Thoughts on Oswald Chamber's quote

"God’s purpose is to enable me to see that He can walk on the storms of my life right now. If we have a further goal in mind, we are not paying enough attention to the present time. However, if we realize that moment-by-moment obedience is the goal, then each moment as it comes is precious."

My husband read this quote to me and I've been thinking about it. I was in a LOT of pain yesterday and feeling really cranky. I read this and thought, I don't want to be "in the moment" I am in too much pain to do that.
I was talking to a friend online about this. She was saying to invite the Lord into that moment, and ask him to speak to me. I told her, I think I would just cry if I "embraced" this moment. She said, well maybe that is what you need to do.
I also realized that what I tell myself when I feel bad doen't help my situation. It doesn't help to rehearse to myself how bad I feel.
If we are to be alive in every moment, then God must be very available to us in the midst of our suffering.

My approach has always been, just get thru it, and have a hope in the future. Now I am challenged to meet the Lord IN my suffering.
Yesterday I spent some time quietly weeping and I felt the Lord there with me and I felt peace. It was better than resisting and being grumpy about my situation.
Then the Lord lifted me up, and I was able to do the outing that was planned for the afternoon. Amazing.

Here I am!

Well, since I've been reading blogs regularly for months and months now, I finally deceided to start one myself!!

I like to type while I think, or think while I type? So this will be fun for me. I'll be posting something soon. Just getting started here. Happy blogging! Helen