APRON

 Yesterday afternoon I went to a church baby shower.  The preacher’s wife started the event by giving scripture about mothers and sharing words of wisdom.  She told how important it is to go to Jesus and bring Him closer to you during this time.  She also told about a woman named Susanna Wesley.  Susanna was the mother of John and Charles Wesley.  Because of this she was known as the mother of Methodism.

Susanna had 19 children, so needless to say there was little time for her relationship with God.  Even though busy she found the time and made the time.  I learned yesterday that Susanna when she needed her time with God would stop and pull her apron up over her head.  Her children knew this was her time with the Lord. 

Do you spend enough time with the Lord?  Do you interrupt your busy day to go to Him? 

Just as Susanna we can and should stop in the middle of a busy hectic day and be with God.   This time draws us closer to him and strengthens our relationship him.  It is through making a commitment and having consistency that we will be led to our quiet place daily.  Jesus was known to go off to solitary places and pray, so why shouldn’t we?  To make the time and add in your quiet time, eliminate the distractions just for a little while.  This act of being quiet with Him should be a habit that isn’t broken, but continued throughout your lifetime. 

Psalm 46:10New International Version (NIV)

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He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;

    I will be exalted among the nations,

    I will be exalted in the earth.”

At the end of our lives we will all stand quietly before Him.  Why not stand quietly before Him now? It is through this quiet time, which we intentional make, that we will connect with our Lord.  It may be difficult to find the time, but that is why we have to make the time.  Start the habit today of spending quiet time with the Lord. 

Put your apron over your head shutting out the world and spending time with the one who matters.