As many of you know, I took the past “week” off from everything (most everything) and just listened, prayed and worshiped God. And a LOT of cool revelations came out.
Saturday, October 8th, 2011. Time: 6:30 am. As I lied there half asleep, I looked at the clock... IT COULDNT BE 6am!! I was supposed to be in Waco (2-3 hour drive) at 7:45!!!! I staggered out of bed like a drunkard. “Mom! Mom!” I shouted, “Its 6:30!!”. Mom got up and called my Model UN coach to see if it was okay to be an hour or two late. Fortunately it was, however God had other plans. As I ran out of the shower to put on my new suit, I found it was tailored wrong. (it was used and custom tailored). The suit pants went down too far, meaning I couldn't sit down without splitting them. I raced to get my other suit on, as soon as possible. It was 6:50! Half dressed I raced for my shirt (in the other room....) and mom said “Kyle, have you prayed if we should go?” No mother I hadn't, it was a little late for that... “No” was all I replied. “Pray and come talk to your father and I” was her reply. I did, and was surprised to get a strong NO(!) as my answer. I told my mom, and my parents replied that they too had gotten no's. “Well I'm going back to bed then! SEE YA!” I said as I raced to my bed. Several hours later... I got up out of bed, because it was a little past the time I should have gotten up. My parents were still in bed, but they were talking. Mom called me in and we had a little “chat”. Mom had been up after dad and I went back to bed, she had been praying. She asked me if I wanted to hear what she got. I said sure I guess... she had three pages written down, on both sides of each piece of paper. O.O
SUMMARIZING what it said, we were to stay home, not go out, not talk to anyone and we were to get back with God. In the last year or so, we have been less then a “perfect christian family” and we needed to get back to God. We also had things we needed to fast. Things we put ABOVE God without realizing it. My 3 things (I did have the most. Gee, wonder why... :P ) were Xbox, Texting, and my computer. I sent a mass text to the people I talk to most telling them I wasn’t going to talk for about a week. Little did I know, just how big of an impact this would have. That day I went fully without the items mentioned above. I was reading my bible, a fiction book I had been meaning to read, and a book called Love and Respect. I had made a list of things to research and meditate on. Basic stuff, Job, The One, life, etc. And I read outside for 4 hours strait reading various books. I had to take a break because words were losing their focus, and I was going cross eyed. XP So I sat outside listening to worship music, and just watching the weather. It was dark, high winds, and it looked like rain. I was praying asking God questions, getting answers. And at one point I asked Him why He stopped replying. He said “You stopped listening” “Alright, (turned off music) I’m listening!” several moments passed. “...Well?” He then told me about how sometimes we need to listen to His love. Its kind of hard to explain how nothing can be God's love, much less how you can listen too it. I took a deep breath and just listened, blocking out all sounds, and thoughts, and just watched the tree sway... then I heard something... The love of God. I cant tell you what it sounds like, but you will know it when you hear it. Peace like you never knew before will come upon you. I was resting with my legs on a folding chair, and my behind in one as well. But it felt like God Himself was holding me up. Like I was floating in His hands. I encourage you sometime, take 10-30 minutes, to just block everything, and listen to His love. You will know it when you hear it.
Today is Sunday, Oct 9th 2011. Obviously my fasting is not over, yet I'm writing this on a laptop. Well that revelation, and several others I will post about later on.
