Leaning in close...

Sometimes I have no words to explain what God is speaking into me. 

Lately it seems I am in this state often.

He is speaking,

but often in what I perceive to be 

broken English

and

incomplete sentences

and

incoherent whispers.

I think He keeps me here because He likes the sight of my

leaning in close...

listening

But, quite honestly, I fight the desire to ask Him to 

speak louder 

and 

complete His thoughts...

Because some days it's just wearying, this silence..

While I

WAIT

and

 lean in to listen,

I count His goodness

and 

recall the ways He has spoken in the past

as a reminder 

that He still speaks

and 

will again.

"Lord of glory.

Make us worthy, to possess your name.

Give us a new name.

Call us your people, God.

Give us a new name.

[Ezekiel 36:26-28]  

I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you.

I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.

And I will put My spirit in you and move you to follow My decrees and be careful to keep My laws. 

You will live in the land I gave to your forefathers.

You will be my people and I will be your God.

And through all of this, there is nothing, absolutely nothing.

No fear, no insecurity, no doubt, no hesitation that will ever, ever stop us. 

Because we are the sons of the living God.

Because we are the children of the Almighty.

Because we are the residents of the kingdom of Heaven. 

And we are soldiers in an army of the immortal.

And when we speak life, life happens.

And when we speak healing, healing happens.

And when we speak truth, truth happens.

And when we go and take what we have found to a dead world, we'll see it come to life again.

And when we take what we have found to a hopeless world, we'll see hope come back. 

We'll see the heart of our world start beating again. 

And we'll see the color come back into people's faces.

And absolutely nothing will ever stop that.

And mountains will move before us.

And oceans will part before us.

And the dead will raise before us.

And the world will know that our God is a God that heals.

That our God is a God that lives.

And our God is a God that loves unlike anything anyone has ever felt before.

Because we are fearless.

Because we are His hands.

And because we are His feet forever and ever."

Talmidim

by For Today

A new song in the air....

Lord of glory, make us worthy to possess your name.

Give us a new name. Call us your people, God....

There's a new song playing in the background as you read this.  And here's why...

It's 11:15pm, and all is supposed to be quiet and asleep in this house - including me. But, I had just a few more things I wanted to do online before crawling into bed.  Nick just texted me (from his bed where he's SUPPOSED to be asleep) and told me to look up this song and have a listen.

"I think you'll like it," he said. 

Of course, I couldn't find it...so he made his way downstairs to help his ole mom out. 

Anyway...he was right.  I DO like it.  The band, "For Today" is totally NOT my kind of band.  Except for their lyrics.  They are heavy metal and completely out of my comfort zone.  BUT...completely relaxing for both of my boys to listen to.  So, whatever..to each his own.

Have a listen...I think you might enjoy it, too.

Thanks, Nick...you are my favorite 16 year old.

"I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone

 and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees

and be careful to keep my laws. You will live in the land I gave your forefathers;

you will be my people, and I will be your God." 

Ezekiel 36:26-28