The clock read 11:58pm and I had awoken from a deep sleep thinking it was close to getting up time. I laid there thinking I would go back to sleep, but I never did. So, with much reluctance, I got up and went to the living room to read. I immediately got on my phone to check what was going on around me when I heard the sound of birds chirping and an owl hooting. I stopped what I was doing as the quietness of the moment brought sounds of God's creation. As I was listening I heard another sound coming from my Savior saying, "Seek me, Tammy." I stopped self-focusing and turned to my bible and opened it to Psalms. I came to Psalms 5:3,"In the morning, O Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my request before you and wait with expectation." My focus that week had gotten off my Savior and had been on self and what I wanted.
Throughout the rest of the day, God brought the word "listen" to my attention through His creation, devotions, songs and other ways. He showed me to be attentive to listening to Him instead of people and Satan. " Be still and know that I am God." Psalm 46:10
I realized at the end of that day that in those wee hours of the mornings when God awakens me, when there is no noise or busyness to distract me from Him; that they are precious and valuable times with Him. It is a intimate and healing time together that allows me to bring my hurts to the surface, disappointments, needs, and praises to God and to listen to my Savior's sweet love for me.
Listening is something I need to do more of, not only with Him, but with others as well.
Are you listening? The lover of your soul wants to whisper sweet nothings to you.
Stop, take the time today, to get alone and listen. He has something to say to YOU....
"Give ear, O Heavens, and I will speak; And hear, o earth, the words of my mouth. Let my teaching drop as the rain, My speech distill as the dew, As raindrops on the tender herb, and as showers on the grass. For I proclaim the name of the Lord: Ascribe greatness to our God. He is the Rock, His work is perfect; For all His ways are justice, A God of truth and without injustice; Righteous and upright is He. Deuteronomy 32:1-4
