Monday, September 20, 2010

Recognizing God's voice in my life

So today we talked more about recognizing God's voice and Jen (my DTS leader) had us do this little activity. She sent us to go be alone and ask God these two questions: who am I to YOU and who are YOU to me? So I pictured a place we could meet. I met the man called Jesus in a small rowboat in a pond. I asked Him the first question and He smiled with a twinkle in His eye. Slowly He responded with these three things: "You are a child I DELIGHT in, the plant I want to see grow and free, and the water/river that I want to shape and lead." So, then I asked Him the second question and He answered.
"Well, you tell me. Who am I to you? Who have I been to you in the past?"
And so I wrote down these names that He has been to me in the past:
The Lion
The Vulnerable
The Rescuer
My Lover
The Steadfast
The Mourner
The Sacrifice
The Farmer
The Healer
The Challenger
The Boy


Then He revealed these names that He said he would show Himself as in this season (probably more as well I'm guessing):
The Broken
The Surgeon
The Sculptor
The Restorer


With Him as the Broken He wants to show me His heart that breaks for the pain of all people and He wants me to share in His heart for them.
With Him as the Surgeon He will be cutting some things out of my life and heart and it will be pretty painful but its the best for me in the end.
With Him as the Sculptor, He will shape me into what He had created and designed me to be.
And with Him as the Restorer He will restore land, people, and hearts back to Him.

2 comments:

  1. Thank you for sharing this beautiful experience. You're in my thoughts and prayers!

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  2. aw Whit! i love and miss you soooooooo much:)
    thank you.

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