Are you looking?

 

Are you listening?

 

Are you searching?

 

God is there

 

He is there!

 

He is communicating to you,

the child who He loves

 

He is conveying His

Mercy

Comfort

Love

Forgiveness

 

Himself!

 

But you’ve got to quiet yourself

 

Intentionally

 

You’ve got to look

to listen

to search

On Purpose

 

For all that entangles

and distracts

and pulls you away

from His loving presence

 

Will drown out the whispers

and the shouts

of God

 

– Susie Stewart

 

Good friend, take to heart what I’m telling you;
collect my counsels and guard them with your life.
Tune your ears to the world of Wisdom;
set your heart on a life of Understanding.
That’s right—if you make Insight your priority,
and won’t take no for an answer,
Searching for it like a prospector panning for gold,
like an adventurer on a treasure hunt,
Believe me, before you know it Fear-of-God will be yours;
you’ll have come upon the Knowledge of God.

– Proverbs 2:1-5 (MSG)

 

DEMONSTRATE Your ways, O Eternal One.
Teach me to understand so I can follow.
EASE me down the path of Your truth.
FEED me Your word
because You are the True God who has saved me.
I wait all day long, hoping, trusting in You.

– Psalm 25:4-5 (VOICE)

 

But the one who enters through the gate is the shepherd. The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep respond to His voice. He calls His sheep by name and leads them out of the pen. After He has brought out all his sheep, He walks ahead of them. The sheep follow Him because they recognize his voice.

-John 10:2-4 (GW)

 

Photo by Susie Stewart