It’s Positive Woman Connection Week and I’m so excited to see you.  We will have a special guest, Mary James, sharing her testimony and singing.  It will be a treat.  Also, at our Prestonwood location we will be having Wendy Pryne’s Ministry Gift Shop as a fund raiser to help with scholorships.  I will be giving a brief recap of Philippians too.  It’s going to be a great day.  I look forward to seeing you there.  If you will be at the Prestonwood location please RSVP to donna at dskell@roaringlambsministries.org

Here  is a devotional for you to ponder:

“Dwell deep in the hidden life of God.  The cedar grows more beneath the ground than above it.” A.B. Simpson

The month of May is an exceptionally busy time for moms.  School programs, class parties, school trips, graduations, field days can all make us as frazzled and fractured as the holiday season.  Now is the time to take a deep breath and deliberately step aside to have some quiet moments with just you and God.  You may be thinking, What? Didn’t you just say this is the busiest time of the year?  How in the world can I make time to be alone with God? 

It is possible, but you have to be intentional about quiet alone time.  Consider your typical routine and determine when you can have 15 – 20 minutes to just be still and know that He is God. It may look differently for each one of us.  For you, it may be just after everyone is put to bed, or during nap time, or waiting in carpool line or perhaps early in the morning.  Instead of doing one more thing that you think needs to get done or instead of making that phone while waiting for the kids, turn your eyes upward and quietly focus on the God who loves you.

Keep a Bible or devotional with you and take a moment to turn your cares over to God.  Ask Him for strength and direction to order your days and allow Him to speak to you through His Word.  Listen to God’s invitation to you to be still and know that He is God. It is amazing to me that the God of all creation encourages us to dwell and abide with Him.  Here are a few quotes to remind you of how precious and important our time alone with God is to our daily lives. 

“The Christian is strong or weak depending upon how closely he has cultivated the knowledge of God.” A.W. Tozer

“Live near to God and all things will appear little to you in comparison with eternal realities.” Robert Murray M’Cheyne

“Oh for closest communion with God, till soul and body – hand, face and heart- shine with divine brilliancy! But oh for a holy ignorance of our shining!”  Robert Murray M’Cheyne

“The nearer we come to God, the more graciously will he reveal himself to us.” C.H. Spurgeon