Uncluttered Spaces

We need "uncluttered time and space 

in which we can distance ourselves 

from our own activities 

enough to see what God is doing."
Eugene Peterson

Keeping the rhythm of 

work and rest within 

God's time is necessary, 

faithful and wise.

I hear the disclaimer over and over 

among our harried lives--

too busy, too much, too little margin.

We need to remember that God will STILL 

work in the margins of our lives.

He prefers first fruits, and lifted offerings.

But, He still delights when His children

 come as beggars 

with little to offer and sit by the wayside.

His powerful presence will take

 our meager offerings 

and turn them into banquets that feed our soul.

How blessed that we have a heavenly Father,

who meets us right where we are-

strung out and strung along.

He takes frazzled, piece-meal connections

and still works Miracles.

And maybe from that point of view-

we can SEE what He is doing.