the joy of full...

The disciples went to town to get food...
leaving Jesus tired and hungry by the well...
while they were gone a Samaritan woman comes to the well...
Jesus reaches out to her for water...
she questions...
He questions...
and before you know it...
she's seen the Messiah... and goes to tell others...

When the disciples returned they said to Him...

"Rabbi, eat." But He said to them, 

"I have food to eat that you do not know about."

So the disciples were saying to one another,

"No one brought Him anything to eat, did he?"

Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me

and to accomplish His work. ..."

John 4:31-34 NASB

Jesus was full... from obeying His Father...

teaching the good news to the spiritually hungry...

This morning... after sitting around a table full of ladies...

all hungry for His Word...

and leading them... sharing stories with one another...

laughing... crying... witnessing...

I relate to Jesus...

I just felt full...

and what a joy to be full...

Obeying Him in a call to lead...

introduce others to the Word...

is a fulfilling joy...

Be full... do what He is calling you to...

share Him in Word and deed...

bless others with the good news...

When your words came, I ate them; they were my joy

and my heart's delight, for I bear your name,

O Lord God Almighty.

Jeremiah 15:16

full day... full heart...

A full day...
in His presence...
serving Him...
sharing what He's done in me...
encouraging another with His Word...
leaves me with a full heart...

So full... there aren't really words...
humbled... blessed... filled with thanks...

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly,

teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom,

singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,

with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

Colossians 3:16 ESV

Think I covered all this today... 

except for the singing...

so here we go...

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and here's another...

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full... hungry...

This evening... after a day of intentional intercession... I find myself full and hungry... at the same time...

Full of the sense of His presence...
Hungry for more...

Glimpses of truth...
bring desire for more...
more to see it...
more to know it...
more to live it...

An odd feeling... full... hungry...

Satisfied... yet... insatiable...
feeling like I'm going to burst...
but panting for more...

For he satisfies the longing soul,

and the hungry soul he fills with good things.

Psalm 107:9 ESV

a full day... filled with His joy...

A full day...
to dos... some gone undone...
mishaps...
adventures begun...
unknowns revealed... some still remain...
obedience to His call... where I didn't see a way...
but in it all... evidence of His faithfulness...
and a heart filled with His joy...

Previously... in a day... where stress and anxiety would have prevailed... I only find joy...

Weird... at least for me...

Where... when... have you experienced His joy... in a weird way...?

This is the day that the Lord has made;

let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Psalm 118:24 ESV

resting...

Resting in Him... at the end of a very full day...
one that just seems to be getting... fuller...

For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence,

for my hope is from him.

He only is my rock and my salvation,

my fortress; I shall not be shaken

On God rests my salvation and my glory;

my mighty rock, my refuge is God.

Psalm 62:5-7 ESV

too full for words...

Just a day... too full for words...
but filled with praise...
for His presence in it all...

Sing praises to the Lord, O you his saints,

and give thanks to his holy name.

Psalm 30:4 ESV

full...

Full days...
full weeks...
full life...
makes me wonder how it all gets done...

The business of new... has changed the rhythm of life...

Before... many of my days were quiet... filled with solitude...

Now... each day full... of people... and activity...

A different rhythm... one that feels... full...

I find the sunrise... and sunset... anchors in my day...

You make the going out of the morning

and the evening shout for joy.

Psalm 65:8 ESV

A reminder... of the joy of His presence...

A reminder... sunset is not an end... but the coming out of an evening...

Full days...
full evenings...
new rhythms...
working to keep centered... on Him...

... in him all things hold together...

Colossians 1:17 ESV

And why... I suppose... I continue to return... to Psalm 65:8... and the joyful language of each sunrise... and sunset...

so full...

What do you do when your day... week... is... so full... it looks like it all won't get done...?

Trust Him...

If you are walking with Him... in all your ways... to the utmost of the faith He's provided... it's His to accomplish... not yours...

Trust Him...

Ask... What's next...?

Listen...

Obey...

So teach us to number our days

that we may get a heart of wisdom.

Psalm 90:12 ESV

OK... Lord... What's next...?

full...

You know life is full... when you wish you could start tomorrow... today...

Yes... there's still things to accomplish today... this day not yet over... but I find myself pressed... wondering how I could fit more in today... to make tomorrow... less...

Yes... life is full...

Still working in new...

Wondering how it's all held together to this point...

But really... I know...

He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

Colossians 1:17

Including... me... my life... and very full days...

I praise You Lord... that it is You who holds things together... and it is not up to me... Thank You for Your guidance... strength... energy... to continue... working out... all You want to work in...