The Cadence of Creation
Over the last several months and weeks, in particular, I have been BUSY. I’ve had to juggle medical appointments, paperwork, work deadlines and you name it! I was beginning to feel depleted and empty.
I reached a point where I had to step away from anything extra outside of family and work. I just launched my blog and so I felt guilty about stepping away. However, I had to take time to allow God to deal with me and sit with what I was feeling. So I’ve been praying and unpacking, feeling and healing. I recently brought a journal and decided to unpack my thoughts and feelings there.
I made an altar there, poured out my heart, and waited for God to reveal His heart to me. In the past, I would sit down at my laptop and start typing, trying to chip away at a blank white page but lately, my laptop has become intimidating. I deemed my laptop as a place of completion and it felt too much like being on stage nervously trying to recite a speech you haven't memorized. So I found comfort in pen and paper, familiar tools of my youth.
I found myself back at the last instruction God gave which was to write. So in essence, I’m learning to pace myself and trying not to move anxiously. Sometimes it’s hard to pace because of the excitement. I came out of a season where I had no vision or expectations for better. So, therefore, I am learning how to balance the flow and realizing the value and power of planning.
I was sitting one day and I asked God to show me where I could find this in the Bible. I wanted to see the power of pacing and resting from a biblical perspective.
The Holy Spirit directed me to the beginning, Genesis. In Genesis we see God; the master of all creation, pacing Himself. The Holy Spirit revealed a pattern that I hadn’t noticed before, in the early accounts of creation, and each time I read it, I imagined a cadence similar to that of breathing.
“God said…”
“ And God saw that it was good.”
“And the evening passed and the morning came.”
The cadence of creation, envisioned the rhythm of life; inhaling, and exhaling. I imagined God seated with what He created, while He so finely carved and set in motion the blueprint for reproduction. God spoke and then He sat with what was created (God saw). Then “the evening passed and the morning came.”
I know it's not easy to follow the rhythm when society is always ready for the next step. In the current time, it's so easy to binge on what you enjoy or anything you desire.
Sometimes we face pressure to usher in the next thing before we can process or experience what we have now.
I'm not saying we shouldn’t plan for the future or want more, but please make sure you follow the pace God set for your life and your journey.
