The Lord is such a precious gentleman; He's the man of my dreams! As you get to experience Him more in your life and as you go building that crazy-in-love (beyonce style haha) relationship with Him, He becomes more like a best friend rather than just some invisible God that you pray to about stuff. You go including Him in all you do - you let Him take precedence in the CORE of your very being.
Knowing God does not come through a program or a method; it is a RELATIONSHIP with a PERSON. (more on the personage of Christ on a later date) It is an intimate love relationship w/God. Through this relationship, God reveals His will and INVITES us to join Him where He is already at work. When we obey, God accomplishes through US something only He can do. It is here that you get to experience Him at the work He does through you.
You know how when you have a "significant other" and you go get your hair done or maybe you bought a new outfit or just something as simple as changing your nail color.. you hope that he notices and compliments the small things. You want Him to take notice of how beautiful you are and not just take notice but SAY IT. For instance, "I like what you did to your hair, you look beautiful" Hearing and seeing stuff like that from the one you love just makes a girl feel darn good - plain and simple.
Well, that's how our God is. He's into the smallest details of everything we do and He SAYS IT! Did you know that He dedicates songs to you on the radio? (both secular and Christian) Yep, that's right. He does. He talks to you about His love, your life and where He wants to take you through movies. He talks to you through the bright blue sky and radiant sun every morning that shine "Good morning, I Love Y-O-U". He loves us more than we can imagine and just a taste of His intoxicating love is enough to change you forever. I'll go into greater detail about how He talks to us through different things as He prompts me to in the future, but for now take that tidbit as something to ponder on if you've never experienced it. Just remember that the eyes we see these things with are not our own; we have to take off the blinders. In order to experience the above, we have to have an open ear and heart enough to see it. <3
Well, my dearies.. check out what He did for not only me, but you too! This will be a good practice in training our heart to accept things that He does. I know that He's excited about this LUAU (more than I am lol) because after all it was HIS idea .. all these parties are.. I'm just obeying to party haha that sounds funny, but it's true. These parties (and again, I'm sorry, but I'll write more on the parties and how I was instructed that they begin in the VERY NEAR future) are to "show them that I'm not boring, but I'm lots of fun" <-- His words exactly. He wants us to experience what TRUE fun is. He is the inventor of FUN, so therefore He knows how to do it BEST and the BEST is what we shall have through Him.
Below is a picture of a pecan tree in my back yard. Just last week the leaves were small and it was pretty but it just didn't look full and as beautiful as it does when it's getting ready to give pecans. This week, it's almost as if it wanted to show off for the Luau and extended her arms and once little hands ... into some big bear-givin' leaves.
"You visit the earth and water it, You greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; You provide the people with grain, for so You have prepared it.
You water its furrows abundantly, settling its ridges, softening it with showers, and blessing its growth.
You crown the year with your bounty; Your wagon tracks overflow with richness.
The pastures of the wilderness overflow, the hills gird themselves with joy,
the meadows clothe themselves with flocks, the valleys deck themselves with grain, they shout and sing together for joy."
Psalm 65:9-13
This next one is my fave.. My parents did not plant any flowers after the last freeze we had and to our surprise we found these beautiful plants perfectly planted all along the pathway, around some trees and alongside the shed. This would've been expected to see winter's dead flowers and plants rise up again in the Spring but the only thing is that we've never had this type of plant (below); we actually don't even know what kind they are. At first we thought that maybe they grew out with the bags of mulch that my parents put all around the yard, but then realized it wouldn't make sense because the plants would've sprouted up everywhere. Plus, some parts of the yard didn't even have mulch! So we've come to the conclusion that He was our Perfect Gardener & put these beautiful plants right where my mommy had been desiring to see them.. and all in time and fully grown for His LUAU!
He is the ruler of ALL things (Psalm 8:6) and it feels really good to know that we serve a God that is in tune with even the smallest details of our life. Not a moment passes Him by and He doesn't sleep a wink. You are His priority. Make Him yours. :)