The Sock Bowl

One day last week I was doing my (almost) daily routine of laundry and I stumbled across our infamous "sock bowl." You know what I'm talking about, right? No? Well at our house, the sock bowl is the little blue bowl sitting on top of the dryer that holds all the miscellaneous socks that have lost their matches.

These poor little guys have been piling up for weeks due to my obvious procrastination in dealing with them. Anyway, as I looked at the bowl and set it aside, a thought occurred to me. "Thank goodness God does not just toss us aside like these seemingly forgotten socks."

No, it is just the opposite. The bible tells us in 2 Chronicles 16:9, "For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committted to him." (NIV)

Ironically, a few days after I was thinking about this, I heard Lysa Terkeurst speak at the She Speaks Conference and she talked about the same thing. She mentioned how David in the bible was a simple shepherd boy, tending his sheep. There was nothing special about him at all but he was made king. He was overlooked by everyone else BUT hand-picked by God. (So are we!) She also mentioned the same verse in Chronicles- wow! I felt a warmth and a confirmation from God. He was definitely speaking to me and letting me know I was meant to be at that conference this weekend. (I'm seeing more and more how God talks to me in these little ways during the mundane activities in my life, very powerful.)

I met so many amazing women this weekend at She Speaks. There were over 560 of us there from all over the US and four countries all in all. Some wanting to become writers, some wanting to become speakers. As for me, I am asking God to show me direction. But most importantly, I am asking God to just reveal Himself to me. I would love to be published but I need to be walking with God closely before I try to plan things on my own. I just went to the conference to "take it all in." And maybe next year for She Speaks I will have a book proposal ready? Who knows.

Tonight, I was reading some things Lysa Terkeurst says about hearing from God.

She mentioned that Matthew 5:8 says, "Blessed are the pure in heart for they will see God." She said God does not call us to be perfect but to long for Him and He will bless us for that. And He will reveal Himself to us. (I'm paraphrasing here.)

Anyway, like the old childhood song we sang in preschool goes, "He's still working on me, to make me what I ought to be, It took him just a week to make the moon and the stars, the sun and the earth and jupiter and mars, how loving and patient he must be- He's still working on me."

I am blessed God listens to me. (Maybe I'll match those socks this week.)

Renee