Hill Country Thoughts - A Coffee Cup Ministry

Sitting here this morning at 03:30, listening to one of my friend Luanne Hunt’s CD’s. Listening to each song, listening to the music and hearing the words and realizing that each song is a journey in her walk with the Lord!

Each song to me this morning was like the Lord saying to me, “Paul, these are for you, listen, hear my heart for you, for I am singing them to you.”

I began to realize, how blessed I am, how the Lord has been walking side by side with me, making himself known each step of the way! Taking the events of my life and turning them into a time of intimacy with Him.

That He has taken this period in my life to mold and shape me into the instrument that He has always wanted me to be. He has blessed me in so many ways, that it is hard to put into words.

The events, the people that He has brought into my life, those who have encouraged me as I walked this path, who carried me along through their prayers, for that I say thank you!

Most important I want to thank my heavenly Father and my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, for being with me, for loving me, for covering me through the storms, the dark nights of the soul. For changing the path that I was on and bringing me to the place that I am, to be a pen in His Hand.

Of teaching me to listen, truly listen to the songs, to the words, to the people, that He brings into my life. To be given the privilege of sharing His heart, His love, His word, the simple things He has made real in my life, to let others know that it is in the simple things of life, the day by day events, that He reveals Himself and makes Himself known.

I look back to when this journey began back in 2003, to where I am now and all I can say is “Father, thank you, thank you for loving me and carrying me through this journey and bringing me to where I am now.”

“Thank you for the many new friends, new events, opportunities to share what you have done and what you have written upon my heart. Thank you for the many old friends who stood beside me, even when it was not easy to do so.”

Each day is a new journey, a new day, a new beginning, a fresh start, knowing that each day we are changed, as we yield ourselves to the Lord.

That we are becoming more and more like our Lord, that we are beginning to reflect Him more and more, as we spend time with Him, that we can talk, laugh and share with Him.

For He indeed is a friend that is closer than a brother and has brought us back into a relationship with our Father.

Are you listening my friends? Are you paying attention to that tug of the Lord, the wooing of the Holy Spirit.

Are you listening to the words, hearing the song He is singing too you? Drawing you back to that first love relationship with Him.

Bringing you back to a place of embracing Him with your whole heart, trusting Him to lead and guide you, even when you don’t understand the events of your life at times, knowing that it is then that He is the closest and the time we embrace Him with our whole being and say “Lord, where ever you lead, I will follow.”

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