MAKING THINGS FIT
Today I had a funny thing happen. It sparked so much joy in how the Lord spoke to me as I was sitting in my recliner chair and reaching for one of my past journals…
So my recliner chair is “my desk.” It seems that I have all my life surrounding me there! The chair is in a corner and on the wall side is a line of stacked plastic drawers from Wallmart. Each is labeled and organized. I have all my journal decorating supplies, watercolors, colored pencils, and a pile of other misc drawers like a second “purse” and even a protein snack drawer. I tend to reorganize the drawers according to what particular thing I am focused on that season because some of them are just out of reach from my chair. Because there are so many drawers, reordering them is a major process for me. I cant tell you how many times I have reorganized and relabeled!
…This morning I was having my quiet time in my chair, my computer keyboard on my lap, and my colored pens and ruler are spread out of their caddy. Things were already precarious as I was reaching for a past journal book that fell over on the shelf which caused the others to lean over. There was no room at the inn to lean over in my chair to retrieve and fix it without things falling off everywhere. I seemed to be making a bigger mess and finally in frustration I said outloud, “Lord I just need to live in heaven where everything is in order, has a place and all I have to do is think of it and it is immediately there!” Then I kind of smiled because I don’t know very many people try to live almost their entire life from their recliner chair!
So I finally got the journal that my eye was drawn to, and opened it at random. This is what I turned to!
3/01/12
… What a glorious time you will have when you experience the day of resurrection when all those Words have a place that fit in total clarity and order! I have power of every detail and My Words do not return to Me void. Rejoice precious one as you witness the harvest of your seeds come in!
Come, and let us return to the Lord; For He has torn, but He will heal us; He has stricken, but He will bind us up. After two days He will revive us; On the third day He will raise us up, That we may live in His sight. Let us know, Let us pursue the knowledge of the Lord. His going forth is established as the morning; He will come to us like the rain, Like the latter and former rain to the earth.
I was so tickled, I knew He heard me and I am sure my family in heaven laughs every time I take all the drawers out and reorganize everything! Both sides of my family line were highly organized people. You should see the living room when I re-order. What a mess. (On my journal for today’s page where I wrote this out, I found a sticker that said, “Mama always said there would be days like this!”)
There may be times in your life where the Lord draws some things to the front burner and moves others to the back. Some things get put away on the shelf. Be willing to stay fluid so that in transition even if things look disheveled at the moment, you can enjoy the process of rebuilding/ reordering your life! He promises to make it all fit together for good, for His purpose.
Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
