Look Up....

I have a morning routine. I get up and make the coffee and prepare the lunches for school and work. I have some sweet breakfast time with my "only child" left in my home. And then my dog and I play hurry up and wait for his morning business. The last few mornings I have been pegged in the head with falling acorns. I am convinced that the squirrel in that tree has it out for me because I am married to his arch rival. The man that is hunting him down.

The falling acorns have increased in their volume and in their velocity the last few days. And those suckers hurt. It never fails that no matter where I am standing around that tree those acorns are going to find their target on my head. This morning after being hit by two of them I proceeded to voice my annoyance out loud. I looked up at the tree and yelled something like: "Really? I can't see you but I know you are there!" I could have sworn that I heard that little squirrel laugh at me.

As Beau and I moved to another area of the yard and I continued to wait for him to perform his business, the Lord began to whisper into my heart. "You can't see me either. But you know I am there. Sometimes you blame the enemy or your circumstances for those acorns. But sometimes it is Me trying to get your attention."

We are pulled in so many directions. There are so many things we have to wait on to happen before we can go on with our plans. So many distractions. Both good and bad. We tend to get frustrated after a while by the constant pegging. And sometimes it begins to hurt. We immediately start to blame the enemy or the drama surrounding us or the person causing the pain or the hardship unraveling our life at the moment. But sometimes, if we get still long enough, we realize that He is just trying to get our attention.

He knows we can't see Him. But we can hear Him. He knows that we know He is there. But we don't look up. He knows our hearts. But He wants to hear from us. Sometimes we just need to recognize that when the pegging starts to hurt, maybe we should be still and listen. 

So today if you have already started your day being pegged by the acorns of the world, look up. Listen to see if maybe He wants you to do something else. Or go a different direction. Or notice the person He put in your path. Or stop long enough to actually hear the person that is causing you to wait. And if you dare to be really radical today... pray for the "squirrel" that might be the one throwing some of those acorns too!

But by means of their suffering,

He rescues those who suffer.

For He gets their attention through adversity.

job 36:15 NLT