Since my panic attack about a month ago and catching the Flu a couple of weeks ago, I have been moving at a much slower pace. Initially it was done purely from the panic attack and realizing just how much I was trying to cram into every moment of every day. Which was stretching me way too much. But then when we all caught the Flu I saw how much Allie loved me being still.
How me being couch bound gave her so much time to snuggle me. How she just laid with me, even when she started to feel better. She would come up to me and say, “Momma, snuggle, couch? Momma’s blankie and my blankie!” And of course I obliged. How could one say no to a request like that.
It just really opened my eyes to how much Allie just wants to be with me and be still with me. Not doing anything but just being together. Not that she doesn’t love to be my biggest helper and want to do any and everything with me, because she still most certainly does. But it just means so much to her for me to be present. That is what she asks me the most to do with her.
Isn’t just good, quality time all we really want with the people we love? I know for me that’s the case. It doesn’t matter if we are doing all the things or doing nothing. It just matters that I am doing it with that person. And this really shouldn’t have been as much of a surprise to me as it was. I mean all throughout scripture we read where Jesus goes away to spend time with the Lord.
Luke 5:16 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
“Yet he often withdrew to deserted places and prayed.”
Luke 6:12 CSB
“ During those days he went out to the mountain to pray and spent all night in prayer to God.”
Mark 1:35 CSB
“ Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he got up, went out, and made his way to a deserted place; and there he was praying.”
Jesus was showing us through His actions the importance of getting alone and spending time with God. Nothing fancy or showy. Just being intentional to go off, by yourself and spend time with God. This is time that we need with the Lord as much as He longs for us to spend this time with Him.
It is in these moments that we pour our hearts out to Him, share all the joys and cares within our hearts and minds to the Lord. It is here that we build our relationship with the Lord and we grow deeper in our knowledge of who He is and who He has created us to be.
I’m not sure why, I didn’t connect the importance of being still with the Lord to other parts of my life until now. Honestly, it wasn’t me that made that connection, it’s God. It’s the beauty and the blessing of having to slow down and being able to take the time to really be present to what is going on around me.
At the end of the day, the biggest gift we have to give the Lord and those we love is our time. Nothing fancy or extravagant but it means more than gold.
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