A Visit
with the Big Dipper
I had gone to bed around
8:30 or so, tired and glad I was in my warm bed. Outside, the wind was
howling, as it had for two days straight. These storms blast my part
of Alaska with up to 75mph winds that snap tall trees and blast
our streets into sheets of ice.
Around 3am the clanging
together of the birdfeeders at my window woke me up, and startled
me. As I turned, there it was: the Big Dipper in all its
glory!
I suppose only us humans
who happen to live near the poles of our planet earth get to see such an
awesome sight---the blackest of night sky with
its shimmering jewels! It was breathtaking to behold. I
recalled the same sight five years earlier. I knew from that experience
that I was in God's presence in a special way, for He had spoken a powerful
word to me then. Would He speak again?
I needed something,
though I didn't exactly know what it was: Constant troubles in every corner of
the planet, uncertainties and silent fears in every
nation. Troubles in Haiti. Troubles in Korea. Economies in peril. A
world gone mad. Would He not give me insights about what things are to
take place soon?
What is about to happen,
Lord? When will you come for us O precious King? People, good
people, yearn and dig deep into your Word for comfort and assurance. Speak
to us, Lord.
He did not answer me
immediately. but waited for two more days, during which the unrelenting winds
kept me inside my house. The nativity scene I had spent hours putting up
down below my driveway was now torn apart and in shambles. Tree limbs were
scattered everywhere. All I could do was simply wait and wonder if
He heard my prayers or not.
And then He spoke to me
these words:
"Did you not
notice that it was during the storm that you also experienced My calm and
glorious presence? Take note, my child. Comfort your
own heart and those of others who love Me. This
is how it can also be in
all the storms that are to come. Whatever happens upon the earth and
in your life, I am the One who is always and eternally with you. Do
not be distracted by the calamaties that arise. You think of them, but
seldom do you pray much about them. Focus on Me alone. That is
the place of peace and safety, comfort and strength. As I told My
disciples before I returned into heaven: 'It is not for you to know the times
and seasons which the Father hath put in his own power.' I have told you
the signs that foretell My return. Watch for them with great joy and
anticipation.
I have taught you much,
yet your thoughts are sometimes as broken and scattered as the limbs
from your trees. You forget to ask Me for the simplest of things,
because you have not comprehended My burning desire for you to involve me in
all your thoughts.....just as I involve Myself in
yours. Yet you think, "I should not bother God with such simple
things, as 'where did I put my car keys?'"
You remember how you
awed the night scene which I woke you to behold? Trillions and
trillions of stars, so many you could never even see with your naked eye, yet I
named each one--because I care for my creation. You are also my creation
and I care for You and have written your name upon My hand.
But be mindful of Me,
as I am mindful of You. Become aware and engrave upon your mind
that I am a NOW God....this moment, this hour. I never sleep nor
slumber. All things are mine, except the times you choose to by-pass My
wisdom and provision by failing to ask for mine and then relying upon
your own.
Does a farmer plant
seeds in the earth and not watch over them, observing and anticipating new
growth, testing the soil for moisture and needed rains, the warmth of the
sun--careful to defend his crop from invading pests? Is one seed more
important to him than another? Why, then, do you limit my concerns in your own
life? Your prayers to Me are
like these seeds, and whatever you ask of Me, I am such a master gardener with
My Word. I watch over it to perform it. Each prayer is a seed in
My garden.
Give Me your
seeds. No matter the size. The things you cannot understand, the questions
that lack answers, the longings and uncertainties, the fears. This time of
waiting is your opportunity to learn the lesson I am trying to teach
you.
Start today, at each
and every opportunity. Treasure the smallest need you may have. It
is not just a need--it is a seed for you to plant.
Then watch, with Me,
what will become of it when I become The Gardener.
MARY E.
ADAMS
December 2010