Sometimes You Just Need To Get Away

Good Morning!! Most of today I felt like an Ostrich. I wanted to stick my head in the sand and ignore everyone else.  I felt like being alone.  I didn’t want to talk on the phone, text or email.  This morning I went work, and every where I turned someone needed to talk to me, show me something or ask me for something. Even at Quick Trip where I stopped for coffee, a chatty woman stood in front of me, as we were waiting check-out.  She continued to talk to me even after she had paid,…she  talked non-stop. She reminded me of a chirping canary.  I paid for  my coffee, and dashed to my truck,..still smiling. Today I was an ostrich, but maybe tomorrow I could be a canary. Some days I need my ostrich-type solitude. Other times, my own canary self tweets for companionship, and camaraderie.
At daybreak, Jesus went out to a solitary place. The people were looking for him and when they came to where he was, they tried to keep him from leaving them.—Luke 4:42 (NIV)

My introverted self needs time alone,…the extroverted part of my personality needs fellowship. God created us with both needs. Scripture proves this to us by using Jesus as an example. Various verses describe how He interacted with the multitudes. The Bible portrays how the 12 disciples, were his closet friends. Many verses illustrate that James, John, and Peter became his inner circle of confidants. Jesus loved people and living in community with them. Yet other Scriptures tells us, "At day break Jesus went out to a solitary place."  Another verse confirms His need for aloneness: "But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed" (Luke 5:16, NIV). Jesus needed people,…and He required solitude.

Especially at this hectic time of year, we often feel emotionally frazzled and physically exhausted.
We overspend, overeat, and just plain overdo everything.

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Father, give us the sense to realize that we can’t do everything we want to do,…or believe we have to.  Grant us wisdom to know when we need solitude.  Call us away to pray with You, when we begin to overdo it,  in our activities. We ask You to aid us in finding a balance in our lives with people, activities and with You. In Jesus’ Sweet Name, we pray. Amen.

"Asking for God's blessing in our lives, should mean more of Him,...not just more stuff."