Do You Hear Him Calling?

I arrived in Tallahassee on Sunday afternoon, to spend time with family and drive my sweet Gram back home.  Intentions were not all selfless though, I'm allowing myself the expectation of clarity.  This week (or however long we choose to stay here) has great potential to clear up those fuzzy areas in my life right now. It's quiet here, away from tugging thoughts and painful reminders.  I guess I see it as and open field where my thoughts can freely roam and wait for the fog to lift, maybe even find each other in sweet reunion and connection.  That was my only expectation, clarity in thought and peace of mind for a week.  In fact I may have begged God a little.ha!

But my God has greater plans than my desires.  Jillian came to visit me on Monday and we spent the whole day together, shopping, eating, exploring...it was a great adventure much needed for both of us.  The afternoon was winding down and Eddie James was playing in the background.  Oh that Eddie James.  God started tugging at my heart to come and worship Him.  And I have to say, I have missed that tug so much!  I mentioned something to Jillian and she was feeling the exact tug.  "Oh God what are you doing in our hearts?," went through my head instantly.  Then came the next tug...maybe there's an IHOP here!  After much discussion of whether YWAM or IHOP were present here we decided to find out for ourselves.  I whipped my phone out and found exactly what we were looking for.  We got to our original destination (Yogaberry) and turned right around, we have a God to worship!

With only a couple other people in the room we entered into immediate worship.  Nothing holding us back, no one to distract us.  As we blessed our Father's heart He blessed ours.  Nothing out of the ordinary happened that day, well, nothing that the eye could see...but something so deep in my heart started to sprout joy.  There's something new coming around the corner and might just start here.

I'm going back today and expect that joy to grow.