The journal which became the book, Tell My Beloved, began during wonderful moments in church as the congregation was praising and rejoicing in God.  Sometimes quietly, sometimes exuberantly we worshiped. Hearts united in thankfulness for God released His love and presence among us.   I could sense God’s intense love for His people–those created in His image and called by His Name.  I knew He understood the hurts and disappointments, even the persecutions they are going through.  I knew He wanted to speak to their hearts and to tell them how much He loves them and that He has many things to say to them.  He wants them to listen and to hear Him.

That was around the year 2009. However, it was some 53 years earlier that my Mother had sowed the seeds of listening to God.  I remember she would say to me, “What God thinks matters most.”  Being 7 or 8 years old and certainly not experienced in life, I couldn’t begin to make a theological question out of the topic.  In my young heart, I simply accepted what Mother said.  In my simple way of thinking, it was all about knowing God is my friend and I want to be a good friend to Him, too!

As an elementary-aged child,  I knew I could look at things but I would only see a part of the whole picture.  My life wasn’t simple. I was living in the shadows–in the consequences–of my parents’ divorce. There was no way I could understand life by myself and there was no blaming others either, because I couldn’t know what they had gone through.

“What God thinks matters most.” Yes! That makes sense!  He might not tell me everything I ask, but I knew I could trust Him.  I read the Bible my grandmother had given me.  The seeds of listening to God took root in my heart.

Application Possibilities:

Ask the Lord to reveal to you the ways He has drawn you to come closer to Him.