Sometimes it is hard to write, to share things, things that make you vulnerable, exposes ones heart, things that hurt, that show you are human. But in the sharing comes a release that only the Lord can give!

The one thing that I promised the Lord when He began Hill Country Thoughts, was that I would be honest, open and real, in my walk and relationship with Him and with others. That I would share from the heart, knowing that the Lord would take what was shared and minister to others.

I have not posted anything in over a week simply because I didn’t "feel like it." I was basing my week on how I was feeling, the battles that I was going through. I was self focused. The more I looked at myself, the less I felt like writing, like sharing, thinking, what does it matter, who cares, why bother.

The thing is, I knew it was a trick of the enemy. The purpose of the enemy is to undermine us in anyway that he can. To silence us, to convince us that we will not have an effect, yet it is a lie, a trick.

As I sat here in the little park, a breeze is blowing, leaves moving to and fro and it a brought a peace and a rest to me and it made me realize that this whole week I had not been giving the Lord the time it takes to create a relationship of intimacy, of hearing that still small voice, that speaks to our heart and says peace, be still and know that I am God and because I was not listening, the harder it became to write, to share, to hear.

The one thing that the Lord wants to do is reveal Himself daily to us. To give us fresh bread, a new understanding of who He is. He wants to give us a fresh revelation of who He is. He will reveal Himself anew daily.

He will reveal himself to us in the things of life, the things that we go through and as we go through the times of trials, of dark nights of the soul, we will come forth stronger and closer to the Lord.

Let us rejoice in the fact that we serve a Father who loves us, woo’s us back onto the right track, to that place of hearing Him, that during those times we are wondering is it worth it, am I really hearing His voice, am I walking the right path?

It is during that time, like the breeze in the park, we hear that still small voice of the Lord, say, "Yes it is."

Till later,

Paul