February 2019.

Getting to my quiet time is so often a struggle.  There are so many things that I want to get done, so many unforeseen interruptions and there are so many time-sucking distractions.  In this case, when I say distractions I mean things that I let distract me.  This is part of what was going on inside me on this day in July but there were some other relational things going on. My mom was in the final stages of her life and my siblings and I were taking turns caring for her.  We all loved my mom very much and each other as well, but there were some times of misunderstanding that were upsetting and frustrating. During times like this I am desperate for the Lord’s love and guidance.

From the journal . . . . July 2016

Jesus, how difficult to get to a quiet time!  Lord – another flaw in me? Another thing for me to work on?  Does it never stop?

And I believe God said:

No. It doesn’t. Daily I change you.  To make you more like me.  You want that and so do I! 

Romans 8:29

There are some things in you that prevent people from seeing you like I do. Yes. There are things in others that prevent you from seeing them like I do.  Remember that.

I Samuel 16:7b. The Lord doesn’t see things the way you see them. People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”

This is a great help in times of misunderstanding.  I’m so glad that He showed me that it goes both ways.  I am just as capable of misunderstanding as I am in being misunderstood.