communion with God

the biggest blessing is that when i wake up 20-30 minutes before my alarm goes off, i've been turning over my thoughts to God. i've been asking Him to help me surrender my thoughts to Him and asking Him to fill me with good thoughts, to help me commune with Him, and to help me focus on the positive instead of the negative. i've also asked Him to help me focus on Him instead of on others.

Sabbath morning was a particular blessing as i woke up in a rather foul mood, and i was begging God to take away those thoughts from me. and as i was lying there talking to Him, i felt like He had a message for me. it was perhaps the first tangible way we've 'talked' like that, and that's been something i've been looking for for a long time! i'd like to remember that feeling...

the next blessing was that i called my parents to share the message i was given, (partly to check that the message was one that was given to me, and not one that i made up simply because i wanted to believe it), and i talked with my dad for an hour about checking God's messages against the Bible, and it was a healing experience for me to talk to my dad about ministry stuff. i've been shying away from stuff like that and our relationship has been strained in the past, but things are improving for us!

i guess i just want to praise God publicly for turning a hardship into a blessing, and for bringing me closer to Him, and for improving my relationship with Him and with my parents. and if my story can help anyone else in their walk with Him too, i hope that you find inspiration in my story and that you turn to God to help you through any problems you're facing. psalm 66:17, 20