It's been a long time

It's been a long time since I've even felt like writing about what God is up to. Mostly because I've not been sure what He's been up to with me. There have been some times since getting my new job at APSU that God has come and loved on me or shown me something in my life that needed to be dealt with...but it still has felt rather distant.

Yesterday and today it's been different. After listening to John's basketball game on the radio last night, the Lord used it to talk to me about this place I'm in. Only God would us a game I know so little about to teach me and love on me~anyway, He told me that I was out of the game for now because as the Coach, He knows what's best for His players. That He has seen me getting tired and coming out of the game long enough to grab a drink of water and wipe the sweat from my face and the hustle back into the game. He has now put me on the bench so that I can have some long drinks of water and get my strength back. It's time for me to drink deeply and rehydrate.

Then this a.m. as I'm in worship - God gave me the picture of me in a "slip" like cloak, facing away from him and down the road just a little bit. He calls my name and I return to Him, He puts my Robe of Righteousness back on me and as I fall to His feet and thank Him, He reaches down and takes my hand to have me stand. He grabs me and hugs me - a long passionate embrace as we whisper in each others ears....I love you. He then tells me that He wants to embrace me a while longer before we return to the party. And so, I'm in the Father's arms right now.

This is not a bad place to be!!! I've not adjusted as well or as smoothly as I would have liked to being at APSU working with so many non-believers...but the good thing is...God loves me so much that He benched me from play while I get my bearings on the new game and get rested. And when I've been looking away from Him at all the world has been saying (especially through my new circumstances) He has called me back to His embrace.

And so now, I will rest in the embrace of the One who loves me more than words could ever express.