.

When I was done praying (before starting my worksheet) I felt free! Free of my burdens....because I had just given them to God!

My answer to the first question that I had wrote when I first got the worksheet last week was to have a more focused prayer time. To stay focused during prayer and feel Gods response.

And do you know, He fulfilled that need for me with out me realizing I was asking for it!

So I completed my worksheet. There are a few questions left blank but I know that I don't understand them or do not have an answer. (I will work it out during class with the help of my group.)

It took me a whole 40 minutes!

I thanked God for His presence and for the valuable lesson I had just learned.

Ok.....HELLO MIRANDA!  Why haven't I been asking God to come into my heart and sit with me this whole time??

When I tried to get it done by myself, it was hard! I didn't have the answers, I felt like it was a burden and I was getting hopeless about it.

With the power of God, it was easy! It didn't take long, got a good dose of the Holy Spirit and I learned a very important lesson!

Sheesh! You would think that I would have known this! But it seems to get overlooked so often.

To actually invite the Lord into my home, heart and chair. The invitation may always stand as open but now I am encouraged to actually say the words each time! God is always with me, but there is something special about being personal with God. He is a personal God! He wants us to talk to Him.  

I think that God wants us to verbally invite His power and presence into our situations. So that we may acknowledge that we need HIM!!

I greatly enjoyed sharing my chair with the Lord this morning. I look forward to doing it more often - OUT LOUD for all to hear!

For I love the Lord and the Lord loves me!

Have a great Tuesday friends. :)