Up Late, Just To Talk

It's been a while since I've blogged but I have a free Saturday afternoon and have been inspired to share.
This week has been very busy, I started my new job (yey!) and had a different commitment every night, keeping me occupied. By the end of the week Chris and I were exhausted and last night we got into bed at 11. I laughed while pulling back the sheets, a Friday night and we barely made it till 11 o'clock. As I shut off the light I said "Well, some day we'll stay up late and just sit and talk till 3 in the morning like we did in college." He laughed and said "yeah, when we didn't have to wake up for jobs in the morning." Little did I know how much those comments would speak to my heart this morning.

Today was a women's group meeting at my church and the mentor group that I am in was supposed to share. We first had breakfast (waffles, from my wonderful Waring Pro) and we were to share after worship. Before worship I started I was thinking "I don't want to share what I've prepared to share." It just didn't seem right but I had felt that way all week so I decided I'd just have to share it anyways.

We began worship and on the last song "A little longer" by Brian and Jenn Johnson came on. I've heard this song before and it's always been powerful before but today the Lord spoke to me through it in a new way and I knew my topic for sharing was changed. He brought my conversation from last night, with Chris, back to my mind. "Some day we'll sit and talk until 3 in the morning like we used to" A dagger hit my heart, I had grasped a small taste of the Lord's longing to be with me like I did before I had so many THINGS to do. It was as if I heard him saying "remember when you used to just sit in my presence, when you weren't running to DO something". I can't put all he revealed in my Spirit into words but the Lord was opening my eyes to the pain He's felt as I've filled my life with all these things I have to do and left little room to just sit and talk with Him.

My sister-in-law, Darci, got up to share about how the Spirit of God LONGS for US!
James 4:5 (amplified) says "The Spirit whom He caused to dwell in us yearns over us and He yearns for the Spirit to be welcome with a jealous love.".

God placed the Spirit IN us and He YEARNS for us. HE yearns for US, like a drug addict yearns for drugs. Wow, that is so amazing and yet humbling. Darci, went on to share about not grieving the Spirit and how Jesus left the Spirit as a gift for us and we are to welcome Him and be sensitive to Him.

In Good Morning Holy Spirit, Benny Hinn talks of his first encounter with woman of God, Kathryn Koolman. During her service she stops everything and begins sobbing! She began to cry out "Please don't grieve the Holy Spirit. Don't wound Him, He's all I've got. Don't wound the one I love!".

It is not often that we stop to realized that we can wound the Holy Spirit. We wound the HS when we reject Him, when we don't have time for Him and when we don't follow his leading.

The Spirit is longing to sit and talk with you, He is yearning to be with you. There is no sweeter sound than the sound of Him calling your name. He's calling mine and He's calling yours. He YEARNS for you. The creator of the universe, who needs nothings but has everything longs for intimacy with me and you!

I need to prioritize my life, I cannot allow my business to grieve the Holy Spirit.

Holy Spirit, I just want to be with You! I'd love to be with you a little longer- I'm in love with you! Give me your grace to let "those things go, cause THEY can wait!"