Hearing the voice of God...
something beautiful, unique, and often seen as difficult.
As rain patters on the ground and birds chirp in waking, I am reminded of God's promises. Swooping carefree from one branch to another, they sing a song of praise. I want to be carefree like the sparrow, with a natural spring of praise overflowing from my heart.
I was reminded the other day not to overcomplicate things. Sometimes I get to the point of frustration in trying to hear from God, or just feel distracted. It is in the stillness of my mind that He is able to speak the loudest.
"Be still and know that I am God, " He says with great care. (Psalm 46:10)
It has been 3 days here at YWAM, but I am learning a lot. I am so grateful for this opportunity to rest in God and to have such a great family to encourage me here. I know that God is working on me with seeing Him as my perfect and loving Father that I can run to at any time and with so much more, and I am so glad that I can already see my confidence building. I keep getting the image of sitting on His lap. Him holding me close. I know He's telling me how much He loves me, I'm just waiting for that day when I will be completely unashamed and confident to jump up on His lap.
It has been hard, in some ways, thinking about the Father aspect of God. I have pushed the thoughts about my dad to the back of my mind, trying to ignore them, but I have decided to do that no longer. I said in some ways before though because God has been a wonderful Father to me and been there in ways that my earthly father couldn't, I just want to discover more about that aspect of God and to be able to just run and embrace Him.
Updates from my journey with YWAM and beyond...
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