dailydatewithgod

Have you ever had a moment, late at night or early in the morning outside where it seemed as though everything stood still?  Like you almost didn’t want to breathe for fear that you would disturb the peace of the stillness.  It is hard to imagine, but even a city girl like me has had those moments and even craves them at times.  It makes me think that it is exactly what happened at the moment you were born.  When everyone paused to wait to hear the first cry.  I imagine that is what it is like for God.  The Hebrew scriptures tell us that God imagines us before we are even shaped in our mother’s womb.  Just think how awesome it was for God to see us enter the world? Such an exciting and breathtaking moment in time when we breathed our first breath.  What if that is what God experiences when we wake each morning?  What if in the dark stillness just before the dawn, the Creator of Creation await with anticipation to see what will make of the day we are given?  I think this is why I go on these dates each morning (and honestly, I need to reconnect all throughout my day). If I am going to have any shot at making the most out of what I have been given, then it makes sense to connect with the one who created me and created the day.  In the times of silence before my world gets going with lots of noise and chatter, I find I have a more open heart and mind.  Christians all over the world celebrate the birth of Jesus on this day.  He too arrived in the stillness of the night.  Maybe because it is in the random quiet places that God likes to present us with gifts.  My prayer for us today is that we have the courage to find a time of silence–anywhere in our day–to breathe love into our hearts and connect with where we come from.  Make it a great one and Merry Christmas!  Peace~Colleen