show off

i was talking with a friend this week about prayer. she has recently begun a prayer journal in which she writes down specific prayer requests to take to the Father. some people have disagreed with her on doing this because they think that by praying for specific things you "put God in a box". i disagree with those people.

now, i don't consider myself a deep thinker or a theologian, but this is what i believe about my God.....

i think He loves for me to ask Him for specific things. i think he loves for me to trust him with the details in my life. i think he loves to meet my needs in such a demonstrative way that i have to KNOW it was Him that did it. i think that by praying specifically, it gives God a chance to show up and show off. and i think He loves to show off.

comfort in silence

some may think me lazy when i say that i love to just sit.
i love to just be; just sitting with a friend in comfortable silence.
either one of you is at total freedom to speak or be silent. it doesn't matter which you choose.

this week i have had several of those moments of freeing silence:

one was broken by a friend's spoken desire to hear God speak.
she wanted to know that He is merely silent and not gone away.

one was broken by a friend's random thoughts about life.
she wants to find her place in this world; to find what she was born to do.

there were others, but i've come to appreciate all of them for just what they are.
to me, they are a small indication of the depth and comfort of a friendship.
you can't make those kind of relationships. they simply are.
i count myself blessed to have friendships that simply ARE.

paused

it's been awhile....for whatever reason....

maybe it's because i didn't actually want to write down the thoughts that have been rolling around in my head....

maybe it's because i have had more important things to do than bear my sould for the world to see and read.....

maybe....just maybe....i've been in a place of peace.

i still don't know.