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God I’ve been thinking about you being my Creator and My High and Holy God. It is good to look at your word and see what you say about creation and how we are created in your image. I know all this but it is good to be reminded afresh of how great you are. That was the first chapter of the Bible study, Lord, I want to Know You that is about the names of God. It is awesome to remember that before I was in the womb you were aware of me. And that you knit me together in my mother’s womb in a very wonderful way. You were aware of me when I was in secret before birth – wonder and awesome to behold. Thank you, Jesus you too were there as well as the Holy Spirit as the trinity is one God but has different personalities or characteristics. Father, I quiet my heart to hear your voice.
“Child you have heard my voice quite regularly. You are beginning to listen better. That is good but now you write and remember what is said just as David did. Yes, as you go over the beginning, you remember your beginnings. You call to mind the things that have been and will be. You see the strength of my right arm to help, to comfort, to grant solace, to deliver, to free from bandage. My friends and my servants do well to listen to the commander. You have chosen a good part – to listen. As Jesus praised Mary for listening so too I am glad to have your ear. Child, you are a treasure to my heart. You listen and you spend time with me. I love you and I love having you do that.
You see, love is cultivated when time is spent with another. You need to cultivate and water it just as a gardener does his seeds, plants and flowers. You cultivate your relationship with me so that I can shine through your face more clearly. You hear my words so that others may hear them from you. You see how it works – like a reflection in a looking glass. You have to sit before me, at my feet, listening, in order to have that reflection show outwardly. You are dong that, child, good for you.
Now I sense that the word you need to hear this morning is LOVE. Love is gentle, kind and considerate, able to bear up under wrongs, patient and loving toward others. Love is the word for this year for you. Practice it, not only with your husband but use it as in compassion toward others. Consider them more highly than yourself. Open your heart to them. Take the time to listen, to observe, to know each as you talk with them. In your ministry, let my love flow through you to their thirsty hearts. There are many around you need to have a touch from the Master let it come through you.”
I will, Lord, help me to be self controlled in this to listen and to allow you to shine through. Shine, Jesus, shine, fill this land with the Father’s glory, blaze, Spirit, blaze, set our hearts on fire. Flow the river of your spirit, flow, till we are overcome with your love. Alleluia! I bow in humble adoration of your goodness, your love, your greatness, Lord. I love you!
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