You Talking To Me?

You Talking to Me?

I tend to write things on random pieces of paper from junk mail, the back of printouts, bills, or envelopes that come in the mail. I have plenty of writing pads and journal books, but no, just give me half of a sheet of paper or whatever is handy. I also will cut out things from magazines that catch my eye, and I will say I am going to put it on a vision board, and end up just filing it away in a folder.

Just now, I walked into my home office, and it felt like I was on a mission, not really knowing what the mission was other than being drawn to an accordion file folder I had sitting on top of my craft desk. I looked inside and pulled out a couple of articles and just a single page with an affirmation and scripture that I had cut out of a magazine. I was reading the titles of each, which are the following:

1. How To Think When-How Your Thoughts Connect To Your Health, Attitude, and Every Single Area Of Your Life.
2. UnClutter Your Life! 8 Practical Tips to Help You Enjoy A More Peaceful, Simple Life.
3. God has BIG things in store for your life! Psalm 65:11 and it has 2025 all along the border of this.

As I read over each of these, I just felt like Hey God, you talking to me? I always joke that for God to get my attention, it would help if it were spelled out to me in a sign with neon lights or if He provided me with a play-by-play manual of what I need to do and how to do it. More times than not, I am talking too much and not being still long enough to listen so I can hear His voice. Many times, I find that He speaks to me through people and random conversations, or when I am reading and studying my Sunday School lessons. It is often the little things that I see and encounter daily.

It is incidents like this that bring me comfort and assurance that, despite all my daily failures, faults, and mistakes, I am not alone. He is telling me yes; I am talking to you. He is saying I love you.

If you are interested in these articles, they are from the July/August/September 2024 edition of Joyce Meyer’s Enjoying Everyday Life magazine. The website is joycemeyer.org.