LISTENING TO THE WHISPER

Hi everyone,

As you may be aware, I recently had a trip to England with my Dad and Nicole, my daughter. We had a wonderful time, each day packed full of beautiful sights and activities.  We were able to catch up with close friends and family along the way.

That's the good news.  The bad news is that a constant background anxiety dogged me  (irrationally) about Dad getting unwell, a car accident or some other disaster stopping us get home in peace and on time!

While we were there we hired a car, and one cause of anxiety was the fact that it was upgraded to a Mercedes which I was very nervous about.  Seriously! Since when should an upgrade cause trouble?

Its a real pity as this daily stress robbed me of a joy that was being handed to me each and every day.

While we were getting used to the car we had a bit of trouble working out the GPS. At one point both the car system and my phone were competing for attention.  The GPS was very loud, and the phone was very quiet.  We knew the phone instructions were the ones we should be listening to, but Ms. GPS on the car was very loud and very distracting!

I commented that this was a great illustration of what I was experiencing.  The still small voice of God was constantly whispering clear encouragements of God's love and good intentions regarding our trip,

Photo taken by Brian Ireland (Dad)

but my anxiety was very loud and very demanding!

Isn't that some times the way in day to day life?  Our worries and anxieties seem to demand our attention and can be hard to ignore - but listen instead to the still small, but crystal clear Voice of God and determine to follow that instead.

Here are a couple of verses that are totally true, hopefully to encourage us all to follow His lead.  Philippians 4:6-8

"Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things."
I could say so much more about that, but you can take the time to think on it. 💟
Until next time,

Lynda xx