Re-create? Recharge!!??

"Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed."  (Mark 1:35)

I would like you to think for a minute...where do you go when you need QUIET?  How about when you need to think something through?  When you are trying to figure out the solution to some difficulty?  Or when you get a sudden idea of something to do? Or... an IDEA for your next project or the gift you need for a special someone?  Where do you s-t-o-p to spend time with God?  To listen for what God is saying to you?  Are they all the same place?  The same general area?

The readings, today, are about God being with us through changes, giving us strength and guidance, if we will stop to be with God.  In Isaiah we are reminded God does NOT "grow tired or weary and his understanding no one can fathom."  (Isaiah 40:28) In 1 Corinthians Paul is pointing out the importance of following where God is leading - "I cannot boast, since I am compelled to preach.  Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!"  (1 Corinthians 9:16)  The Gospel reading, in Mark, is how Jesus would take time to go "to a solitary place."  To be by himself, to spend time with God - "where he prayed."  (Mark 1:35)

So.... I ask again...  Where do you go for the quiet needed to be able to hear what God is saying to YOU?  I know how busy it is.  Jesus was busy also!  I know how hard, especially as Caregivers, to not only find the time but also the place to have the QUIET needed.  I also know how important it is.  Jesus took the time, regularly, to be in prayer.  We need to do so also.