Have you ever heard your parents’ voice in your head, warning you, supporting you, cheering for you, telling you to pick yourself up, telling you that they love you? That is how I started hearing Him.
As a parent I try to speak love and light into my children every day. Sometimes, I know what is best for them but they have to explore their own path or solution until they make a choice they feel good about. It's odd because even though I may know what is "good" for them, I may not actually know what is "best." The difference in this Parent / Child relationship and the one we have with our Heavenly Father is that He DOES know -- there is no imperfection in His way.
This past weekend at Mighty Waters opened my eyes to the power of listening. If we pray with the expectancy of an answer, then we must make time to listen, to hear the answer.
Yesterday, I placed my prayer stone on my heart and listened -- for the response to my unspoken prayer, the one God hears from my heart.
I heard Him, I saw Him. He was the most loving Father, smiling at me saying, "My child, you are mine. I am here. I am so proud of you. I have always been here to love and comfort you the way you are always there to love and comfort your children. I am here with a warm blanket of peace. Doesn't it feel good when you wrap it around you? Isn't this a better way? Why stand in the bitter air of anxiety and worry when you can be wrapped in My comfort? Why doubt yourself when you can live in My celebration of your magnificence. My child, you are extraordinary. I know. I see you when you don't see yourself in My image. My child, love yourself and those around you the way I love you. Feel Me here. Choose My comfort the way you desire your children allow you to comfort them. Choose My vision for your life. Stand here, next to Me, in front of Me, behind Me. I am here."
And that, my friends, is my truth. It’s found in Him.
If you are a parent and can imagine your most perfect self speaking life into your children, put yourself in their shoes and realize our Father is even better at this than we are -- but like our children, we must choose to receive it.
