If Mama Ain't Winning 3/14
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If Mama Ain’t Returning
Let me preface this post by saying that it’s not for you if you’ve never known the feeling of turning away from God. If you’ve never had a season of ignoring His voice or avoiding His presence, you’ll want to pass this post up and wait for the next.
If, however, you know what it’s like to go days without praying or months without reading your Bible, you’ll want to keep reading. You’ll find that you are not alone in your occasional “breaks” from the presence of the Lord and you’ll also find that those “breaks” have not broken down the Lord’s commitment to you.
He’s still there. Of course, you know that because you can still recognize His hand on your life. You know you’re still protected. You know He’s still blessing. You know He’s still in love with you. You know His grace is still sufficient.
You also know that although all of that is true, you’ve been missing out. You’ve been missing out on His intimacy, His fresh manna, His comforting whisper—not because He’s changed, but because you’ve neglected to draw near.
Yet, there’s good news. If you simply return and give back to Him the time that you’ve given to lesser things, He will meet you there. He longs to be with you, to fellowship with you, and He’ll welcome you back with open arms every single time.
He waits patiently for you to recall what it feels like to be with Him. In fact, why not take a moment to close your eyes and do that right now. Let your past experiences lead you back to the place where He alone satisfied the longings of your heart, because if mama ain’t returning, I gotta tell you, mama will soon regret it.
So, join me on this journey—this journey out of the busy-ness of life back to the heart of the Father; out of the selfishness of the flesh and back to the arms of the One who keeps you going. I’m one mama who cannot afford to keep letting life get in the way of living with Him. If you’re with me, why are you still here? Go be with Him and come back later to tell me all about it.
“For thus says the LORD: After seventy years are completed at Babylon, I will visit you and perform My good word toward you, and cause you to return to this place. For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. I will be found by you, says the LORD, and I will bring you back from your captivity; I will gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have driven you, says the LORD, and I will bring you to the place from which I cause you to be carried away captive.”
Jeremiah 29:10-14
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