A Heavenly Time

Storm at the Jetty by Dee Kamp

A Heavenly Time

The seaward winds from the Pacific Ocean are blasting us with strong gusts rattling the windows and doors and shaking our motor home like a ship at sea today. We are parked near the sand dunes and I literally feel the pounding of waves.

 It’s early October and the shore birds and geese are gathering in huge flocks in preparation for their southern destinations. But today, for all our feathered friends― all flight plans are cancelled.

“I know, O LORD, that a man’s life is not his own;

 it is not for man to direct his steps.”

Jeremiah 10:23 NIV

 

How often have we had plans, flight or afoot, that have suddenly been cancelled by storms in the weather, or circumstances beyond dour control tossed into our lives? We can find ourselves without family or friends, but grounded and suddenly left alone to wait it out.

But this can be the perfect time, a simply wonderful quiet time to be alone with God. In these moments we discover all over again how God is really in control of all heaven and earth

 It God’s Sovereignty that gives us hope and strength knowing He is not up there somewhere but in the  moment, and in smallest detail of our lives wherever we are.

When our plans are called to a halt, when all flights are cancelled, and everything seems to not be going as we had planned, it may be God’s way of calling us to draw closer to Him and enjoy His sweet companionship.  

It’s always the perfect time to come and have a heavenly time alone with God.

 

“When storms of life are round me beating,

When rough the path that I have I have trod,

Within my closet doors retreating,

I love to be alone with God.

 

Alone with God the world forbidden,

Alone with Him O blest retreat!

Alone with God and in Him hidden,

To hold with Him communion sweet.” ―Hymnal,

From: Springs in the Valley

 

“A Heavenly Time” by Dee Kamp, Grace Every Morning Ministries© October 8, 2013