Heartbeat

Garth and Wyatt are back from a weekend Youth conference in Green Bay.  There were almost 4,000 kids gathered together to praise God, listen to speakers, sing and hang out with other kids their age.  It sounds like it was a great time for most.  Some got struck with the stomach flu so for them it may not have been quite as fun!

The theme was “Can you hear His heartbeat?”  That goes along with what Pastor Chuck talked about on Sunday.  If we are walking around loaded up and consumed with all of our “stuff” then we have no room for God.  If our hands are full of “things” then we can’t take His hand when He is reaching out to us.  When we are busy all the time, we can’t hear His voice.

I have been watching a little two month old the last few weeks.  When I first started she didn’t know me at all.  But now, she has started to recognize my voice.  When she is crying, there are times I can talk to her and she will be calmed down by my voice.  But there are other times when she is crying so hard that she can’t hear my voice.  It is that way with God.  He is always talking to us.  But there are many, many days that we don’t stop to listen.  Especially when we are having a rough day and things aren’t going right.  But that is when we need to listen harder.  A heartbeat is what keeps us alive.  His heartbeat inside of us affects our whole being, what our hands do, what our head thinks, where our legs go…Do you feel it?  Someone told me once, “You should be so close to God that you can feel His breath on your cheek and hear His whisper in your ear.”

Pastor Chuck said that we should make the most of 2012.  I think the first step of that is getting closer to God.  Getting rid of the things that are holding us back, putting down the things that are capturing our attention away from Him, making moments of quiet stillness, and feeling the pulse of His heart.

Love you

Rachel