Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Dearest God,

This morning on our weekly covenant group conference call, something happened that has never happened before, not in all the years we have been meeting.  Only you, Lord, only you have the power, wisdom and love to do such a thing.

Like always we began in silence, a holy silence of listening one and all for your voice, opening and preparing our heart for you and one another.  Then Bill gave the devotion and prayed.  It was my turn to share and I did about side doors rather than front doors of faith.  I told them of several happenings in recent weeks, of your voice coming to me, urging me to listen, to follow and to change some of the ways I was doing things.  As I listened, confessed, followed, prayed and changed my way, I realized I was learning to do things differently.  I felt release and relief.  I experienced the joy of faith in following you.  In many ways it felt like a series of miracles to me.

After listening to me share, my colleagues asked questions as we always do and again we listened for your word of wisdom and insight.  And this is what came.  In the middle of the call a strange voice spoke reading a psalm about the glory of the Lord, Psalm 8 to be exact.  My colleague tried speaking to him but he continued and then he prayed.  Although we all heard the man speak and pray, for me it was your voice speaking to me exactly about what I had been talking about.  His prayer spoke directly to my heart and mind.  My mouth gaped open as I listened to the "psalmist's" words.

I realize once again that we need always to be open and attentive to your spirit for you always have a word for us.  Always, and we need to be prepared for when it comes.

You, O Lord,
are holy.
Your words
are divine.
Your call
is one
of faith.
Thank you
for the
blessed miracle
on the phone
this morning.
I shall never
ever forget it.

Love always, Andrea