Clock Ticking

"Then you will call on Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. You will seek Me and find Me when you seek Me with all your heart"- Jeremiah 29:12-13 (NIV).

When my ability to become pregnant was taken from me at age 23, I wasn't aware of the emotional strain and struggle that reality would have on me in the following years. I yearned for that little someone I'd never meet; the warm sweet kisses I would never feel; never hearing lips call me Mom; even all the messiness and chaos of raising a child. Those thoughts became a heavier weight over time. I needed that emptiness inside of me to be filled. Keep that in mind the next time you casually dismiss a woman's desire as her biological "clock ticking." It's an intense physical emotion. And you seek relief. That's the level of seeking I think God has in mind when he says to seek Him with all your heart. In fact, there truly is a clock ticking in each of us and His timing is perfect timing. Seek the Lord while He can be found; call upon Him. He is near (Isaiah 55:6).