It's a glorious day outside!

I want to have a “normal” life..I want to be able to wake up at 6 in the morning, make breakfast that I would really have time to eat, or go out for a morning walk when it is still early..

I really want a morning walk when I could saunter along and talk to the Lord and breathe His fresh morning air and watch the soft sunlight bathe the trees and feel the coolness of the night's dew and step on crunchy leaves and look at flowers..and yes, the birds would be calling out at this time, singing their own worship song to their Maker..Those, I thought, would be ideal while conversing with Him..And so I told Jesus this repressed, deep desire to have a “normal” life..one that doesn’t hurry to and fro..one that doesn’t make me miss a meal..one that gives me a morning walk..

Yet Jesus, gentle as He is, reminded me that my circumstances do not make who I am..I may not have a morning walk, but I can also find Him in my room, when I wake up much earlier and get on my knees and seek Him as I start my day..my room is as beautiful as a tree-lined path in the morning sun, all because of His presence..Jesus lovingly reminded me that it didn’t take Corrie Ten Boom* the luxury of a morning stroll in a safe, tree-filled lane..But she found God just the same when she chose to seek Him and lay down her life in a brutally notorious, Nazi-filled concentration camp..

May we strive to make our room a haven for our time with the King..a sanctuary where we meet Him and stay at His feet..we may not have the indulgence of a delightful morning walk where we are right now, but when we use our time wisely and put Him first in everything, the beauty of the Lord is incomparable..

*Corrie Ten Boom was sent to notorious Ravensbrück concentration camp in Germany on December 16, 1944, where Corrie's sister Betsie died. Before she died she told Corrie, "There is no pit so deep that God's love is not deeper still." Corrie herself was released on New Year's Eve of December 1944 - her release had been a clerical error. The women prisoners her age in the camp were killed the week following her release. She said, "God does not have problems. Only plans." 

Update: Be sure to watch The Hiding Place, if you haven't yet. This is her story.