You have not because you ask not....
The asking is immediate.
The waiting can be excruciating....
This is where faith lives......In the waiting.
"Israelite" that I can be, I forget the many ways my "asks" have been answered.
Fighting my "Israelite" heart, while driving to church Sunday morning, I prayed. My petition once again for restoration of something dear to me. This "something" taken at the hands of deceptions, manipulations, and misunderstandings. Lies break relationships. Every time. Gosh, aren't lies deafening?
Often, the lies we believe are so much louder than the gentle soft truth whispers of the Great. Fortunately, the "now" promises my Great speaks to me are louder than any lies that war within. (It didn't used to be that way, trust me). This is why I have great compassion and patience in my promise. So I wait for Truth to be revealed. I wait in kindness. For it is in the kindness of the Father that leads to restoration.
Back to my drive. As I drove and prayed, I declared my gratitude (With thanksgiving, let your requests be known). Rolling in to the church parking lot, late for that matter, I asked, "I want another surprise. I need surprises today."
Church was beautiful. Simple. Different than any other church I've been to in Nashville in quite sometime. Refreshingly different than the LOUD concert-like performances I have attended. Now don't get me wrong, I love me some worship! Currently, I am learning that worship has nothing to do with the people on the stage, the flashy lights, and dark room as much as it is the condition of my own heart. Worship Sunday morning was tender, bright, pure, and simple. I could use some tender, pure and simple. Many aspects of the service transported me back to my childhood.
(Come to Me as a child) The teaching was perfect, and there were tears. I emote.....
Surprise 1- The miracle of me reflecting on childhood with joy.
Surprise 2- A word from someone in passing. They did not even know what they were
saying, but my Divine did. He knew how special those words would be to me.
After church, I jetted to a meeting. More worship. Surprise 3 was coming and this was my best one of the day. (God has a way of exceeding our asks...)
Surprise 3- There was a friend arriving. We had been painfully estranged for a year.
The estrangement was from manipulations, deceptions, and misconceptions. In
my heart I knew that the truth would come out. I knew this situation would one
day be resolved, not by ME trying to do the truth revealing, but by LETTING
GO. So I let go, and believed. I practiced kindness.
(Kindness leads to restoration). It took one year, but
sure enough, out of the blue, the relationship was repaired without me
controlling. Truth came. When I saw her for the first time yesterday, we
hugged, and my hope in my "ask" earlier was renewed.
Often, it requires more strength to open up our hands in surrender, than to hold on tightly to something we want so badly to control.
Hope. Ask. Let Go. Believe.
Ask and you will receive......
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