I have not had much to say here recently because, again, I have
not been listening much. I have been running… busy… vacation… dance class…
homework… laundry… the list goes on.
I miss listening, and my heart yearns for it.
So today I pulled out my kindle and began reading through My
Clippings. One of the first ones to really catch my attention and express my
heart of late is from “Hinds’ Feet on High Places.”
My heart has been hurting because of a loved one who I’ve
not heard from in a long time. I miss him, I struggle to trust and not to
worry. Most of the time I trust, but some days the weight gets heavy. Because as the Much Afraid says in “Hinds’
Feet on High Places”, “I am afraid… I have been told that if you really love
someone you give that loved one the power to hurt and pain you in a way nothing
else can.”
The Shepherd confirms Much-Afraid’s fear, “To love does mean
to put yourself into the power of the loved one and to become very vulnerable
to pain, and you are very Much-Afraid of pain, are you not?”
Oh yes, Lord, I, too, am very Much-Afraid of pain. That’s
why I continually find my heart barricaded behind a wall so thick, nothing much
can penetrate it. The problem is, when you build a fortress around your heart to
keep out the bad, you also keep out the good. Hence, my lack of listening… my
lack of journaling… my lack of peace.
When will I learn, Lord? When I get to heaven I suppose. But
until then, I’ll keep working on myself… on my schedule… on my priorities.
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I would love to hear from you! Let me know what you think and how I can pray for you. Most of us are carrying some pretty heavy baggage and the good news is, you don't have to carry it alone! You can lay it at the feet of Jesus, and sometimes we need help just letting go of our baggage and not picking it up again. We're in this together!