P.S. (Pre-script)

Some may think this blog is long.  It is a pivotal blog with information pertinent to the future of this blog.  Please read to the end.

Monday May 23 2016  GOD SPEAKS TO US IN MANY WAYS

It seems God speaks to us in so many different ways when we are least expecting it.  I believe I heard words intended for me from two different people while at church yesterday.  First of all let me set the stage so you can see where I am coming from.

My days are overwhelmingly packed right now because of many different situations.  We are downsizing considerably, living in the chaos of opening box after box to disperse, getting ready for a couple of planned garage sales, exercising almost daily, writing my blog (which can be as time consuming as I allow it), borderline addiction to the IPhone, springtime task maintenance of opening a large yard, as well as a myriad of vegetables coming weekly from our CSA Wholesome Harvest food box that must be cleaned, packaged, and cooked.  So, as you can see each day is full to the max without considering indoor maintenance, food shopping, doctor visits, and all the other “visits” that come along with getting older.  It’s a good thing I am not attached to T.V.

The more I write on the computer, the less time I spend sitting in the Lord’s presence with my journal.  I have desperately missed that morning time when I would get up at 4:30 or 5:00 a.m. each morning and spend two or three hours studying, praying, reading scriptures and other spiritual related topics, and just listening for the Lord to speak to me.  I have written some about this in the past and I realize that there are a lot of people that might think using my time as such is frivolous and ill-used.  But I want to tell you, when one has a thirsting and longing to know God in a more intimate way there is no better way to do so.  Lately I have been unable to set that time aside due to late nights (mostly computer problems and too much on my agenda) and must settle for the sermons I listen to at the gym everyday online (IPhone).  And everywhere I turn, a page in a book, a single sheet of paper that flutters out of a box I am sorting, church sermons, online sermons, and through people I come in contact with, are all pointing me to the fact that God is calling me back to that early morning hour of intimate prayer time with Him.

I won’t even try to persuade those of you who do not understand to comprehend it.  All I can say, for me it is necessary, and God is aware of that need in me.  So, yesterday while I was at church I once again heard something that I felt I was supposed to hear.  A man, referring to his wife, mentioned her first two hours of each day was set aside for journaling and being with the Lord.  That statement was a big reminder to me of what I had quit doing with diligence due to my overbooked schedule.  It was as if his words were another wake up call for me.

Last week, while unpacking a box, one sheet of paper fluttered to the floor.  I picked it up and realized it was a photo copy from one page of my “Jesus Calling” book.  I read the words and it was as if the voice of Jesus was speaking directly into my heart.  It was then that the wife stated that she had a word for me that she felt was from the Lord. What she actually spoke was a prophetic message that has been given to me on three distinct occasions.  This message reminded me of who I am and the calling I feel the Lord has placed on my life.  We are all given different directives, talents, personalities, and desires.  I have discovered that God has made us each unique because He has a plan to use our uniqueness for His calling on our lives.  That was a confirmation to me that if I were to continue to be whom God designed me to be, then I needed to have the input (my morning devotion and prayer time), in order to fulfill the calling that God designed for me to do.

After yesterday’s experience my heart was ready to come running back to my morning sanctuary with my Lord.  And oh, it was so good.  It is God’s desire that we turn toward Him, that we open our hearts to receive all that He desires to give us, and that we go forth to our rightful place in His plan for us.  The rest of what I do is worthless if it is done for my own pride, glory, or accomplishments.  Only what is done for God will last.  How awesome it is to get to know Him a little better each and every day and to be filled with His presence.  And we don’t even need to stand in line!

The following excerpt is from the sheet that fluttered to the ground from the “Jesus Calling” boo by Sarah Young.  Entry for March 27^th.

“Be still in My Presence, even though countless tasks clamor for your attention.  Nothing is as important as spending time with Me.  While you wait in my Presence, I do My best work within you: transforming you by the renewing of your mind.  If you skimp on this time with Me, you may plunge headlong into the wrong activities, missing the richness of what I have planned for you.”

Following is the poem I received from the Lord after I read Proverbs 13:

 

ALL BECAUSE OF OUR INTIMATE TIME

By Kathleen Martens

May 23, 2016

 

Jesus beckons in sweetest whisper,

“I am here calling you close.

Listen to my Spirit’s wooing,

Do not allow your spirit to doze.”

 

“Come alive in My Presence

That you are attuned to what I say.

Never take for granted

The power of words you pray.”

 

“Days are but numbers,

Hours but a blink of the eye.

But every moment in My Presence

You are storing treasures in the sky.”

 

“Look not at what the world offers

For it will rust and fade away.

But when you spend time with Me

You invest in eternity every day.”

 

“When you are full to overflowing

Your joy and peace cascades on another,

All because of our intimate time

To heaven you’ll bring along others.

 

And after reading Proverbs 13 the following is the message I felt the Lord was speaking through His scriptures to my heart.

 

THE MOST IMPORTANT OF YOUR DAY

The soul of my diligent will be made rich.  Be well advised in my Word that you do not born pride, for pride will cause contention in your heart.  Be diligent in what I call you to do.  When you labor to do right, you will be blessed.  I will place within you desire to do My will and when fulfillment transpires it will become a “TREE OF LIFE”.  Be prudent that you will act with knowledge.  When you use wisdom the snares of death will not entangle you.  These moments, the most important of your day, is when I refresh and renew, and restore all that you are.  You are my beloved and my love for you is beyond what you can even imagine.

 

Thank You God for prompting Holy Spirit to keep prodding my spirit that I would come home to my morning hearth.

Thank You for the poem You placed in my heart this morning.

Thank You for the fullness of Your peace.

Thank You Lord for being in control of my entire life.

Thank You for my beautiful customized pen so I can still write comfortably.

Thank You for ink refills.

 

I love You so much Heavenly Father!

MAY GOD BLESS EACH WHO READ TO THE END!  (AND LORD, BLESS THOSE WHO DO NOT READ TO THE END).

P.S.  Remember, your words are never idle.  At times your words may tear down or build up.  I am grateful for the words this couple spoke to me.  It was just one more way that God was speaking to me!