Too Busy

Have you had a busy day today? Or indeed a busy day any day this week?

Think about that busy day, did you find time to talk with God, to have some quality personal time with Him?

If I'm honest with you my own answer to that question is no I didn't make time to speak to God! I'm sure many of you will have given the same answer as me, so don't worry you're not alone. Personally I found myself concentrating so much on me as I wasn't feeling too good from the moment I woke up this morning, so I struggled through the rest of day myself without going to God for help and strength. If only I'd taken it all to God in prayer, what a different day I might have had!

Anyway, back to your busy day...
At any point during your day did you phone, text or email a friend? Or did you Tweet?

My guess would be that like me, despite having a busy day, you did find time to do one of these things. Am I right? C'mon be truthful!

So we've found time to do other things that were not essential to our day, but not time to talk to God. That is not right is it?!

I pray today that in the future as we face busy and difficult days in our life, we might take time out, even if just a few minutes, to talk to God and leave our day in His hands. If we do this, God will be there with us during our day and will help make our day that little bit easier to get through.

Slow Down Time by Jeremy Camp

Staring at this empty canvas,
Waiting for the next stroke of my life.
It seems to go by so fast.
Another day I've wasted wondering,
How it all ends up instead of resting,
That it's all in Your hands.
My only piece is waiting before You.
My praise to You,
Drowning noise around me.

I wish I could slow down time,
I wish I could wait here at your feet.
'Cause with you is the only place that I wanna be.
I know I should take it all in stride.
I know you are there with every reach.
'Cause with you is the only place that I wanna be.

On my own I always fade out fast,
On the run my every step will last.
I'm resting in your words that never fail.
Your searching every part of me.
I need to stop so I could hear You speak.
I long for you so here I am so thirsty.
My only piece is waiting before You.
My praise to You,
Drowning the noise around me.

I wish I could slow down time,
I wish I could wait here at your feet.
'Cause with you is the only place that I wanna be.
I know I should take it all in stride.
I know you are there with every reach.
'Cause with you is the only place that I wanna be.

It's where I wanna be,
The greatness of your presence always leaving me here speechless.
I've given up on making this life my home.
In the fullness of your glory is beyond my comprehension.
There's no greater joy then being with you my King.

I wish I could slow down time,
I wish I could wait here at your feet.
'Cause with you is the only place that I wanna be.
I know I should take it all in stride.
I know you are there with every reach.
'Cause with you is the only place that I wanna be.

Checkout Jeremy Camp's website: http://www.jeremycamp.com/

God Time

Life can be like a ball of string - some times we're wound up so tightly we feel we might break if one more thing pulls our "string" any tighter; other times we can feel the complete opposite, feeling completely worn out by everything life has flung at us we're more like an unravelled ball of string!


So where am I going with this ball of string? Well to keep our lives from getting unravelled or wound up too tightly, we need to have an active prayer life.

Prayer will help us to wind up the unravelled ball of string or release the pressure on the over tight ball of string. But that can't just happen without our cooperation - we must find a place and a time when we can be alone with God in prayer, to talk to Him but also to listen to Him.

In Psalm 5:3 the psalmist says "Listen to my voice in the morning, Lord. Each morning I bring my requests to you and wait expectantly". Do you spend time each morning waiting on God?


We all have such busy lives these days, so you may find it impossible to find a regular time/place to spend in prayer. So can I make a suggestion? Put time in your diary or calendar to spend with God in prayer - it has allowed me to spend much more time in prayer than I was previously doing when I was just trying to fit it in when/where I could - that doesn't work - God needs and wants you to spend quality time with Him.

So whether you're feeling wound up tight or completely unravelled and desperate to spend time alone with God, make a cup of tea or coffee, get your calendar and mark in your appointments with God, your "God time".

Checkout Jeremy Camp's website: http://www.jeremycamp.com/