1-13-11

So we're reading a book called Crazy Love for Bible Study. I wrote a blog about it HERE. Right before reading a particularly tough chapter about lukewarm love for God, I wrote a prayer. I asked to hear God's voice over my own, to know it's Him and not my own desires. I don't want to use the phrase "I'm called to/for" when it's really just what I want in the first place. Just because a thought or an idea popped into my head, I don't want to jump to the conclusion that it was God's idea. Anyway, so this chapter was really tough. I highlighted 3/4 of the examples of what a lukewarm love looks like. Even wrote an "ouch" next to one particular paragraph. So the whole point of this was, I was praying and grabbed my Bible. I opened to where I had left off (2 Sundays before, another sign of lukewarmness) and after reading just a few passages, I stumbled upon these verses: (well, I probably didn't stumble so much as was thumped in the head with them)

"The voice of the Lord is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the Lord thunders over the mighty waters. The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is majestic, the voice of the Lord breaks the cedar;the Lord breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon." Psalm 29: 3-5

"The voice of the Lord strikes with flashes of lightning. The voice of the Lord shakes the desert; the Lord shakes the Desert of Kadesh. The voice of the Lord twists the oaks and the strips the forests bare. And in his temple all cry "Glory!" " Psalm 29: 7-9

So since I've starting keeping this blog, I've come into contact, TWICE, with Bible Verses pertaining directly to what I've written in my prayer journal. Now, I'm sure this happens to other people, but it's never happened to me before. Maybe, because I'm asking to see and hear, much more than throwing my wish list of requests at Him. I'm certain He doesn't mind my requests, but I'm in serious need of just listening more during prayer. And the two times that I've been quiet and I've tried to ignore the thoughts of grocery lists and the dates on the calendar, I've gotten a Bible verse as an answer. I'm quite impressed and amazed at this. So here's hoping I can see or hear more and even have another blog from today.