I was reading Jakub a book last night and part of it reminded me of something from his "baby-hood". So I promptly stopped the book and told Jake a little story about him and the wind.
When Jake was a baby...and even now... he has always disliked going to sleep. Nap time has always been a nightmare with him and he is just now getting to the point that it isn't a struggle to get him to go to bed at night. He has always wanted the security of someone laying with him till he fell asleep.
One afternoon while I was trying to get him down I heard the wind whipping around the house making that creepy howling sound that you associate with winter...or haunted houses. Jake was probably 2 or 3 years old. He promptly sat up and whispered, "Mommy, what was that". I explained to him that it was just the wind and he should lay back down. Yet every time it howled his eyes would get big again and he would ask again.
So me in my infinite wisdom decided that the wind was talking to Jake. So the next time it whistled around the house and Jake popped up I just consoled him, hugged him up and told him a story. "Jake, the wind is talking to you, just listen".
"What is it saying Mommy", asked Jake.
"It's saying, Gooooooo toooooo slllleeeeeeppp". I said trying not to laugh.
"What else is it saying Mommy?"
"It's telling you that if you go to sleep, by the time you wake up it will have brought Daddy home to you...but it isn't going to go look for Daddy till you Gooooooo tooooooooo sssllllllllllleeeeeeppppp." I said.
Amazingly, Jakub would snuggle up close to me and do exactly what the wind told him to do. So in the future I always hoped the wind would be whipping around the house at nap time.
In telling this cute story I do have a point. During our prayers...even if we take the time to pray...most of us rush through them. We state what we want, need and sometimes we thank God for the things we have. Do you ever take the time to listen? No, God doesn't speak to you out loud... at least he hasn't to me. Usually he speaks to my heart... maybe I will feel at peace about something or I wake up in the morning (or fall asleep at night) thinking about what I need to write about the next day. God, like the wind, has a still small voice that most of us never stop and listen to. At times, even like the wind, his voice can be strong and howling...we just choose not to hear it. Maybe we should stop talking so much and start listening a little... you will never get answers till you do. :0)
John 3:8- "The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from or where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the spirit."
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