Just Him

I do not know who Stephen Verney is...but his quote in Priscilla Shirer's book encapsulated my life and my thoughts on prayer.
"First it is "me and Him" I come to prayer conscious of myself, my need my desires. I pour these out to God. Second, prayer becomes "Him and me" Gradually I become more conscious of the presence of God than of myself. Then it is only "Him." God's presence arrests me, captivates me, warms me, works on me."

Yup that's it. That's all folks.

Just Him.

I absolutely love this.

I love praying for people. I lift up my family, people in need, schools, churchs, missionaries. Then there are times when I quiet myself and I specifically say "Lord I am listening." He convicts me of sin, He even gives me assignments, He gives me Words of comfort or a single Word or reminds me of a verse I have not read in a long time.

The sweetest times are when I am simply overwhelmed by Him. I am caught up in His grandeur, His majesty, His Name, His saving power. I forget about my prayer list or the things I have to do today.

It is very important to spend time worshipping God. You might listen to birds sing, or close your eyes and let the sunshine warm you. Listen to the sound of wind blowing in the trees and whisper "I love you too Jesus." You might be in the car and listen to a worship song. You can sing along. Perhaps the next time don't sing along, let God sing over you (Zephaniah 3:17)

Let's be honest "being still" and knowing He is God is not easy.

I felt God inspire me to take a break from social media.
It wasn't anything special, I was just feeling sad and overwhelmed by Isaac's autism meltdowns.

I decided to stay off social media...this turned into a time where I was not looking at Facebook or Instagram and if needed, I would check in with people the "old school" way of text messages or email.

This time off from social media causes me to pray more. I cannot say I "feel" more invigorated. I still get sad when Isaac has a melt down, or my client calls me that a loved one is getting arrested. The thing that has happened during this social media break is more worship. Pause to pray. Pause to reflect. Let the world keep going...

Just Him...

I am trying to stop and praise Him.
I want to praise Him just because.

I love this note I found from an old book. There is a story of a little girl.

"A little girl went to Sunday school and heard a lesson about prayer. When she came home that day she immediately walked up to her room and closed the door. After a while, her mother wondered what was up because it wasn't like her daughter to come home on a weekend and just sit up in her room. Assuming something must be wrong---perhaps a classmate said something to hurt her daughter's feelings---she mounted the stairs and gently knocked on her daughter's bedroom door.

'Is anything wrong, sweetheart? You've been up here for a while.'

'Nothing's wrong, Mom. I've just been praying. I've been sitting up here telling Jesus that I love Him and He has been telling me that He loves me and we've been up here just loving each other!'

This precious little one understood the best type of praying.
First He and I...
Then Me and Him...
Then Just Him...