{"id":913,"date":"2017-06-24T09:26:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-24T14:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/the-rhythms-of-life-and-how-they-ebb\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T10:10:11","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T16:10:11","slug":"the-rhythms-of-life-and-how-they-ebb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=913","title":{"rendered":"The Rhythms of Life and How They Ebb and Flow"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Life is interesting, isn\u2019t it? We go through different stages of life in what seems like a blink of an eye. After my sweetheart left for his heavenly assignment, the sweet rhythm of God\u2019s grace and love had steady flow that kept me wrapped up in such peace and security. I had my family, church, church family, a home in a lovely community and the friends that went along with it. Sure there were ups and downs, but they came in and went out \u2013 like the tide\u2019s ebb and flow. Beautiful rhythms.<\/p>\n

Then the big change came for me when I moved from those comfortable rhythms in that season of life, to Texas where, honestly, I\u2019m still endeavoring to establish some consistent rhythms again. I get it — I’ve wandered for a while from city to city and church to church \u2013 store to store \u2013 street to street \u2013 looking for familiarity and a consistent rhythm.<\/p>\n

Night before last, I went to bed feeling completely out of sync. But, during the night, I had one of those \u201cKing David\u201d moments (1 Samuel 30:6) when he encouraged himself. I encouraged myself. I determined to give the worries to God and recognize that I can\u2019t, but HE CAN! He tells us so in this scripture: \u201cCome to me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take up my yoke and learn from me, because I am lowly and humble in heart, and you will find rest (sweet rhythm) for your souls.\u201d Matthew 11:28-29. <\/p>\n

I bounced out of bed yesterday morning with an empowered mindset. I took matters into my “rhythmic” hands that are empowered by God’s strong and mighty hands and made some positive decisions. The best part, I realized I have the opportunity to use my faith to make those \u201cwalls of discomfort\u201d tumble down by praising and thanking God for so many blessings. Philippians 4:6 \u201cDon\u2019t worry about anything, but in EVERYTHING, through prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.\u201d <\/p>\n

Did He say EVERYTHING? Yes, and what\u2019s so exciting is that we are told to come in confidence, knowing, with relief, that He loves us enough to want us there, right at His feet resting in His love and grace.<\/p>\n

Most importantly, I got out of myself and into sharing God\u2019s love and encouragement with a young tow truck driver (that’s a story for another day) and an air conditioner technician (another story for another day) — and was even able to pray with one to find his way back to God. It\u2019s amazing how people open up when they sense “a rhythm” of God\u2019s love coming at them. <\/p>\n

Thank you, Lord, for the slow and smooth rhythms that are so sweet, but I thank You for even the staccato, disconnected rhythms \u2013 because more than anything I desire to be in sync with Your ebbs and flows \u2013 in tempo that connects me to your ways which are so much higher than my ways!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Life is interesting, isn\u2019t it? We go through different stages of life in what seems like a blink of an eye. After my sweetheart left for his heavenly assignment, the sweet rhythm of God\u2019s grace and love had steady flow that kept me wrapped up in such peace and security. I had my family, church,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2416,1893,569,229,5504,5505,997,2304,5462,5506,5507,775,5508],"class_list":["post-913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-1-samuel-306","tag-dont-worry","tag-ebb-and-flow","tag-gods-grace","tag-in-sync","tag-matthew-1128-29","tag-philippians-46","tag-rhythm","tag-rhythms-of-life","tag-season-of-life","tag-stages-of-life","tag-thanksgiving","tag-tides-ebb-and-flow"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=913"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6935,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913\/revisions\/6935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}