Each morning or evening, Jeff and I read a devotion and spend time in the word. God has been good as always and continues to remind me to not only seek Him and to stay focused on Him each day but also to let Him lead and direct my path so that I will be at peace. Only in Him can I find comfort.
I'm not sure where to start, but I suppose anywhere is good enough...
The other day as I was dropping Esther off at daycare and headed to class a woman on the radio was speaking about "rushing" time. How, for a mother (or father) with children its seems to always be a "hurry up and relax" type day. When your off work and rushing to pick up the children, rushing home to feed your family dinner and rushing to put them in bed. When ultimately the rush to relax never comes. and unfortunately with all that rushing you don't take time to slow down to collect the many precious moments God has given us!
It seems that our devotions this month have also been about trusting God and allowing Him to guide me throughout my days, to slow down and to see what He has done and to thank Him in all His glory.
A small snippet from our devotion reads:
"TRY TO VIEW EACH DAY as an adventure, carefully planned out by your Guide. Instead of staring into the day that is ahead of you, attempting to program it according to your will, be attentive to Me and to all I have prepared for you. Thank Me for this day of life, recognizing that it is a precious, unrepeatable gift!..."
A reminder to be Thankful for each day, hour, minute and yes second of our days. Because I continue to pray that He will show me and remind me of His promises, God continues to speak through people and things in my life. Upon reading a friends blog, it was yet another reminder of His awesome Glory. I stole this from her post the other day (I hope you don't mind).
"There are two different types of time. Chronos time is what we live in. It's regular time, it's one minute at a time, it's staring down the clock till bedtime time, it's ten excruciating minutes in the Target line time, it's four screaming minutes in time out time, it's two hours till daddy gets home time. Chronos is the hard, slow passing time we parents often live in.
hen there's Kairos time. Kairos is God's time. It's time outside of time. It's metaphysical time. It's those magical moments in which time stands still. I have a few of those moments each day. And I cherish them.
Like when I actually stop what I'm doing and really look at Tish. I notice how perfectly smooth and brownish her skin is. I notice the perfect curves of her teeny elf mouth and her asianish brown eyes, and I breathe in her soft Tishy smell. In these moments, I see that her mouth is moving but I can't hear her because all I can think is -- This is the first time I've really seen Tish all day, and my God -- she is so beautiful. Kairos.
Like when I'm stuck in chronos time in the grocery line and I'm haggard and annoyed and angry at the slow check-out clerk. And then I look at my cart and I'm transported out of chronos. And suddenly I notice the piles and piles of healthy food I'll feed my children to grow their bodies and minds and I remember that most of the world's mamas would kill for this opportunity. This chance to stand in a grocery line with enough money to pay. And I just stare at my cart. At the abundance. The bounty. Thank you, God. Kairos.
Or when I curl up in my cozy bed with Theo asleep at my feet and Craig asleep by my side and I listen to them both breathing. And for a moment, I think- how did a girl like me get so lucky? To go to bed each night surrounded by this breath, this love, this peace, this warmth? Kairos.
These kairos moments leave as fast as they come- but I mark them. I say the word kairos in my head each time I leave chronos. And at the end of the day, I don't remember exactly what my kairos moments were, but I remember I had them. And that makes the pain of the daily parenting climb worth it.If I had a couple Kairos moments during the day, I call it a success.
Carpe a couple of Kairoses a day. Good enough for me."
This precious mother hits it on the nose! This past month I have found myself living in the Kairose time and moments a little each day. When I'm with my daughter at the end of the day and even when I'm laying in bed with my husband before the lights go out. Ive been breathing these moments in, like a sweet refreshing rain. Like a gift from God, an UNREPEATABLE GIFT!!!
I do not mind a bit!
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