Cuz he told me to.

I have a 9 year old son, and sometimes…he still listens to me. (LOL!) We read Bible stories together, and recently we read about Zechariah (Luke 1) and how he was made speechless for not believing in what God’s angel was telling him. I told my son, “If you ever get spoken to by God or an angel, YOU BETTER DO WHAT THEY SAY! Right?” He wholeheartedly agreed with me.

This past year I have had spiritual goals. I had a goal to not only pray more often, but on further examination, I pray to know God’s will – not just asking for a new car or for my life to fall into place perfectly. At the very lowest points of my life, thankfully, I have known to get down on my knees. It is at those “low” points that I hear his words. But why can’t I hear them all the time? My answer to this is perhaps I am not asking. Or, when he answers perhaps I am not listening. I am a firm believer that God is speaking to us all the time, most of the time, we just aren’t paying attention. So my goal has been to really focus on what his will for me is, and to listen to what he is trying to tell me.

I always feel like I should be doing more. I should be shouting from the rafters the glory God. He gives me a beautiful peace, an acceptance and love that I BASK in. I KNOW, Jesus died for me. He saved me from my sins so that I would live eternally in heaven with him. (John 3:16 For GOD so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.) In that respect, I have no worries. All that awesomeness in my life– but I don’t convey it to others. Or not in the way I would like to. Why? I can never think of the right thing to say at that “opportunistic” moment. I can’t debate AT ALL! I’m not kidding, it’s really horrible. Especially when those around me are really good at it! I bumble and stumble with my words and don’t always get my point across. I want to stop their arguing and debate and explain all the answers calmly and succinctly. Maybe even add a “BAM” factor at the end. Jesus died for our sins, then he rose up cuz he is just that AWESOME! I am loved no matter what, even when I do bone-headed stuff. I am forgiven of my sins. There is a book out there called the Bible that explains it all. Prayer helps me move closer to GOD. I feel his presence, I can hear and feel his answers to my prayers. One day I won’t have any of the stresses of life. I have a place PREPARED JUST FOR ME in heaven! And I want to sing from the rafters and jump up and down. And I so want that for everyone else. I want you to feel as glorious as I feel. Even on a bad day I feel fantastic, because of GOD’s love for me.

So how do I spread the Good News?

…I just did.

….I blog.

BAM!

It was an answer to a prayer.  I asked God, how do I spread the the news of your abundant love since singing and dancing from the rafters is off the table!? As clear as day the answer came to me. I know it was GOD answering, I know blogging would not have been MY answer in a million years. And yet it makes perfect sense.

Just the thought of sharing has made me excited and nervous. It is a very personal relationship that I am obviously unable to share with everyone verbally. Then at church yesterday we read this scripture: 1 Samuel 10:7-8 “When these signs have happened to you, do whatever your circumstances require because GOD is with you.” It kind of gave me that extra boost. I’m going to lay it out there. I asked, and he answered. He told me to, and if I am going to take those lessons to heart that I share with my son, I had better do it!

I pray God speaks through me.