There is so much noise in my life!  The phone is always making a sound alerting me to a call, email or incoming message!  Television and radio are often blasting useless information!  And there is talk, talk, talk all around me!  All of this noise and if I am not careful, I can miss the still, small voice of my Creator!

I want to cut it all off, take a moment in the silence to hear the sound of praise for the One Who made me!  I want to cut it all off and take a moment to bask in the amazing wonder of the awesome things that He has done, is doing and will do!  I want to have more of those awesome, inspiring and incredible moments where God shows up, shows out and blows my mind!

I confess today, that I often miss these moments because I am so busy that I fail to take the time to sit still in His presence.  I need His help to discipline myself to cut it all off and leave it off, so that I might hear, see, feel and experience Him!

Lord, help me today to build a few moments into this day, where I can be in the still quietness with You!  Help me to be open to Who You are and what You are up to in me and around me.  Show me just enough of Your awesome plan, that I will be able to walk in obedient surrender and always be ready for Your will to be accomplished in my life.

In the stillness of this moment, I ask for Your help and look forward to what we get to do together today!

It does not matter who you are, where you come from or what mistakes you might have made, you are loved!  You are loved by the One Who created you and His name is God!

That very popular verse of Scripture that almost everyone can quote by heart – John 3:16 says:  “For God so loved the world (that’s you) that He gave His only begotten Son, so that whoever believes in Him (that’s how you receive His love) shall not perish but have eternal life  (that’s what you get when your receive His love)!”

God loves you!  You are special to Him!  So special that He gave His Son.  Why?  So that we might be able to have relationship with Him.  God does not love you because you are a good person.  God does not love you because you do everything right.  God loves you because God is love.  Love is not what God does, love is what God is!

God’s love can never be earned or deserved, but it can be received by faith!  You can’t give to anyone else what you do not have for yourself.  If you want to give love, then you must receive love.  God loves you!  Open up your heart and receive the gift of His love today and begin to share that love with everyone in every way that you can!

When I was a teenager there was a popular song that said:  “I always feel like somebody’s watching me!”  And the truth is:  There is someone always watching you, but it’s not to try to catch you doing something wrong.  God is watching because He cares for you and wants to bless your life!

Psalms 34:15-16 says: “¹⁵ The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and his ears are attentive to their cry; ¹⁶ but the face of the LORD is against those who do evil,
to blot out their name from the earth.”

God created us and He created us for good!  He wants to catch us doing something right, so that He might flow His blessing into and through our lives!  Remember today and this week that God is watching and waiting for you to get it right and let that motivate you to get it right for His glory and all of our blessing!