He Speaks to Us

Dear Family + Friends,

I wasn’t going to write today, but had such an odd morning during devotions, I felt compelled to write. Lately, I’ve been listening to Lectio 365. (I love that app! Check it out!) But this morning I realized I forgot to charge my phone, and so I placed it on the charger and decided to use my Bible app on my iPad. I read the verse of the day, devotional, and then the guided prayer. As I was going through prayer, I started to feel lonely. I go through seasons, daily I must say, where I miss Lee intensely. I was thinking about how I just don’t feel like myself without him here. It’s impossible to describe the anguish of losing a spouse and the change it brings in one’s life. Then in the middle of praying about my loss, this popped up in my guided prayer. I didn’t type it in there - it had been typed in over 3 years ago. I had to take a screenshot to show you:

It was amazing how the groaning of my heart was now appearing in my guided prayer app. I finished praying, and all of a sudden, my app started reading the Bible to me from Revelations 3. Please know, I did not have the Bible portion open, and I had just stopped the guided prayer button. It shocked me to hear a man’s voice reading Revelations 3 to me all of a sudden, so I quickly opened my Bible portion and found what it was reading. Again, I took a screenshot:

This all reminds me to wake up and live life for the fullest - for God…and to be ready for His return! Here I was thinking about how I didn’t feel myself without Lee, but…I love the part that reminds me to strengthen what remains of me - and that my deeds on this earth are unfinished. God has more in store.

God is the same yesterday, today, and forever. He still moves and he still speaks. Sometimes we just have to be quiet enough to hear His voice.