There are not enough hours in the day, but there ARE enough moments to ask God for directions.

My friend responded to a conversation about asking God to number our days. Here is her comment: “I have been working on asking the Lord about daily little things, like what to say before opening mouth, or what to take to the potluck supper. I spent more than 1/2 hour upon awakening trying to decide what to take basically because I really do not want to cook. I finally asked for forgiveness for wasting so much time thinking about it and asked Him. A little later, the best thing came into my mind. It was something I know my husband will love and not too hard to make. And it just popped into my head.”

Oh yeah… been there, experienced that… I totally appreciate God popping things in my head when I ask for not just the quick fix but also the means to make it all work. Even now, with less time in the morning to linger (with driving my daughter to her new job – a blessed time consumer as a mom), this email popped into my head to post… It’s like we struggle and struggle until we realize: God’s the One Who’s got THE answer and ALL the answers. Even especially for where we spend our time. 

I finished up my 2 extra crabs outside last night, was it a waste of time? Probably not but it could have been a waste on Sunday because Sunday I was having lunch out with a 90yr old friend, scrubbing my daughter’s room for moving her back in, and driving someone somewhere (taking a breather from the moving chaos), then I got to have ice cream out, then back to last minute sorting. wHEw… (oh look there is HE in the wHEw – looks like Him coming out of water waves – YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Monday? Work was the best pick and I finished up my experiments from a few extra hours back in my sabbatical lab. Happy to have that stuff done. Now just the presentation to finish. 

So Saturday crabs was a best pre-pick, and Monday crabs was the best post pick. I picked crabs while decompressing the day, all while the cat was enjoying being outside anyway for over an hour and the bugs weren’t biting.  I was checking in with God as I did all day – it was too hectic to not consult Him… 

So we do wonder sometimes if that is OK, the time that we take for ourselves, whether making decisions or just relaxing. As long as we have not overdone it and indulge too much in leisure. Walk with Him as much, even more than sitting with Him.

Sometimes where we are, in holding places, is better than being where we are NOT supposed to be… 

And like picking through these crabs. It’s not just the time for the tasty meat, it is the acknowledgement of processing time – like you have to use your mouth to figure out if there’s any shell pieces, right? It’s best not to rush that. Processing time – like vacation travel, it’s like beach time, it’s appreciated and appropriate if you put in your work time too.

One of the beautiful things about Heaven is that we will have plenty of time… 

A little poem about time (living on God’s dime):

Taking this much time for eating food (especially crabs) is PICKY and TRICKY.

It’s like making decisions that could be STICKY.

But best to take the time, plenty of time, so things don’t get ICKY.

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Life is not always flowing and breezy.

So God knows that ‘be still’ TIME is His Gift, a chance to talk easy. 

His ideas, over our unknowns that make us queasy.

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Pop goes the Ease-ful Ear-ful.

God’s Sovereign and Powerful.

His direction makes us THANKFUL!

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Amen

wHEw…