A Day or Two After . . . What's Next?

Dear Friends in Christ -

Well, it's over. Our glorious weekend of Rededication, our celebrations with many old, dear friends is past. Now what?

Now we pause and give thanks. Now we take a deep breath. Now we listen for the voice of God calling us on.

God's voice is designed in such a way that we hear it best when we're together. Even when God speaks a word first to just one person, His voice gets louder and clearer as that one person shares God's call with others.

GOD IS ALWAYS SPEAKING. TO YOU. Do you believe that?
God speaks to you and me all the time. It's God's very nature to do so. Remember He created us to be in relationship with him. So it makes sense that he would "stay in touch," doesn't it?? Too often, though, we don't hear God because
(1) we're too busy to listen
(2) we don't think the great big God of the universe would bother with little ol' us
or
(3) we're afraid that God will say something we don't want to hear

In order to hear God's voice, we have to choose to believe that God loves us and to trust that he wants the best for us. Our "never enough" world has conditioned us to believe that God's love can't be bigger than our faults and failings, that trusting in ourselves is a safer bet than trusting in God.

As we listen to God for "what's next", let's commit to believing together in God's love, to listening for His voice, and to following where He leads.

"O taste and see that the Lord is good; happy are those who put their trust in him." - Ps. 34:8

Faithfully,
Janet+