There are some who would say that a certain song being played on the radio is a sign from God. I am not one of them. I don't believe that God will cause a dj to pick a certain song to play just because I need to hear it. I do, however, think that God can stir my heart so that I pay particular attention to a certain song.
This morning on my long drive to New Church, a song that I've come to love came on the radio. Some of the words are "I don’t wanna go through the motions I don’t wanna go one more day Without Your all consuming passion inside of me I don’t wanna spend my whole life asking What if I had given everything? Instead of going through the motions." This song had become somewhat of a mantra the last year (years?) at First Church. I felt like I was just shuffling along, doing what needed to be done, but it was mostly about going through the motions and I wanted to be giving and doing more, but not there. This morning, the song came on and I turned up the radio and all of a sudden it was quiet.
Hmm, I thought. And I turned the radio off and back on and then just decided to wait. I found out later that the tower had been struck by lightning which caused them to go off the air for a few minutes. And I really don't think God had lightning strike that tower just so I'd hear certain songs. But the words that came on mid-song when service resumed, "this is where the healing begins, this is where the healing begins."
I wasn't wounded, but I was disheartened. I was tired and 'going through the motions.' Now, I'm further along a path. I'm in a new place; I'm excited and looking forward. Thanks God--for this new place and for the songs.
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Yay! :-) Hooray for the beginning of healing. I look forward to more stories about New Church.
I like your description of the Spirit moving, here. You put into words something I've been struggling with. There are sign from the Spirit, I think, but it has more to do with how the Spirit moves me to see/hear/understand than God causing such and such to happen just for me.
As a joiner and a pleaser, I've been trying to learn to not say "yes" to something unless I can do it whole-heartedly. I'm not always successful, but I like myself when that is how I am living.
Our commencement preacher, who was awesome, talked a lot about God giving us "songs in the night" (Paul and Silas in the Acts lesson). I thought of you!!
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