My prayer:Lord God, my provider, my healer, my joy and my peace. God You are and remain so incredible and I stand in awe of you. The way you orchestrate everything is so amazing. The way you bring us all together at just the right times to be the most effective at getting your work done God...I've said it a lot lately God, but WOW! You are truly amazing.
I praise you tonight God. I don't want to talk about my needs tonight, or ask for anything. I just want you to know how much I appreciate all that you are doing. I get so frustrated at times like this because I just don't have the right words or enough words to communicate what I feel. I want you to know God how amazing I think you are. I want you to know that I recognize that my life is worth less than nothing without you. I want you to know that it is only because of you that I get out of bed each day. I want you to know that because of what you do, have done and will do in my life, my life has meaning.
My life has purpose because of you. How do I say thank you for something as huge as that? How do I say thank you for sacrificing your life, paying my debt, conquering hell for me so that I get to know you and live forever with you? That is just so crazy big, no one has ever made that sacrifice for someone else. No one else ever could. How do I thank you for doing something that no one else ever could. Something I could never pay back?
It comes back to asking you God to see my heart. Hear my words through my heart to know the depth and the extent of them. I love you so much.
God thank you for showing me the vision today of all of the individual lives, the individual people with individual needs and joys throughout the world. Again, not something I can describe in words, but I will never forget that feeling, that experience. Each life, with unique needs but a commonality among us all and above all, a need for you.
Thank you for being you and for all that you do.
What God Said Tonight:
There is a golden reflection on the dark water tonight. My light is shining in the darkness. I don't mean to get too weird on you but picture that light. It is beautiful and provides the hope that the world needs. The world is filled with darkness but the light remains and is beautiful.
One day the light will completely overwhelm the dark. Until then, I need you all to reflect my light. Each reflection makes this world brighter. I have a plan, a purpose and a job for each of my children. You have begun to really see your job and your purpose. It is a bit different than what you thought. The rest will come too. For now, this is what I need you to do.
I hear your heart daughter and I love you so much too. I am glad that we are not limited to words when we communicate. I am glad that we have words. I am glad that you talk to me and I can talk to you. Words are important and create reality. But we can also "talk" to each other in pictures and in the unexplainable like the "vision" I gave you today. Just as I can show you those things that go beyond speech, when you are pouring out your heart in truth, I experience the purpose and heart behind your words.
I get it daughter. I love that you work so hard to make sure I know your appreciation. Don't stop. When you do it, when you strive to let me know how much you love me, it strengthens our relationship and reminds you how important the realtionship is to you. It keeps you from growing complacent, so don't stop; but know that I do "hear" you. I hear the whole of it, not just the words.
You are entering a new level a new season. It is a wild ride, but you are prepared and you will love it. Stay connected to the people I have brought to you. Stay on the path putting one foot in front of the other and trust me to bring you each thing as it needs to get done. You have been in these seasons before where there is more to accomplish than there is time to accomplish it. You know how to do it. Just do each thing as I put it in front of you and it will all get accomplished.
I love you daughter. Sleep well and rest in my full experience of love for you, beyond the words. Experience me tonight as I have experienced you.
a golden glow in dark water, what a beautiful image of our influence on the world.
ReplyDeleteMade me think of a vision someone had, a dream, that they at the time did not understand. God used this person, to reveal to me, the "gist" of my purpose. My friend was troubled, at first, because he not only did not understand this dream of me, but every dream he has when he does dream, comes true (I believe he has the gift of prophesy). This dream happened about, 2 1/2 years ago, just before my transformation, in my relationship with the Lord.
ReplyDeleteThe dream/vision: He saw me standing on the sands of the seashore, near the water's edge. The water of the ocean was dark & murky. There were people in this water, up to their necks, reaching and crying out in despair.
He said, that I stood there for a moment, looking at them, with a loaf of bread in my hands. I was partaking of this loaf of bread, when I began to walk into the murky waters with it. (this is where he began to get nervous about its meaning.) I then, in the midst of them, began to share this loaf of bread with them, and they too, partook of it.
Now, of course, later the Holy Spirit revealed this meaning to me. Although the guy whom I was friends with at the time, did not have a relationship with the Lord, God still used him as a vessel, to bring me the message of hope.
I know, that God has called all of us, to be His carriers, of His light, to share with the world, that He is the Light and Life. We are His "lighthouses" of hope. We are to go to the "sick" and share the gospel, the Bread of life, but to also partake in it.
The dream, gives me so much hope of my calling. Although those details, have not immediately been revealed to me, as to "how" it will all take place, I know, that there's a promise there.
It's interesting, how unconventional God's communication is with us sometimes. Most would imagine one, throwing a "life preserver" in the water lol. When God was plainly showing, that it wasn't in anything else, but consuming His Word, sharing it, just as Christ showed us in the breaking of the bread, and that is how we effectively rescue the souls in despair; in the midst of the murky/dark waters of this world.
Thanks Marilyn for sharing these intimate conversations with our Father. I am sure they inspire and encourage many, as they do me. Thanks for letting me share too! :o) ~Denise
Thanks Angie and Denise for sharing!
ReplyDeleteGreat dream Denise. Stay in touch and let us know how God brings that all about in your life!