Resting in God's Presence

I listened to Rob Bell's message from church yesterday called "Resting in God's Presence". He and one of his friends, Sister Virginia Stasium, gave the message. It was really good. A lot of what I needed to hear and pass along. If you would like to hear it go the the Mars Hill link and go to the "Listen" section.

There were 3 times of intended silence throughout the message. Sister Virginia walks through some excercises that really help with focusing. She had a lot of neat things to say. Here are a couple:

"Obedience is to listen with the ears of your heart."
"Let God be God. Let God be love."
"You will know who you are and whose you are and you will know it does not depend on you."

One thing that Rob said in response to John 17:20 was this:
"Jesus' hope and prayer for us is that we would find life in God in such a way that we would be united and in such a way that people would say "That's God right there. Yes, that's the way"."

Finding life in God. I'm on my way back up the roller coaster of life. And hearing this message today and taking time to be in the silence helped me to remember and believe that God is with me. Yesterday, today, tomorrow and always, He is with me. No matter how many times I screw up, no matter how many times I try to do it myself, He is always there to help me pick up the pieces and carry me.

My grandpa is not doing well. He's lived 85 years of his life and there's not too much hope that he will get better. The harsh reality of it is that he will probably be leaving this earth soon. Me, being the selfish person I am, is having a hard time dealing with that. I'm not ready for him to go yet. I'm not ready to let him go. But I know that through this time of saddness and sorrow, that God will be with us. God will hold us in his hands and comfort us and help us to grieve when the time comes. Please keep my family in your prayers.

May you find life in God and know that He is with you always.