Solitude

Man, this was so good for me to hear this week. In the past few months I have been working on trying to leave my phone behind or turn it off in order to be able to truly spend time with others around me and in my time alone with the Creator of the universe. But lately, I have been losing sight of that and allowing distractions to penetrate into that time with God.
I think it is so amazing what Kristen wrote in the devotion about how solitude is really a trust issue and it is only in solitude where we can discover the answer of whether we trust Him or not. Also, with reading James 3:2-10 I was struck by this verse "With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God's likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing." When I used to read this awhile back, it never had quite the same affect on me as it has recently in the last year for two reasons. First, I never truly praised God with my whole being like I do now because I never truly knew what worship was and also because I never truly realized that all men are God's creation and that we were all created in His likeness. How amazing that truth was to me after I had finally realized it!