We managed to get away and spent a few days at our beach haven..Nags Head, and what a wacky strange few days it has been. I feel like I’ve been lifted up and tossed around like a boat in a hurricane. The swirl of anxious confusion in my head has produced only sleepless nights and restless moments…and I can’t even explain why.
This morning very early I got up and took myself out for coffee and a conference with the God of the universe on the beach. My coffee from Cahoon’s Store is truly a good cup of java-just like the sweet lady told me. Nice to know there are things other than God that we can count on.
There is only a sprinkling of people, specks really against the vast ocean, sky and wide beach. Actually I am but a dot to God, and among His oceans of prayer requests mine is a mere grain of sand.
The bright early morning sun shoots out enormous straight beams down to the ocean…beautiful. I know when I seek the living God that “streams of living waters will flow from within him” John 7:38. I seek His peace today. Surely the Lord is in this place where I rest my chair, right here on this creamy sand under this pier. God’s love is too brilliant for me to fathom. Like the sun, I am unable to look directly at my maker, yet I feel the warmth cascading onto my body. Faith.
I sit with my Bible and read, and pray and listen for God’s mighty ocean to call my name. My coffee cools as the beach crowd filters past me. Calm washes over me as I remind myself God holds me in the palm of His hands, I will rest easy tonight. I pray before gathering my things and heading back to wake my sweet children….
Lord Jesus, I pray that you will calm this anxious feeling and heal my flesh and bones and bring me peace. I thank you for my Savior and for all you do for me each and every day. Amen.
“The Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace.” Numbers 6:26
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