A Heart That Intercedes

Have you ever really thought about what Jesus does all day sitting up there with God? Have you ever just wanted to be his "shadow" and know what goes on day to day with him? I do!

I have always pictured Jesus and God just sitting up there very quiet listening to prayers and watching people. For some reason I have never really imagined them talking, but Beth has opened my eyes to see that they sit around all day chatting it up about us! They are in constant conversation about what goes on in our lives. Not just the big details but the small ones as well. Is that not the neatest thing? A smile went across my face when she said that Jesus spends his day talking to God about me. I'm not sure why because I know he spends most of that time convincing God that I am just hardheaded and that the light bulb will go off soon enough. I guess it would be the thought of my name always being on their lips and that nothing in my life wasn't carefully planned out by Him. Even the bad is carefully planned out. Beth made the statement that our trials and tribulations are only approved (by God) IF they fit our purpose in life. Meaning every trouble we seem to find ourselves in was put there to help us grow and learn.

This can only bring me to reflect back on the many struggles I have had in my life and think hard about what I learned and how I grew as a person and Christian. I would love to say I only had to struggle with certain subjects once but as I have stated before, I'm hardheaded! I had to get my own dose of being made fun of in my younger days to realize words DO hurt and they leave scars if you aren't careful. I also have had many lessons in being humble and thankful for what I have. Those were never pretty but I learned a great deal!

Trials are never easy but now I may look at them in a different light. Instead of crying out asking God why he let this happen; I might start asking Him to show me how to learn from it.

I'm wondering what they are chatting about right now as I write this blog. Probably that I will have to be reminded the next time I have a crisis that there is a reason for it!