Let go

It's 50 degrees out. Mmm no TX heat. Hannah and I have our windows open while I lay snuggled up under 3 blankets plus my fratagonia as I blog to you.. oh plus the sound of Josh serenading our neighbors outback with the guitar... This morning I woke up to the sound of peacocks frolicking outside the window then at 8:30 walked to church with some of the group. King of Kings is the founding church for Living Hope, so that's where we come together on Sundays. Todays sermon was great! Basically we dove into scripture that looked at the different ways that the Spirit speaks to us:

1. directly (1 samuel 3:4)

2. with a whisper (1 kings 19:11-13)
3. impressions on our hearts (acts 16:6)
4. strange happenings
5. scripture (2 timothy 3:16-17)
6. spirit filled believers-sermons, or prophecy (acts 4:8-10)

Today the question the Pastor began with was "Was that me who had that thought or is that God's thought for me?" A huge problem I frequently run into is tricking myself into thinking Jesus wants me to do one thing when in reality it's mostly just that I want to do it. whoops. I constantly want the Lord to guide me in decisions like what to do with my life, who to befriend, or even just what to do in my spare time? Many times I find myself frustrated by not getting responses that are quick enough or ones that I want to hear. But today in church I was politely reminded that to receive direction requires us as Christians to actually make time and to listen more carefully.

What I've already learned about myself here is that I move to0 fast, act too fast, and think I already know everything, false. Africa is slow and that can get frustrating, but with slow comes more time for listening. His promise stands as this:

Jeremiah 33:3 "call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know."

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