Is it Real?
After meditating on what I would share, I finally thought I knew the topic. I opened the Notes section of my phone and started typing. As I typed the first few words, something felt just a bit off. I continued typing, but got the sense that I wasn’t writing in my usual place, even though I was in the notes section.
I decided to pause and investigate. I was right. I have two sets of notes, based on different applications and the purpose for each of them are different. After writing in this same application for so many years, even though the difference was hardly noticeable, it just felt ‘off’.
Yesterday, as I drove to church and listened to the lesson on YouTube Live (thank God for technology), the presenter was sharing on how we know the difference between when God tells us to do something vs when it’s not. The answer was that it was based on relationship.
When we have a relationship with someone, we can pay attention to how we are being led. God wants the best for us, in all circumstances. This often comes through building a relationship and choosing to trust, no matter what the situation looks like. To build this relationship, we must take time in communion with Him. Taking time to talk and to listen for the responses. So, when something feels off, we will know the difference.
I can’t tell you I have a relationship with the Notes section of my phone, but I can say I’ve spent an inordinate amount of time writing there over the years, and so, while the difference was small, it was noticeable to me.
I pray I pay that close attention to notice the difference with how God is leading.
And… the other topic I started writing on?
It was an acknowledgment and celebration of my daughter’s thirteenth birthday. Each year during this time, I’m filled with awe at all the things that happened and how, while she was born prematurely, has grown into an amazing young lady. And for that, I remain overwhelmingly grateful.
Dear Heavenly Father, I don’t know why I was re routed mid story, but you do. I pray the person reading this who needs to know about authentic relationships, with you and with others, will know how to decipher what’s true and what’s not. Father, thank you for allowing me to celebrate another year of the gift you’ve given me in my daughter.