Oh it is one of those mornings.
I overslept,
yet am still so tired as
I had a sleepless night.
I know why
because
I did something that I knew
I shouldn't have done~
I had a triple espresso
yesterday afternoon.
So not only did I toss & turn all night
but I also
LISTENED
to the words in my head
that fed a very restless heart.
Oh if I had only
LISTENED
to HIS voice
that gracefully said
"DON'T DO IT"
the moment I began to drink the drink~
yet I did it anyway.
You know it~
the voice
that is so soft
that it is easily pushed aside
to listen to another time.
"Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouth"
and then "those" words flow out so easily.
"Do not worry about tomorrow" (Matthew 6:34)~
as you are already thinking about what could happen
if you don't worry about it.
“Do not let your heart be troubled (afraid, cowardly)..."~
as all you can feel is turmoil and pain.
And then you
take a moment
to really
LISTEN
to the
Words of
JESUS
as
HE
continues to tell us
how it is possible to
do what HE asks us to do~
"BELIEVE [confidently] in GOD
& trust IN HIM, [have faith, hold on to it, rely on it, keep going and]
BELIEVE also in ME" ( John 14:1)
So maybe
just maybe
I learned my lesson
again,
because
My GOD
will continue
to speak to me
with
HIS
grace-filled words
of
DO NOT
so that I will
not toss & turn
because
I will actually
HEAR
HIS
soft
reminders throughout the day
of
"DO NOT"
so that
restlessness & turmoil
will be replaced with
HIS
PEACE & JOY & HOPE.
Who are you LISTENING to?