That Tiny Whisper

This Sunday, our amazing pastor, asked for people to come forward if they felt led to and publicly recognize that they need their walk with the Lord to be on the straight and narrow.  We usually don't have altar calls as a common thing at our church, although people do go up occasionally to get some prayer.  We have been learning about the 7 churches mentioned in Revelations 2 and 3.  He has been talking about the fact that we, ourselves, can be one of these churches but the church we ultimately want to be like is the Church of Philadelphia.  They were faithful, always letting God lead them even in times of trouble.  He looked down on them with favor in His eyes.  He said that if anyone of us felt led to go up and confess, repent for what we are doing in our walk, now is the perfect time.  God loves when we want to make things right with Him.  I was standing there thinking that I am just way too shy to go forward and I think, yes, my walk could use some help but I couldn't figure out in my mind which church in the book I most connected with that day.  As I was standing there, the song was playing, everyone's eyes were closed, I heard a still, faint whisper.  Then I heard it again and I turned to my friend who was sitting next to me.  I knew it wasn't her as she was deep in her own thoughts.  There was no one else close to me.  So I just kept my head bowed and closed my eyes again.  I heard it again, the same whisper, saying "Just trust in me."  "Just trust in me."  Yes, this is something I have been having to deal with for a long time now.  I know to trust in Him, but do I totally give myself over to Him and let Him deal with my life?  Most of the time I want to but I have to say that I don't always let Him.  So as I was there with my eyes closed, the tears started running down my cheeks, fogging up my glasses as I repented.  I repented of the fact that I don't let Him take care of it.  I don't give myself fully to Him to work miracles in my life, although He has done many in my lifetime.  I repented that day to fully give myself to Him and know that my life and whatever is going on in my personal life will be done with Him by my side.  I have to remember to trust that He has my back.  He has me by the hand and is walking me through this wonderful, learning life.  I worry about finances and how am I going to go back to work after being home for 8 years with my children.  I worry about our health and our children's health each and everyday.  I worry about how we are going to do the things we want to do in our lives.  I worry about everyone in my family.  I worry about my friends and what they think of me.  I just plain WORRY!  I am not to worry.  I am to put my complete and total trust in the Lord God, the Alpha and the Omega, the One who created the Earth, made me in my mother's womb.  He is mighty to save and mighty to trust.  Lord I just thank you so much for that powerful message we received yesterday in church.  Oh my heart leaps for you Lord Jesus.  I love you so much.  I know that each and every person that went up to the front of the church had different, personal reasons for being up there with you and it amazes me that everyone in the building could feel Your Spirit moving.  Even if I felt that your tiny whisper on the breeze was intimate and solely for me, I know that you are an uncontainable, powerful God and each and everyone of us can have that same tiny whisper in our day.  We just need to listen for it because You are there with us.  I feel so blessed to have heard You and I thank you for Your convicting words.  I get down on my knees for you Lord.  My life is Yours and always has been Yours.  In Your Son's Name, Amen

Light up the Sky, The Afters

Music "Light up the Sky" by the Afters.....the lights in Alaska, the Northern Lights were amazing. Let go of everything for one moment, look up in the sky at the lights and let God speak to you. Amazing things will happen. His love is for all of us and He wants us to "see" Him.

Light Through the Clouds

Today, as I was running with my sister in one of the most beautiful places in Nevada, she told me something that will stick with me for a long time.  The moon last night was especially bright but not only was it bright, it was massive, like it was sitting right there to touch.  Picture the mountains of the Sierra with the moon perched right at the top of the ridge and all its glory is pouring out of its immense structure due to the sun.  Breathtaking was the moon last night and when you have nights like that where you see something that is impossible to describe, I feel you have seen the hand of God.  She said that when she was looking at the moon, she was driving home from work and the song "Light Up the Sky" by the Afters was on the radio.  She had to pull over and just let it sink in.  It was as if the Lord was speaking to her through the beauty of the moon and the song talking about the fact that God lights up the sky for us so we know He is with us.  He is with us always.  But isn't it wonderful to know that sometimes He wants us to see physical representations of His almighty presence.  How many people looked up at that moon last night and just stood in awe?  How many of us looked at it and drank in the love that God has for each and everyone of us?  Everyone is going through tough times at different times of their lives and to know that He is there to shine the light on your life and bring you out of the darkness into His all welcoming arms just blows me away.  He can be anywhere and everywhere.  It doesn't matter where you are in your life.  He knows you intimately and wants you to know that He is there and has cried tears with you through every trial and situation.  So the next time you see the stars, the sunshine, the moon, the Northern Lights, and the sparkles from the morning dew, realize that it is a love note from God telling you that He is there, now and forevermore. 

1 John 1:5  This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.

Joy Overflowing

Recently I lost a friend, a friend who I knew in high school.  This friend and I lost contact over the years as we both moved on and got married.  Just in the past 6 months I reconnected with him through a mutual friend of ours and it was a blessing to be able to say hello again.  Unfortunately, our families would never end up meeting and our reunion was short.  He was always one that had a smile on his face, a word or expression to say about anything and everything, and a quick one liner that would make anyone blush.  He was also a very devout Christian man who I noticed at a young age, loved His Father in Heaven.  Hearing about his dying really hit our former youth group hard and we all rallied around the family via email and letters.  The more time sank in that he was gone at such a young age, the more time I had to think about how his JOY is overflowing in Heaven.  I can see him face to face with our Lord and Savior, just relishing in the idea that he is in the presence of the almighty King.  No more worries about life on Earth.  Just dancing, singing, and pure JOY.  That JOY that I picture right now is what I can't wait to see and have when I go up to Heaven.  This life on Earth can be great and full of some joy but when compared to the JOY you will get in the halls of Heaven for eternity, it is nothing.  I love my life, I love my husband, I love my children and family so much that they give me pure and unadulterated JOY each and everyday.  But to know that my JOY will be 10-fold, 100-fold, 1 million-fold comparitively makes me fall to my knees.  The Lord our God is the source of our true JOY and I never want to forget that.  Put all things aside that make me less than joyous and keep His precious face in my minds' eye.  Just focus on the face of Jesus.  Focus on the eternity.  Focus on His majesty.  JOY is for all who seek Him and I just pray that you find that JOY in your life with Him as your center.  I hope one day to dance in Heaven at the feet of my precious Savior.  I want to bow down and worship Him with all consuming love.  The picture I have of our old friend makes me smile.  I know he is where he wanted to be and know that his JOY is brimming over the top.  Love the Lord your God with all your soul.......keep the JOY deep down in your heart but let others see it shine through you.  May God bless your week.