This is what I seek

One of the passages my mentor shared with me this morning was Psalm 27.

4 One thing I ask of the LORD,
this is what I seek:
that I may dwell in the house of the LORD
all the days of my life,
to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD
and to seek him in his temple.

⁵ For in the day of trouble
he will keep me safe in his dwelling;
he will hide me in the shelter of his tabernacle
and set me high upon a rock.

As a Mum, I find it's difficult to make time to spend time with God, to spend time learning from His Word, and just praising Him for who He is. It's difficult, but not impossible. David says, "This is what I seek".

God is the one who keeps me safe in His dwelling and who hides me in the shelter of His tabernacle. As I spend time worshiping Him, I experience His amazing love, His refreshment and realise anew how blessed I am to know Him. I remember how good He is, that regardless of my circumstances I can say with Habbakuk, "Yet I will rejoice."

Dad and I used to worship God by singing and playing together at home often as I was growing up. I miss that. But I'm hoping as the girls get older, we might be able to do the same. That together we can praise God for His faithfulness and His goodness in every part of life, the great stuff and the tough stuff. When we play together at the moment I have lots of extra 'help' on the keyboard, and eventually give up and just let the girls 'play'! It's still fun, but not quite the same.

Thanks, Lord, for Your Word, for all it teaches me about Your character and Your faithfulness, and for all the guidance it gives in living life the way You intended it to be lived. Lord, help me to make time to worship You, to remind myself of who You are and to praise You for being my Comforter, Refuge and Solid Rock. This is what I seek... to dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life.