Taste and See That the Lord is Good (Psalm 34:8)

My mind is whirling. I just read in Our Daily Bread about God having time for us. And here I sit on the "National Day of Prayer" and have spent (maybe) one hour in prayer. I have just gone about my business, not communing with my Lord at all, except for the hour at 4:55am. (I do think the Lord wants me up before the sun to see the sunrise, but that is another story) The Daily Bread reading directed me to Psalm 34, but also made me think. As a mother, how would I feel if my children "didn't have the time" to talk to me? I would be crushed. But God waits, oh so patiently, for us to come to Him, come before Him, talk to Him, be still with Him. And we rush about trying to "get stuff done" all the while forgetting completely that he is waiting there for us. I am sorry Lord for forgetting. I am sorry that in the course of the day you slip from 1st place to who knows where. PLEASE change my heart. I want you first always.

Back to Psalm 34:

I will extol the LORD at all times;
his praise will always be on my lips.
My soul will boast in the LORD;
let the afflicted hear and rejoice.
Glorify the LORD with me;
let us exalt his name together.
I sought the LORD, and he answered me;
he delivered me from all my fears.
Those who look to him are radiant;
their faces are never covered with shame.
This poor man called, and the LORD heard him;
he saved him out of all his troubles.
The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him,
and he delivers them.
Taste and see that the LORD is good;
blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.
Fear the LORD, you his saints,
for those who fear him lack nothing.
The lions may grow weak and hungry,
but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
Come, my children, listen to me;
I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
Whoever of you loves life
and desires to see many good days,
keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from speaking lies.
Turn from evil and do good;
seek peace and pursue it.
The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous
and his ears are attentive to their cry;
the face of the LORD is against those who do evil,
to cut off the memory of them from the earth.
The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them;
he delivers them from all their troubles.
The LORD is close to the brokenhearted
and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
A righteous man may have many troubles,
but the LORD delivers him from them all;
he protects all his bones,
not one of them will be broken.
Evil will slay the wicked;
the foes of the righteous will be condemned.
The LORD redeems his servants;
no one will be condemned who takes refuge in him.

I am overwhelmed at how much the Lord loves me. I am stumbling for the words to adequately describe my feelings at this moment. I have NEVER in my life been as close to the Lord as I am right now. I have prayed that He would "sit across the table from me so that I could hold His hands and talk with Him". This is as close as it gets to that. I feel that the Lord is showing me every day that He is right here and that He is in control.

My advice???? Taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man who takes refuge in him. Psalm 34:8