Tuning in

Before reading this post, read this one so you can get a better perspective of it all ;)


Today was amazing.
Although anyone could call any day amazing because of what they believe is amazing not because of some set standard of amazing.

Ok that was a bit philosophical but today was spiritually amazing.
That's what I was getting at. :)

That might not make sense but what I mean by "spiritually amazing" is that today was a very refreshing day in which I, along with my family, were brought closer to the Lord.

We spent time in the Word, reading one verse each, "going around the circle" so-to-speak. Specifically, we read Isaiah 58...

"The Lord will guide you always;
He will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land
and will strengthen your frame.
You will be like a well-watered garden,
like a spring whose waters never fail."

(The above is just a glimpse of the whole chapter we read... one of my favorite verses of the chapter.)

We prayed.

And something that humbled me was that my dad was led to pray for me, after we had already prayed for others and for situations that we are in at the moment and just confirming the Lord's Word in our lives.
I was taken aback for a second... dad specifically felt led to pray for me, as did my mom. But oh how I welcomed it!

I knelt and we prayed.

It was SO filled with the Lord's presence. He was there.
And I don't say that because of the tears that were shed during the prayer nor because one of us might have felt chills, for that doesn't confirm the Lord's presence. I know He was there. By faith. Because of the prayer's direction to glorify the Lord and because there were 3 of us there calling upon the name of the Lord.

He spoke. And I listened.

It was humbling.
It was uplifting.
All at the same time.

It broke me and put me back together.

It made me cry and made me smile.

Today was a different day.
Like a radio, we tuned in to the Lord's voice... doing away with the static and the fuzz that's been clouding our lives lately.

Today when eating dinner dad asked me, "Are you happy?"
I said, "Yes," my emotions quickly being stirred because I knew that I meant it.
He then asked, "If the Lord came to you right now and said, 'Daughter, what do you want? I will give you anything you desire.' What would you answer Him?"
I quickly smiled, a defense mechanism of mine which tries to hold my tears back. Tears welling up in my eyes seriously demonstrating my sincerity in answer, "'I want to be with You more.'"
I felt like adding a "'Please'" at the end... somehow expressing my earnest desire for that request.

I pray that I may tune in to the Lord's voice and His will every single day of the rest of my life.
Help me Christ.
I love You.