Life Is Complicated

I was thinking this morning about the things going on in my life. Right now, I am living a very busy, full life. So much of it I am loving: the experience, the people, the challenges, but it often gets so complicated. Whether it is balancing time across different relationships, scheduling time for my projects, or just carving out time to spend with the Lord, it is a huge complicated beast of an existence right now.

I just hope it all works out. I know God has a great plan as I pursue Him and walk through this life. I just wish it wasn't all so complicated all the time. Praise God for the simple moments. And His constant grace.

I have been encouraged lately by a specific Bethany Dillon song "Say Your Name." While some of it does not apply in any way (some lines are from a girl's perspective on her marriage after all), the heart of the song resonates with me and my life.

First:

"I'm trying to find a moment with you. These days are speeding by"

Who doesn't feel that way? Everything goes by so very quickly...

The chorus especially:

"Still I reach for you, when I am afraid.

This breath, it comes from You

It helps me say Your name."

Another line that just floors me:

"I look at the life of Anna
Your presence was her home"

What does it look like for His presence to be my home?

How would my day and my thoughts change? How would my focus and heart re-orient onto Him? If His presence was my home, than the things in this world wouldn't matter so much and the troubles I have would fade.

May Your presence be our home!