" COME AWAY TO THE QUIET "

God has been increasingly calling us to rest, trust and believe in and on Him. The very nature of these words impels us, in answering His call, to cease from worry, doubt, fear, concern or trying to figure things out.What I have come to know is that:

"HE IS CALLING US TO COME AWAY TO THE QUIET. QUIET IN OUR MIND, HEART, SOUL AND SPIRIT". HE IS CALLING US INTO "THE INTIMACY OF RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM".

Oh how He longs to spend time with us..to laugh with us, to speak to us..about everything that concerns us..and He desires that we would truly know the depth of His love for us..and also to know that we are the focus of our Father, our Creators love!

"As we choose to spend time in His presence, our knowledge of Him, our Joy in Him, will Increase..And, our desire to "Come Away to The Quiet" with Him, will overtake even our deepest needs."

One morning, a little while back as I was in the kitchen "doing kitchen stuff", I began to hear the Lord sing to me the following words from an old song:
"WHEN I'M CALLING YOU..ooooooooo!
 I was blessed with hearing and knowing it was Him right away, and then in a few seconds I knew, in my spirit, that he was calling me to spend time with Him.
I went outside and it was very peaceful. I listened for a moment and then the  words to a song, sang to me by Him at another time, began to fill my thoughts.
I know that He wants me to share them with you, and I encourage you to "let Him place a melody in your heart as you sing them".

Come away to the quiet...Come away to the Peace
I AM standing right beside you...
You will hear ME speak!

I will tell you how MY love for you 
Grows everyday...
And how I long to be with you.. 
Forever to stay!

Come away to the quiet...Come away to MY peace..
I AM standing right beside you...
"Walk hand in hand with ME!"
                                            (Spring 2004)

Isn't it just amazing that the creator of all things, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ longs, seeks and invites us to "rest and abide in Him, His Love for us?!"
Yes, things get difficult for us..the trials, at times, seem  to come one upon the other..But..He is with us and He takes us through...Through to the other side...to the "Quiet Place." 
1 KINGS 19:11-12
"And He said, go out and stand upon the mount before the Lord. And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountain and broke in pieces the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake;
 And after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire (a sound of gentle stillness and) a still, small voice."
When harsh winds, earthquakes, fires, everyday difficulties assail us, He is with us..is taking us through, and He is already looking beyond these things to "The Quiet Place".
And here, with great tenderness, love and joy, He bids us come. He talks to us and says:
Do I not keep My promises? Am I not the God of endless love Who change's not? And have I not promised to always be with you? Have I not assured you that "Victory" is yours?
Oh, are we not "HIGHLY BLESSED and FAVORED CHILDREN OF OUR MOST HIGH GOD? 
                YES AND AMEN, YES AND AMEN!
I truly pray that all of us will, first of all, put all our hope and faith in Jesus...knowing the Victory has been accomplished. Secondly, that we would choose to respond to His Gentle Voice that calls out to us:
          "HERE AM I, COME HERE BESIDE ME"

I believe the following words will encourage us even more to respond to His call:

Stand and Still, Quiet and Rest..
These are the commands of my Lord..
The answer for every Test..

For He alone has the truth, the vision..
He Alone Writes the Rhyme..
Understands the Reason..

And as we "Rest" on HIS word, 
As we do as HE ask, 
"He shall bring it to pass."  
                        Psalm37:5                                  HS/dh April, 2009

love and blessings in Jesus name,
Drema