Launching into Act Two...

Lately, I am practicing peace
and pursuing His Presence
both at the start of my day when I rise,
and as it winds down with an evening breeze
softly blowing over my rested laying down.

This is not new, of course.  

I've walked with God for over half of my life now
and it's not that I haven't spent my days with Him.
But I have been more intentional about it recently.

If I am honest with you,
(and I make that my habit here)
- I didn't want to write anymore about it. 
I feel like a broken record... 
but it is what He is doing in me, 
what He is calling me to do,
and I believe while it is personal 
-it is so necessary in this loud
and fast paced world of ours!


You see, He's been calling me to Slow...
which feels odd because
it's not like I am running around,
entertaining all kinds of Bossy,
and yet the call is clear:

Come Away with Me!

It feels like we are entering
in to our Second Act
and He whispered clear to me the other day
that this is our Launching Season.

Now there was a time not too long ago
that that would have given way to fear,
but instead it gave way to Hope and Adventure
and still-unseen Open Doors
and all kinds of Possibility!

It seems this past year or two
has been a bit of an Intermission
and this call to Sabbath, to Rest, to Quiet
- it's all in preparation for what lies ahead.

Taking just five minutes to quiet, to still, 
to shift thoughts and mind
and emotion back to Him...
It reminds me that, always, He is near!

When I pause, turn my heart
and attention toward Him
and find He is always there,
it takes the pressure off
and eases the temptation to worry!

For when I start my day 
filling up in His Presence,
I can rest assured that He is with me,
and He is working all things together
for my good.

All things are NOT good, of course.

No, we live in a broken and fallen world.
All things are most definitely NOT good.

...And yet, someday I will look back
and see how His hand and heart
were intimately and intricately involved
in my every days.

He takes All Things
 --the good and the hard
    (for I no longer call them 'bad'.)
and He weaves and shapes them,
He molds and makes them
into things that grow us
and bless us and enable us
to bow down and to stand up...
that stir us up
to shout His Glory and Praise.

Maybe not yet... maybe not today...
but He truly is working for our good.

I can see it already, as I look back.
Hindsight can be a gift like that!

But for this Second Act,
I am purposing to
stay present and intentional
stay abiding and abounding...
stay aware of bringing Him with me
and inviting Him in.

I am ever-more mindful now
of how I breathe Him in,
fill up, soak and savor...
and how when I do that, 
I become a carrier
of His Presence
as I go about my days.

For we are Kingdom people 
and we are called...

We fill up. We spill out.

We live our lives to the King,
and for His Kingdom.


Tweet: "...someday I will look back and see how His hand and heart
were intimately and intricately involved in my every days."

Tweet: "I become a carrier of His Presence" @KarrileeA

Tweet: "For we are Kingdom people and we are called... We fill up. We spill out.
We live our lives to the King, and for His Kingdom." @KarrileeA

I am linking up with these lovely ladies this week:

Jennifer Dukes Lee for #TellHisStory

Holley Gerth for #CoffeeforYourHeart

Karen Deschenes Courcy for #TuesdayatTen

So how are you filling up and spilling out lately? I'd love to hear!