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LOCKDOWN-HOLY WEEK REFLECTIONS-DAY 3

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Lockdown Day 3

Having 5 children in the house makes it quite a noisy one. There never seems to be a moments peace. It’s either babies screaming, kids laughing and playing, or worse, bickering and fighting.

There’s always one word that never fails to carry above all the noise though. Mummy! In most situations they call me in, they need some form of reassurance or comfort. They need me to calm them down and to let them know it’s going to be ok.

Don’t we all need that though?

It’s not just children who need to be comforted and reassured. We do have a name we can call on. It doesn’t matter how much noise there is around us either. We can call on this name, day or night, and He will hear us. What is the name?

JESUS

For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, And abundant in lovingkindness to all who call upon You. Psalm 86:5

Call on Jesus and be calm

We are in a world now where getting in touch with other people can be a little hard. We have internet, which provides a whole new way of connecting with other people. But can you really connect with someone who is not physically there with you? It’s not easy.

I may not see Jesus physically, but He is there. He is waiting for us to call on His name and talk to Him. And when we do, He will be hanging on every word we say and connecting in with us. Jesus wants to connect in with us, and no lockdown order can stop Him!

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Something to think about…

You may be wondering what use is it talking to someone you can’t see. I think the well known hymn by Alan Jackson sums it up well.

What a friend we have in Jesus,
All our sins and griefs to bear. 
What a privilege to carry
Everything to God in prayer!
O, what peace we often forfeit,
O, what needless pain we bear,
All because we do not carry
Everything to God in prayer.

Tell Jesus everything. Absolutely everything! From your good days to your down right crappy days. He wants to hear it all. You could be surprised at how much calmer you may feel afterwards.

Prayer

Lord, we find it so much harder these days to open up and talk. We feel isolated because of the situation around us. Help us, Lord, to realise you are still here right beside us, now more than ever. You will listen to whatever we want to tell you and I thank you for listening. We need a friend so much right now to calm us down from all the noise around us. Lord, please be that friend to us and quieten our hearts and comfort us. I ask in Jesus name, Amen.

Faith, Five Minute Friday

When you’re tired, call on Strength.

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I’m joining the Five Minute Friday Community again this week (I know it’s Saturday, but it’s better late than never, hey?) When I saw the word prompt for this weeks write, I nearly laughed! The word is ‘tired’ (and you can read other people’s musings if you click here).

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Faith, Five Minute Friday, Rest

Slow Down And Take Five

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If you have children, are you constantly saying the same thing over and over again, but they just don’t listen to you? Do you ever tell them to slow down and take five?

My kids have so much energy and are always rushing around from one thing to the next. I’m constantly telling them instructions that need to be done.

Please pick that up…

Please watch where you are going…

Have you done that yet?…

How many times have I asked you?…

We’re not too dissimilar to our children though when our Heavenly Father is trying to constantly tell us something. We are just too caught up in what we are doing and what is going on around us.

I am always too busy. Sometimes so busy that I don’t notice what is going on around me. I miss the smaller details in life that could, and would, make a whole heap of difference in my life.

This week, I prayed to God and asked Him to show me something…anything! So, I have been intentionally looking out for signs. The one constant theme that has been running through things that I have stumbled across to read, or listened to on the radio, was the word listen. For me to listen clearly though, just like I tell my children, I need to slow down and take five!

 

You have just read a Five Minute Friday word prompt. This is hosted by Kate Motaung and is where a group of people write about a given word for that week.  This week the word is “slow”.