Paint Party Friday: My Desert Place

 

"Jesus would withdraw to 

deserted places to pray." Luke 5:16

Every morning I withdraw to my little room

filled with my books, and papers, my pens

and paints and brushes.

I read scriptures, choose a verse,

and paint it.

This is my quiet time.

No one is awake at 3 in the morning

when I start to do this.

 

If Jesus needed to escape from the crowds,

to get away from all the people

wanting to get close and touch Him,

desiring healing, eager to hear Him speak,

how much more do we need to do this?

If we want to get more done,

if we are to find meaning and purpose 

for our every day tasks,

if we need peace instead of stress and anxiety,

then we need to decide to

withdraw for a while, every day.

To meet God, the source of all

we want for ourselves.

To find what truly matters.

To be anchored.

To become our best self.

 

"Whoever loves God must also love his brother."

1 John 4:21

Our journey to our real home hinges on two things- 

love of God and love of our brothers and sisters. 

Nobody I know has ever seen God, 

but He says what we do to the least of our brothers, 

 we do for Him, to Him. 

If we feed a street child, 

visit a prisoner, encourage a widow, 

give clothes to an orphan, talk to a beggar

 and give him dignity.....we are loving God!

 

If I have not love for others, 

I am nothing, an empty vessel.

To become my best self,

to be able to love the way Jesus loved,

I need to find my desert place

and be with the One

who can teach me.

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