Listen

We are in the season of Christmas and Christmas stories are filled with divine revelations. God sent the angel Gabriel to Mary; and told Joseph in a dream first to accept the child and not divorce the mother, then to flee with his family to escape the wrath of Herod. God sent his angels to announce the birth of the messiah to the shepherds, and then told the wise men from the east to return home via another route in a dream. 

A friend of mine asked me the other day if God still speaks? Does he still send his angels and does he still speak to us through dreams? I strongly believe this is still the case. For some years I have been paying close attention to my dreams and have previously written about my personal experiences (https://veritasbonafide.blogspot.com/2018/03/the-dreamers_24.html). As we start another year, I would like to share another experience and encourage someone, if you are not already doing so, pay attention to what God is saying especially through dreams. They are as important as the messages he gives us through angels disguised as people.

Sometime in the middle of last year I was in a difficult situation at work and it was affecting me physically, psychologically and mentally. What made it particularly difficult was I struggled to see the end. Not knowing when it will be over compounded an already bad situation. At the height of this situation I had a dream; in this dream God showed me the end. I didn't quite get it at the time but he showed me what I was going to be moving on to and showed me it would take me to Ukraine in 2019. That dream marked the beginning of my mental, psychological and physical recovery. I did not know how but I knew everything was going to be okay. It took several months for that dream to come to pass. Today I am living the physical manifestation of that dream as the picture above shows.

So this year let's pay more attention, let's listen. Perhaps it may be a message to guide you in a certain direction (Mary receiving the message that she would be the mother of the son of God); perhaps it may be a message to protect you from danger (Joseph receiving a message to flee from Herod with his family), perhaps it may even be a glimpse of the future to help us overcome a difficult situation and give us hope. Whatever it is, let's listen more this year.

May God bless us all.

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Making Plans.

For a few years now at the dawn of a new year, I make a Plan covering various aspects of my life one of which is spiritual. During the year, I review how I am tracking against this plan and update or make adjustments where necessary.

This year was no different and one of the plans I made was to spend one hour every morning in praise & worship & scripture study. Also this year I set a stretch target to carry out said activities between 5am and 6am. 

Needless to say it has been a challenge. I struggle to get out of bed at 5am so this time has been pushed out to 5.30am to 6am to 7am; it's gotten so bad some days it's 7.30am.

2 weeks into lent yesterday I was reviewing my Lenten journey so far. I felt in my spirit I wasn't doing enough. I asked God to tell me what to do, what penitential act would please him and the response was immediate; he told me to give him back his time, our 5am meeting time.

I must admit I was surprised at that. I had written those plans with the mindset of a personal challenge. But after making my plans, I had presented them to the Lord and asked him to bless them and grant success. Unbeknownst to me he did more than that, he made them his own as well. So when I was not meeting up with my own end of the bargain, he sent me a reminder.

Proverbs 19:21 says 'Plans abound in the human heart but only Yahweh's purpose will be realized'.

What plans have you made? Have you committed them to God? Are you keeping up your own end of the bargain? I did not still make my appointment today but I am determined to keep trying, one day at a time everyday.

God bless us all.

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