Today I was given the great honor to try and ‘show up’ for God…be His voice. I can only pray that ‘I’ was depleted enough for HIM to shine through and speak clearly through the message I felt He wanted me to deliver. A friend of mine this weekend gave me this great visual when she shared that her preacher always says a prayer to ‘be hidden in the cross’ when she is purposefully speaking out in His name. Being a visual person I imagined this woman preacher curled up in the hollowed out womb of a giant olive wood cross.
Kind of funny if you think about the actual visual, but I love the vulnerability of what the actual action would take if someone were to truly ‘hide’ within the darkened confines of a hollowed out tree. It is obvious she is not being literal but metaphorical and even symbolic and is still depicting that vulnerability and humility of being ‘used’ for His greater good to reach others.
It is a great gift to be trusted someone’s story, to have them share their suffering when it takes a great amount of courage to admit that life hasn’t turned out the way we thought it should go. I think this is why God gives so much to all of us as a community of believers to reach out and be honest in sharing how God turned our mistakes and misfortunes into success and opportunity.
Having been showered by His love these past few days it was also nice to give back in gratitude. 🙂
Blessings
Shannon