So anyone who knows me, knows just how much I like to talk! This has its positives but it also has its fair share of negatives. My talkative nature tends to carry over to my prayer time with the Lord. I have a tendency to talk and talk and talk to God, but I RARELY take a moment to be quiet and listen. I always heard people saying, “God said this…God told me this…God spoke to me…” and so on, but I didn’t quite understand the meaning of those words until training camp. I spent time in prayer and reading God’s word, but I never actually just sat quietly to let God have his turn in the conversation. Actually my prayer time wasn’t much of a conversation at all.
Thank goodness God did not stop trying to find ways to communicate with me, whether it was through email (read my blog on how I was called to missions for more abou that email…), through wonderful friends, or through His word. God still managed to speak to me through various ways, but I was still not giving Him the one on one listening time that I needed and He wanted to give to me. I had a light bulb moment at training camp during the session on listening, when I realized just how much I had been missing out on for the past 22 years! They said something so obvious and simple, yet so life changing for me….. God isn’t done speaking yet! He still has more to say! I know it seems so simple, but take a moment to truly process that statement and what it means.
The concept of continually listening for the Lord’s voice and speaking His words to the people around me is still very new to me. I am still learning to discern the Lord’s voice, but I know that with more and more practice His voice will become clearer. I now know that my words have power, and I am choosing to speak God’s words of life into the lives of everyone around me!
Thanks for taking the time to read this long blog (learning to talk/write less is still a work in progress….)! Check back soon to find out the countries I will be going to!
