Tummy Time

"They" say babies should engage in tummy time so they can take a break from all of the pressure on their occipital area, to strengthen the muscles needed to push up with their arms, and eventually take off crawling. Those of you with kids know that this can be quite a chore as most babies are incredibly resistant to this task. I laughed watching my niece over Skype push up with her arms and have no interest in staying in that position. It didn't matter what Heather would do, Ellen would roll to her back. I myself don't yet have any children, but one day I'll join the tummy time struggle. So why on Earth is a single woman with no children writing about tummy time? I crave it!

It's one of those things that you don't know how much you've missed it until you can define it. My pastor at Revolution Church told us that a pastor friend of his once told him that BUSY can be thought of as BEING UNDER SATAN'S YOKE. ....but in Matthew 11:28-30 Jesus calls us to TAKE up His and be joined indefinitely to Him. I've been given the visual and even the explanation, but just like Matthew 13 with the parable of the sower, you have to be ready to RECEIVE it before you'll understand it. Dr. Phil would say that the first step is admitting that you need help :) I need help getting to my tummy. I know some of you ladies are thinking, "OUCH!..I hate being on my stomach" Believe me when I say this to all you concerned women, there's not a whole lot there to make that position painful. If I just disappointed my future husband, keep looking buddy, cuz if you're just stopping by for that, you don't deserve me.

I've tried to start off my morning with the thought that the first thing I read should be His word. My mirror is outlined with 24 pieces of scripture, and believe me, it was one of the best decisions I've ever made in the little things that carry great weight. I've tried pulling out my journal and reflecting on life waking up an hour before I need to. The truth is, I just want tummy time. I want to lay on my stomach unable to see what's behind me. I don't want to think about dishes that need to be done, groceries that need to be bought, grad school papers, or even what some would call good deeds. They're just filthy rags in His eyes anyway. I love what I do, but I want at least 5 minutes of tummy time every day. That may be too much to ask as I may fail to get there, or once there fall asleep that way. If that makes me a dork, so be it. I feel like I just answered one of those "tell me something I don't know about you" kind of things on a dating website. Never been there and don't ever intend to, but yes an interesting fact about me is that I LOVE to lay on my stomach. ...and if I don't make it to my tummy I want five minutes on my back deck with a coffee mug in my hand. I have a dream deck and I haven't a clue when it will be my reality. I want a hammock, a swing, a grill (with smoke coming out of it and a man flipping my burgers...not because I can't but because there's just something about a man grilling out) and an herb garden because I LOVE to cook. I don't want to be bothered by bees near my patio furniture either. And when I have those five minutes I don't need my Bible, journal, or school books. I just want to sit and take in His size and the fact that I'm enveloped in His love. I ask, "Why does the sun always appear to rise and set from east to west?" God responds as I allow time to notice Him in EVERYTHING, "To show the expanse of my love for YOU." Psalm 103:11-16 My dream deck remains a dream, but the good news is... Tummy time is far less expensive :) Wish me luck! ...and find yours. Find your thing in life that you don't know how much you've missed it until you can define it. ...until you're in that place, that position of relaxation, that moment where it just hits you.