Life on the Cluttered Plane

"I am calling you to a life of constant 

communion with Me. 

Basic training includes learning 

to live about your circumstances, 

even while interacting on that

cluttered plane of life.

You yearn for a simplified lifestyle,

so that your communication with Me

can be uninterrupted.

But I challenge you to 

relinquish the fantasy

of an uncluttered world.

Accept each day just as it comes,

and find Me in the midst of it all.

 

from Jesus Calling by Sarah Young

I can get so distracted 

by the clutter

and chaos

that fills my days.

I can easily blame 

the circumstances for 

the distance 

that I allow to come 

between us.

I long for 

quiet,

room,

space,

calm.

 I think that there 

and only there can I find

peace,

rest,

You.

But You are here.

Always.

In the midst.

Communion with You

is possible.

How much do I seek it?

Then you will call upon Me, 

and you will come and pray to Me, 

and I will hear and heed you.

Then you will seek Me, inquire for, 

and require Me [as a vital necessity] 

and find Me when 

you search for Me with all your heart.

I will be found by you, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 29:12-14a amp