Listening

Listening is so important to God. He listens to us constantly, and wants us to listen to Him, too.

Tonight, J and I spent some time "soaking." We haven't done that together in a long time. There are a bunch of different things you can do to soak, but what we did tonight was put on some worship music (www.ihop.org/prayerroom/), sat on a couch, and took out our laptops in case we wanted to journal. We mostly sat and rested in God's presence, and listened for God's voice. He spoke to both of us.

Tonight He confirmed to me that He cares less about what we actually do and more about our motivation for doing it, and how it affects our relationship with Him. Sometimes, we feel unsettled about a situation not necessarily for the situation's sake, but because God is trying to get our attention and telling us to listen. There might be nothing wrong, but He just wants to reassure us of that by telling us Himself, because that helps build our trust in Him and teaches us how to hear better. How often do we forget to listen to Him, when He is always speaking to our hearts! He cares more about us and our well-being than we do, yet we absently forget about Him. Even though He's always with us, it's important to take time out of our days and focus our full attention on Him - like J & I did tonight. It's so healthy! It makes me feel whole.

I also realized something else tonight, which I shared with J: Sometimes I get lost in my thoughts and don't know where I went. I'm not an absent-minded person, at all, and I'll know I had been thinking something profound, but it's gone in an instant. I realize now that it's God speaking to my spirit things that I should know, just between me and Him. He goes past my mind and just communicates them to my heart. It's kinda cool! It changes me and makes me a stronger person. If that sounds weird to you, just take it or leave it, I won't be offended ;-)

Keep a listening ear out for God today!

- Kay