God sure does have a sense of humor!
Ok, so yesterday was a mess! Our team was having some major issues; we had a lot of miscommunication going on! There was a heavy spirit of depression and division. But we weren’t gonna let the devil win! We did a lot of praying, and by last night we were a closer family then before! There was total peace and joy in our team! It was amazing to see God work and fix what, at the moment, felt like an impossible, messy, situation! But that is not the story of this here blog.
Before I continue let me explain that I am not a charismatic! lol, I’m one of those people who think about things A LOT and question everything. And crazy, weird, “spiritual stuff” has never sat right with me!
🙂 with that said, let me continue to rewrite, and somewhat revise, what I wrote in my journal last night:
Wow Gods amazing! And boy is He funny! Last night during team worship Kyle felt the spirit giving him a word for Steph: “Baptism of the Spirit.” And you know what, I got this longing for the spirit to fill me! I hesitated saying anything, because the word wasn’t even for me. But as Kyle, Sarah, Beau, and Kim shared their “Holy spirit stories” I got real excited! Remember, normally I would have started thinking how unbiblical speaking in tongues out loud (with out interpretation) was – but this time I just wanted more of God!
So I opened my mouth and told the team that I wanted to be prayed for! Goodness, was I nervous, and as stiff as a board. Especially as the teammates started sharing stories of what they’d seen the spirit do in the past.
Oh I wanted more of God, but I was also scared about what kinda crazy, charismatic, experiences these “goons” wanted me to have! (please know that these goons are my teamates, who are amazing men and women of God, who I love and respect so so much! Goofy terms are words of endearment for me)!
As my team prayed over me I felt the spirit inside of me getting excited and giving me all kinds of tingly’s and funny feelings. But I wasn’t hearing anything from God, no forging language, no visions, nothing. After a while of prayer, I felt my Daddy calling me to come out to be alone with Him and talk to Him. So I told my team I was going up on the roof.
At first I was crying out to God and begging Him to fill me and show me more of Himself! I told God that I wasn’t coming down off that roof until He did something in me! But I also told Him that it was cold up there and it would be nice if He didn’t take too long, cause I was READY now! I desperately wanted more of Him; I needed more of His Holy spirit. My lips were His, my hands were His, my heart was His, my life was His, and I knew His Holy Spirit was already inside me, but I didn’t want to constrain it any longer! I was ready for whatever He had to give me, and however He wanted to use me!
What happened next came as a shocker. I started doing this silly, stupid, tongue flopping la la la la la’s thing! Oh my word NO, haha, I started laughing and was like God, no way, this can not be for real, I’m not doing this! I’ve always thought it was fake when people would “pray in toungues”, and just say the same syllable over and over again. In my opinion, La’s are not a language. I just kept laughing! I couldn’t stop, I tried to talk to God more and ask Him to fill me but every time I opened my mouth the laughter would shake me harder! The only language I had was laughter! And I’m talking hard core, serious, belly hurting, laughter!
After a while of this I realized that God had given me something, and that I was full of the Holy Spirit and the expression was joy and uncontrollable laughter! I realized that God’s a funny Guy, and you can have a crazy good time in His presence! All my Father wanted at that moment was to have a good ol’ time with me, His daughter! So I laughed for probably a good 20 minutes, and boy did it feel good! God was sooo real to me, and He was tickling me silly! Oh yeah I was thinking of how silly I must look laughing up at the sky and rolling around holding my sides. I was wondering if my friends below could hear all the goofiness going on up on the roof. But I didn’t care and I couldn’t stop laughing anyway! When God gets a hold of you and is showing ya a bit of His personality what can you expect but sheer joy????!!!!
God was showing me so much! I was getting a glimpse of heaven – and let me tell you it’s a jolly place! God was explaining to me how He had given me a bit of His personality. My easy laugh and happy smile are a reflection of Him, my father! And when I laugh with people and smile I’m showing them a little piece of who God is because it’s His spirit inside of me that is giving me my joy! People need to know God for WHO HE IS! God is the most joyful, happy guy you could know! God’s NOT boring, and living for Him is FAR from dull!
Man I had the best time of my life on that roof!!!! There’s no way I can explain it all to you, but I was so happy, and couldn’t get over how funny God is, and what an amazing sense of Humor He has! And if you have never thought of God as someone you can have a happy time with, all I got to say is your sadly mistaken! Our father, king, lord, God and Savior sure has a sense of humor! For goodness sake, think about it, he made YOU! 😉 lol.
I want everyone to know my God, cause there’s nothing better then Him! He’s just plain awesome! And spending time with Him is a total blast! After last night I decided that I’m waking up early every morning to meet with my Love! I can’t get enough of Him and all He wants right now if for me to spend time with Him!
Psalms 35:9 And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord: it shall rejoice in His salvation!
Psalms 32:11 Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all you that are upright in heart!
Friend I hope you know Jesus! He’s not only your only hope for eternity He’s the best man in the universe!
And friend if you do know Jesus I hope you get to know him better. Don´t let anyone tell you Gods not real and that you can´t really enjoy Him or know Him like you know a friend.
I was so in love with my God last night and I don’t want the butterflies to ever go away!
