Clear Your Agenda, Clear Your Head

 

It's Monday morning at 4:00 a.m.

I'm laying here awake after a good night's sleep,

wondering if I should wait for the 5:00 a.m. alarm,

or just get up and start the day.

I give it another 30 minutes

and then wonder why I'm not up 

making coffee yet.

I make my way into the kitchen,

turn on the Keurig,

grab my favorite mug

and get the coffee going.

It will only take a second or two,

then I can head to my office

and begin my routine of reading blogs

and reading my Bible.

As a sit down in my pink office chair,

take a sip of my hot coffee,

some words begin to form in my mind;

"I cleared the agenda,

I cleared my head."

I hear it plain as day

and I know where it came from and why.

It's the Holy Spirit,

reminding me of something that took place

last night

when I got into bed.

So I grabbed my journal and begin to write

the words that came to me this morning

and I want to share it with you all,

in case you need the words too.

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Jesus on my Bed

I cleared the agenda,

I cleared my head,

I got myself into the bed.

I took to the phone

for a minute or two,

then realized I was missing you.

How long has it been

since I've nothing to search,

but you and your heart,

instead of Facebook?

Too long since I've just

sat in the dark,

and poured out all of the stuff

that's weighing on my heart. 

So I cleared my agenda,

I cleared my head,

and there I sat with

Jesus on my bed.

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So many nights,

I fall into bed, exhausted and too tired

to pray.

But I always manage a game or two on my phone

or a quick, last minute browse on social media.

But the Holy Spirit has been showing me lately,

that I'm consuming too much...

too much input.

Blogs, podcasts, tv shows, Youtube,

games to pass the in-between moments.

It's a constant battle between silence and consumption.

But the problem is, all of those things,

though they may be great content,

are not leaving much room for God,

his voice, his input, his word.

And that's not ok.

It's not ok to find time for all the other voices,

but not the one voice that matters most.

This is not a new battle.

In fact, I would guess we all fight it at some

time or another.

If you haven't, you might.

It's a noisy world out there,

and all the more reason we have 

to be intentional about making room

for the Lord.

Clear your agenda,

clear your head...

Jesus is waiting to come sit on your bed.

Take care my friends.

Until Next Time...

Blessings!