“Go to sleep!” my cousin, who is fifteen years old, says to us, as she sticks her head around the corner of the door.
She is around the kitchen table with the adult women, excited about being in on the “grown up” conversations.
I am eight years old, and five of the younger cousins have piled into the living room in sleeping bags for the night. Laughter and giggles cannot be contained, and whispers that speculate about the origin of our new kittens have us in a huddle. It is a Hypothesis of creation that only young girls can create in their imaginations. Suggestions, that include sparkly fairies, glorious angles, and pumpkin patches.
Again, my older cousin tells us to sleep.
“I can’t stop thinking about the kittens.” I protest.
“Well, stop thinking.” She whispers back.
There is a long pause, and then I ask her, “How do you stop thinking?”
Again, a long pause.
“I guess you can’t really stop thinking. Just make yourself think about sleep.” She says thoughtfully.
I roll over and repeat the word “Sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep”, over and over until I am asleep.
Little did I know back then, I was meditating.
The word meditating in the Bible is, Haga. It means to Ponder, to Murmur, to Meditate.
On my bed I remember you;
I think of you through the watches of the night.
Because you are my help,
I sing in the shadow of your wings.
I cling to you;
your right hand upholds me. (Psalms 63:6-9 NIV)
Even today, the Lord will bring a scripture to my mind, and all day I will think on the Word. Sometimes, I will wake up with a worship song repeating over and over in my mind, and sometimes, it is just a few short words that I can remember and soak in all day.
I think that meditation on His Word is important in our daily lives. Do you ever awaken with the Word of God already alive and working?
“What I whisper in your ear, shout from the housetops for all to hear” (Matthew 10:27 NLT)
I believe God will whisper a word to us in the night, which is to be used during the day. (Tweet This)
What has God been whispering to you?
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Oh girl, I KNOW He whispers to us in the night so we will speak in the day! I love that verse in Psalms 16, “Even at night my heart instructs me.”
Our God is just cool like that 😉
I love that, “Our God is Just cool like that !”
Aw, this was precious. And mostly he’s been whispering, I love you girl!
Court, My heart leaps when I read those words! and I know he whispers the same to you! Thank you!
our God is very cool- He has just blessed me with HOPE for where I had no HOPE- am over the moon with thankfulness.
LOVE the cross at the top- did you make it?
Stunning. Would like to know how to make one.
Mary, He is cool. I did not make that particular cross, but, using it as an example I have made one. It is made with floral wire. I held out three fingers and wrapped and wrapped the wire around them. Then made a second wrapping of wire. Next i connected the two in the shape of a cross. Finally you take a small glass oasis, wrap it in wire and attach it. Oh,Wait I also had some small beads that I would put on the wire and spread around as I wrapped it. These are not great instructions, I might make one and put it up as a blog.
Thanks heaps for taking the time to write those directions- I have lots of florists wire- and plenty of beads- am going to give this a try.
God bless those creative hands that mold and shape buts of wire and wonderful words 🙂
Don’t forget the glass oasis, it is suppose to be a plant rooter but I liked it just as a cross!