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Time For Being Still!!!

Hello again everyone!!! I was wondering, did anybody miss me or the daily posts? Well, even if you did or did not, what a learning experience I have had these last few days! You see, I lost my Internet connection sometime early Thursday morning. Try as I might, my computer would not let me connect to the Internet. I began to become frustrated and agitated because I couldn't write or check my e-mail. However, a voice spoke to me during this frustration. It said,

Be Still and Know I Am God!!

I was shocked at first, but the more I listened, the more the voice spoke and the louder it got. You know what? I got on my knees and prayed. God told me that I needed a break from giving all my attention to work and ministry. I needed to focus on what was more important---my family!!

Friends, there are times when we think we are doing a service to God when we are active in serving, work, paying our bills, etc. etc. But, one thing I learn over and over, God wants us to spend time with Him, but He also wants us to spend time with our family. Why do we marry and have children if we are too busy to spend time with them? It just doesn't make sense to me. I think that this is also why our society is in such a disarray today. Too many of us spend our time, our best effort on things that should not matter as much as are loved ones should. Trust me, I know we need to pay our bills, our houses, our stuff, but at the same time, we need to not make those "material things" the center of our lives.

My daughter celebrated her 4th birthday today!! What a joyous party we had for her! Many friends and family showed up, and I didn't miss one thing! God allowed me to have my focus these last days on Him, and on my wife and children. I saw things, learned things and experienced things that I might have missed if my attention were on other things. Praise God for He is good!!

We need to learn that there are more times that God wants us to be still and know Him, and our loved ones, than there are to keep going and miss out on the special little moments. I challenge you today, take a day, or two or three, and be still. You never know what you might be missing!

May God richly bless you today!! H Trent!

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