I know'd it, I know'd it.
Indeed I know'd it-Lordy,
Dem bones gonna rise agin!
Where did that come from?!
I am quietly trying to sort out what is going on in my heart and my world and - out of the blue- comes the refrain from an old camp song. Where in the world did that come from??
It happens every now and then...usually in quiet moments when I am looking for revelation from God and not goofy refrains from my past.
But then, it has been may experience, God deals with us in the ways we best understand. Goofy refrains might be best for me.
The fact of the matter is lately looking at my spiritual life gives me pause to what Ezekiel felt when he looked out over all those dry dusty bones. I pray my day will become like the camp song and "dem bones WILL rise again!"
Heard a sermon-if you want to reset your goals, you need to seek intimacy with God. So I upped my quiet time.
Read a devotional-if you want to hear from God, give to others to make room. Okay, doing that.
Listened to a friend-rest and wait. Oh my, that one was hard! You might as well put my eyes out!
So, in the end, I just celebrated. Yes, I celebrated! Invited some friends over, opened a bottle of wine, fired up the grill, kicked back and watched the sunset....because in the end-
God is God and I am not. And that is just okay with me.
What I am realizing is really simple. All of God's big lessons end up being that way.
It does not matter if I hear from him every day-although he really wants to speak to me. It does not matter if I give until I drop-although if I do it for him it really makes him smile. It does not matter if I rest-although his lap is always available.
In the end, God is God and I am not. I cannot make God move. I can question and I can doubt and I can wonder. But that does not change the fact that deep in my spirit there is an eternal scream "GOD IS!" Despite what I see, hear or feel....
God is-
the Creator
the Provider
the Healer
Father of All that were, are and will be.
I am beginning to understand what looked like bones was God revealing the depths of my faith to me. He knows what it is.
I know because I know because I know- God is.
and that is all I need to know.
Dem Bones Gonna Rise Agin!!!!!
