The Quiet Revolution...

1 Kings 19:3, 4b
"Elijah was afraid and ran for his life.... He came to a broom tree, sat down under it and prayed that he might die. "I have had enough Lord," he said, "Take my life, I am no better than my ancestors."

1 Kings 19:11-13
"The Lord said, "Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by." Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper. When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave. Then a voice said to him, "What are you doing here, Elijah?"

I love Elijah because he's totally straight up with God. He simply said, "I've had enough," and he prays to die. Now I've never got to that place but there's definitely times where I've laid in bed in the morning and wondered how on earth I was going to drag my exhausted body out of bed and face another day.

As many of you know besides full time campus ministry I also lead a small group of Grade 10 girls at my church youth group, called Crossfire. We had out monthly leaders meeting Friday night and among many things were challenged by our youth pastor to become a part of the quiet revolution. Sometimes in the middle of everything going on in our lives we need to take out to listen for that gentle whisper. We can't hear it in the rushings of the day, we can't hear it when our worries and doubts drown out its gentleness. Our youth pastor Mark explained this all to our group of leaders and then we were all assigned weeks to take part in this. A week where we'd make the effort to take more time than normal for God and to quiet down and listen to him. And so... this week is my week.

One of the blessings of my job is that once a month I get a "day alone with God." A day alone to spend just with the big guy upstairs, my best friend and sure enough for me it's this Thursday, my quiet revolution week. And so I would challenge you guys too... sometime this week take some time out for God. An extra 15 minutes, an hour... whatever you need to do. Lets spend some time this week, slow everything down and focus simply on God and our relationship with him. I'll get back to you on how my week goes, let me know about yours. I would honestly love to hear from you too, may you be blessed this week, I love you all so much!