Day 326

I started editing the manuscript for the new book on this 326th Day of The Red Shoe Project.  How exciting.  NOT!  It's a lot of work, but it has to be done.  It will be exciting when it's complete and published.  I'm still wearing my Ruby Reds, but it's a challenge changing hats from that of "writer" to  "editor"  all in the same day.  I haven't done that for awhile, so its just going to take a little getting used to.

Most of my day today was spent praying.  I'm praying longer these days and rather enjoying it.  It's starting to feel normal.  I've shaken off the rigid formality of religious prayer and have opted for comfortable conversation with God when at all possible.  All those fancy words might work well for public prayers in which the presentation is expected to be polished, but when it comes to my personal, everyday time with God,  my soul cries out for intimacy!  I yearn for His presence and too much intellectual verbiage is nothing more than fat that gets in the way!   Note to self:  Keep it simple!

I'm hungry!  I'm desperate!  

I'm eager to be with Him!  

Sorry, but there's nothing on this earth that compares to being in the presence of God!  I don't want to be a bystander or an observer ever again!  Once you've tasted and seen that the Lord is good, it's all over.  Nothing else will satisfy your soul! 

That said, how is it that life's distractions pull us away again and again?  I don't want to ever let that happen.  I'm working now on a message entitled, 

 The 5 Keys to Unlocking the Fullness of God!  

I'm believing that these keys will help us all get in that place, and stay there, until Jesus comes!

One of the scriptures I've been meditating on today is found in Hebrews 4:16.

"Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence 

so that we may receive mercy and find grace 

to help us in our time of need."

Do you see that this is an invitation for us to come into His presence?  As a child of God, the door is always open.  We can and should come boldly - and often.  What are we waiting for?  RED shoes or not, the door is open.

See you in there!

Gail