At 4:59 I walked into the church and there were three women
already there praying. I did not bring my bible so I went to where they store
them and set out several bibles for those who might follow me and want to contemplate
His word during this quiet time and prayer. As I found a seat by myself and
prayed quietly with hands resting on the bible my mind did not wander but
stayed focused on seeking God’s truth. I flipped it open past the part of half
way so I would be in the New Testament and this is the first words I read. “Jesus is the stone you builders rejected,
which has become the cornerstone. Salvation is found in no one else, for there
is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved” Acts
4:11-12. My jaw dropped open and my mind began try to make sense of what
God was trying to reveal to me. Was it that we were not making Jesus the cornerstone of the church? Was it I who was not putting Jesus as the cornerstone of
my life? Then I turned to the very next page and the next sentence I read was, “Peter
and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than human beings!”Acts 5:29 How true those two statements were. We need to obey God and put Jesus at the
corner of our church and lives. This was a God thing and he touched my soul
this morning.
As I prayed, meditated, took notes, read the bible and
sought wisdom from God, I watched a middle aged woman come in with a bag
quietly and find a seat. She sat her cup next to her filled with warm tea (I could
tell by the tea string hanging from the screw on lid) and I watched her as she
opened her bag pull out a blanket which she placed gently on her lap. Then out
of the bag came a bible which she placed on her lap atop the blanket. She
reached in and retrieved her ipod and set it reverently next to the bible and
put the ear buds into her ears. She smiled as the quiet music filled her soul
and she read her bible quietly and all I could think was that this was perfect.
She found her place in the presence of God with her music, tea and His word. I
was wishing she had told me or sent out a memo on another way to pray and I
would have done the same thing. There is a lot of music that will bring you to
the place that is closer to God, and I know some would probably have trouble
with her drinking her tea during a time of fasting, to which I saw out of
fasting and praying, praying is the more important element. She was closer to
God than I was and she was not grumbling but happy in the presence of God. That
made me smile and because of watching her….. I was closer to God.
Thank you God