A Season of Dialing Down and Tuning in to God

The last few months, I've been seeking God's face. I began to dial down on life's "busyness" and tuning into God. I've been reaching to go deeper in God. I've been hungry to experience more of Him and to be used by Him more. He has been teaching me how to experience prayer on a different level than I've done before. He is teaching me to pray in the Spirit at a level I've not done before. He has also blessed me with a gift I asked Him for years ago -- the gift of singing in tongues. What an amazing time of worship when I sing in tongues! Glorious!

He has also brought up a subject that He has broached with me before only for me to skirt the issue time and again. I understood that His bringing it up again was a challenge to me. A challenge to see if I want to go deeper enough to accept His request this time. This time, I decided to not talk myself out of it. I decided that instead of get worked up in what people say the scripture means about this subject and just act on what God is asking me to do.

What is this thing, you ask?

Headcovering.

Headcovering comes up against independent streaks and women's liberation. It's hard to sing "I am woman, hear me roar!" in a headcovering. And, it (and the sister issue of dressing modestly), threatens our sense of freedom from legalism through grace.

Covering my head reminds me constantly that God is my covering and that my head is for His glory. It reminds me that I represent Him in every word, deed, and thought. It is humbling....and empowering. Empowering in the sense that I've turned off my own agenda and invited the Holy Spirit to act through me in His power and His knowledge.

Silence and Solitude

From this Sunday afternoon to Wednesday afternoon, I will enjoy a time of silence and solitude. Mother is heading to Camp Meeting and I'll be home. The computer will be turned off. No movies (tv has been off for a long time now). Only the Bible to read and God to listen to. No talking except to God. Just lots and lots of listening to God. There are so many things I long for Him to tell me but I enter this time with no other agenda but to hear from Him about whatever He wants to speak to me about.