2011 Powerful experiences

So much has changed this year. On the one hand this season of life at the moment seems tough and I am finding a few things quite frustrating, but, on the other hand, I think I'm coming to a place of honesty with God.

At the beginning of this year a man who has connections with a well known church in Northern California came to my church and spoke. He picked out quite a few individuals from the crowd, including a close friend of mine, and told them about where they were in their life, and things that he felt God wanted to encourage them in and things that were on their heart. I was amazed at how God really does know us completely and speaks to us, sometimes we listen, and I was powerfully impacted that day and for weeks after, being so consciously aware of the reality of Gods love for me and full of a healthy fear/reverence for Him.
Near the end of this year I was in Winchester at a meeting at a church where we sang songs of praise to God for a few hours and the couple that were helping lead this were a godly couple from that same church in Northern California. Before we left to drive to Winchester I had been praying with a friend about holiness, the wonder of God, friendships and being sensitive to the Holy Spirit of God. Near the end of our time at that meeting in Winchester the couple on stage shared a number of words they felt God wanted to speak to people on- the lady sang a song that was to do with holiness, and she shared a story from her life and spoke about being sensitive to the Holy Spirit. She also felt that God wanted to speak to people about friendships (what she said was almost word for word what was on me and my friends hearts as we prayed beforehand!). And then the ladys husband spoke about the wonder of God. All 4 of those things that me and my friend had prayed about that same day. I am not lying about this. This is fact, this is true. There is no such thing as coincendence. Things like this have happened in my life so often that it would be foolish, idiotic and just plain thick of me to ignore.

So. God is real, He is interested in your life and He speaks in different ways. Some people hear His voice audibly, others hear Him through other people, in the bible....He is quite diverse. He loves you and has a plan for you and is faithful. If you have questions about suffering and are angry with God then I urge you to talk to Him about it. Just get by yourself somewhere and talk/shout/rant freely. Ask Him to reveal Himself to you, ask Jesus to show you who He really is. And, listen. He loves you because He loves you because He loves you.