dailydatewithgod

We have times when we need to withdraw a bit.  We need space and perhaps some silence where we can gather ourselves. Having a haven to go to as a physical place is something I treasure living in a big city.  I love being near all the excitement and goings-on. As an introvert, I garner energy through alone time so I need a haven to be able to show up for all that is going on.  I look for various places and spaces as well as create my own that serves as a haven for my mind, body, and soul.  My daily date with God has become my internal haven where I focus my attention on the first part of my day.  This way I am more likely to go into my day as the me I believe I am meant to be.  The more technology intercedes within all areas of our lives, the more I want to experience the haven of God’s attention before getting interrupted by all the buzzing and beeping.  It is not easy to carve out havens either externally or internally unless we are intentional about it.  It can often become one of those to-do list items that keep getting bumped to the bottom.  Or we want to set up the perfect haven and do not embark in the process of creating it until we have everything just so.  In my experience that is never going to happen.  The beauty of our design is God created a haven within us that we have access to anytime we pause and notice our breath.  It puts us in a connection with the rhythm of our hearts.  With the haven of our breath, which by no accident I am sure, we need to engage in multiple times each day we are invited to create a space of presence within ourselves.  God seeks to introduce us through our breath to the haven God knows exists in our hearts.