Sunday, January 23, 2011

When God speaks...

God has really taken me on a journey this week :) I’ve had some pretty amazing moments with Him. During one of my prayer times, God spoke to me. He asked, “Do you notice Me? Do you notice My love for you? Do you see the things that I do for you? Are you satisfied with My love? Is My presence enough for you? You are the desire of My heart, My most precious treasure. I do what I do because I love you. I notice you. I know you. And I just want to be with you.” God has spoken to me like this before, but I couldn’t help but cry, as if I was hearing it for the first time. To hear God say to ME that He notices me meant so much!


Later, God showed me a picture of a playground and a bunch of kids were lined up against the fence. The team captains started calling out names and the kids started to walk over to the person who called their name. That was the entire scene. But then God said, “You are always the right choice.” That statement made me think about how many times I change my mind and I change what I want to do and jump around and whatever. It made me realize how many times I’ve made bad decisions. But no matter what, God is always the same! He always loves me the same! He has no regrets with me. No “what-ifs” or “If onlys”. Just that I am always the right choice.


God’s love for me breaks my heart. It breaks my heart because it makes me think of all the people who have no idea what it means to be loved. Everyone is searching for love, for a reason to belong. I have one, but how many don’t? What about the people who feel that they have to drown their sorrows with alcohol in order to cope and make pain a bit less visible, even for just a moment? What about all of the girls who shamelessly throw themselves at men who will tell them what they want to hear, only to take advantage of them? What about the children who aren’t even given a chance because their lives were torn apart when a family member abused them? What about the girl or boy who is throwing up in the bathroom because they are disgusted by their own appearance? What about THEM?? God, why don’t You tell them what You tell me!? All of these people, searching for significance, searching for relevance.


Maybe God tells me so that I can tell them.

Silence is no longer an option.

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