Speak Life Thought

Speak Life Thought

By Co-Pastor Butler

“A Private Moment” Job 10:20 (NLT) I have only a little time left, so leave me alone-that I may have a little moment of comfort

Do you ever feel like you need a "private moment" to yourself? Well you are not alone. A private moment is your opportunity to inhale life (the divine life-giving breath of God) and exhale those things that got you all uptight (frustration, anger, stress, hurt, despondency, despair, feelings of loneliness and abandonment). It's your private time to relax your mind, take a 15 minute nap, listen to uplifting and encouraing music, or yes even release tension through laughter, and our most common practice--tears.

Private moments are vital to you and you should make it a practice to take one a day. While you are taking your private moment may I encourage you to whisper. Whisper? Yes, whisper to Jesus. Remember it's your time--your time to share, reflect and speak. You will fiind that He will whisper right back at you.

Jesus understood the importance of private moments because he took them frequently clearly to be alone with the Father and no one else. (Matt. 14:23) Each private moment resulted in a refreshing and renewed relationship.

I hear you, "so Co-Pastor just how in the world am I supposed to find a private moment with my hectic schedule?" How about on the way to work, in the parking lot before you go into work or school, at lunchtime, in your Texas-size closet, 15 minutes before everyone gets up or when the house is quiet at 2am, when the kids are outside playing, etc. Be sure to set the cell phone only for your alarm to go off and silent for incoming calls.

We deprive God when His private moment is pushed aside so we can tend to demanding needs of the day. No need is greater than a private moment with the Father. It's in those private moments that you gain strength, direction, comfort, answers, and intimacy. The more you practice your one moment a day with the Father the more mature and precious your relationship will become, and the more secure you will feel in your totality as a woman.

Be encouraged dear hearts. Take just one moment a day and be refreshed.

Until then, be blessed and determined to have a private moment, always,

Co-Pastor Yolanda G. Butler