Pappa, Abba, Tati, Daddy

March 26, 2012  
It's been almost a month since I came back from ywam. It's been a hard transition & I am finding that I am putting a lot of pressure on myself to get back into the swing of things.  And I'm not the only one.  By far the most annoying question people ask me these days is: "So.. what are you going to do now?" Well, I don't know world! I just don't know.  But I find that Americans are not okay with this answer.  I must do something. Surely I can't just sit around all day. 
 I often find myself zoning out, random times when it's just me & my thoughts, I go through this list of to-do's.  I should get with it and go make it happen.   What am I doing while the rest of America is running around making their dreams come true? I should probably get a job or something.  Then I have a mini-panic attack.
But even though this pressure in me exists, I sense God telling me otherwise.

Otherwise about Himself. 
 About who He is & what He's really like.

And He is much like a Dad.  And I, His child. I feel like God is telling me: sometimes it's okay to do nothing.  It's okay to be a child.  Who said I can't be a child?

And what does one expect from a child? Well.. you don't expect anything from a child.

The Lord looks at me like a Father looks at His little kid.

So give yourself a break. Relax. Chill. And whatever it is you're doing today, hear God say to you that you don't have to go about making it all happen.  No pressure. Sometimes it's okay to do nothing.  You can be like a kid. 

There are seasons & stages.  There is a time & a place to work & I get that.  But sometimes it's okay not to have an agenda, not have your whole life organized. We should really Sabbath more. Sometimes it's okay to just sit & wait upon the Father.  

"As a Father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him." Psalm 103:13