When I was in my 20’s living in Toronto, my family scattered across the globe, I remember going for a walk one night. As I passed by a street of beautifully decorated houses, I stopped for a minute to have a conversation with God. I don’t remember the exact words I used, but I do remember having a lot to say. I remember seeing the lights on in one of the houses and watching a family inside. As if window shopping, I told God, I want that. I REALLY want THAT! I didn’t hear a response. I only felt the bitter cold, and the wind biting at my cheeks as I walked home alone. That night I wondered if God was really listening. What I know now, is that He was listening. I just never stopped talking long enough to hear His response.
The truth is, we long for things. We look in the windows of others lives and whisper, if I had THAT. We’re only human. We want the precious baby that would complete our family. The job that could give our family so much more. A cure for cancer so our loved ones would not have to suffer.
Whatever you long for in the “window” of your heart, with gratitude and thanksgiving and hands toward heaven, lay down your request at the feet of Jesus. Surrender it to Him, and then, well, stop talking. Wait. Listen. Be still and know. Know that the God who created this world, the God that sent his Son to die for us....He’s already got your window decorated. He’s prepared it so tenderly with His love, that you would weep if you were able to see it all at once.
I wish that in my 20’s I understood that. Move along Karen. What I have for you is not in someone else’s window. Wait until you see what I have prepared. The things I have for you will be there....in my time. God’s perfect timing.
Rest in the truth that God has your life planned right down to the finest detail. The things you long for, the things you talk about and ask for, God knows. He is listening. He has never left you even for a second.
He is the window dresser of your heart....in all things.
This Christmas, as you stop to admire the beautifully decorated windows of your neighbors, Thank Him for the ways in which Our Heavenly Father has decorated YOUR life here on earth, and into eternity.
Philippians 4:6 Don't worry about anything;instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need and thank Him for all He has done.
Hebrews 12:28
Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe
