Today I was reflecting on just how awesome the Holy Spirit has been this past week. My beautiful friend Jenna from FITN flew all the way from Washington (state) to come and visit me and my other beloved roommate Dora on the East Coast. I wanted to blog about how perfect Holy Spirit HOOOKED IT UP! For reals. Today my heart was just overwhelmed as I realized His leadership over it all. From beginning until the very end of the time we got to spend together, it was perfect and Holy Spirit was all over it. as much as this is me just reflecting on what we did a little bit, I also want it to be a testimony of how awesome He is.
- Fun Holy Spirit testimony #1. Jenna’s connecting flight actually ended up getting delayed about an hour or so. Not a super big deal, but the only thing was that we had plans to go to Thai Thai for dinner when her and Dora arrived from the airport to my house and Thai Thai closes at 9:30. Depending on how long the flight was and how long it took them to get there, I was estimating that they may not get to my place until about 8:45 and I even told Holy Spirit, “8:45 is really the latest we could get there sooooooooo You gotta hook it up…” Well needless to say He totally did 8) . He hooked it up so Jenna’s flight caught a crazy tail wind that shot them to New York and they ended up getting to my house at 8:30ish. Sweet deal. So we had more than enough time to rejoice in each other’s prescence, as well as the presence of delicious Thai cuisine 8) AND to top that off my dad randomly shows up at the EXACT time we’re getting the bill and pays for the whole thing. You rock Dude.
- The rest of the night we got to exchange Christmas presents which was glorious as well. Every good and perfect gift comes from the Father and I was totally feelin that in the gifts I got from Dora and Jenna, as well as the gift of just having them with me too.
- Dora had to go to an orientation for Med school Friday and Saturday so after she left Thursday night it was just me and Jenna 8) . Friday was full of fun adventures. We went to all the essential stores where you just walk around for fun like Borders and Home Goods, ate awesome Jersey pizza, I scored some sweet acrylic paint from A.C. Moore, took Jenna to Washington Rock to see the skyline of NYC, all this intermingled with sweet conversation and Jesus-ness 8) It was so refreshing to my spirit to be able to just chill with Jenna and I’m so grateful to the Lord for knowing that I needed that and giving that to me without even asking really. He’s so kind.
- Fun Holy Spirit testimony #2. Okay sooooooooooo in summation…Friday night…Holy Spirit totally just manifested in my room. Now, by that evening, my spirit was just feeling really joyful and good. I kind of had a feeling that something else was up or that He was up to something extra but didn’t think much of it. It was pretty late, maybe about 2 in the morning or something when we were about to get ready for bed and it all started with Holy Spirit ministering to Jenna through me, I could feel Him so strongly and knew something was up once that began because the whole time, I could have busted out laughing with the joy of the Lord if I let myself. The only reason I didn’t was because it was the middle of the night and I would have woken people up. I just could not help but smile the whole time. Jenna and I ended up talking for a while in the midst of all this and then I think we just started talking about the love of the Father or something, I can’t remember. But by that time it was maybe 3:30 or so and we decided to try and go to sleep but Holy Spirit just took over dude! He was so thick in the room it was crazy, I literally could not move on my bed. I could feel waves of His energy come and go over my head and just the love of the Father was being manifested to Jenna and I so strongly. What I kept thinking about was Him brooding over us like He did over the waters in Genesis 1. I cant even describe how thankful I am for that. And we didn’t even have the IHOP webstream on or anything, it’s just what He’s doing and all He needed was our hungry hearts. Beautiful.
- Fun testimony from Saturday: Jenna and I got to witness to this guy at a little kid’s store in Summit =) . He got to asking about where Jenna was from and what brought her out here and what not which got us into talking about IHOP, FITN and Jesus. It definitely felt like a seed planting 8) . OH! And this was the coolest thing to me. At one point he was like, “you guys could be sisters, you can definitely tell that you really bonded out there” or something along those lines. That may not seem like a big deal but it was so cool to me because this guy could actually see that we were knit together in the Lord whether he realized it or not. I think of that verse in John where Jesus says that people will know we are His disciples by the love that we have for each other and I think that this was a cool example of that. He wasn’t just seeing close friends; he was seeing Jesus because He is the love that bonds us together.
- On Sunday Dora was reunited with us! Yay for Holy Spirit joyful times of fellowship=)!
- Monday we made our way to Dora’s place in Yonkers after listening to Mikey B talk about loving God with all of our mind, doing a fun little exercise based on that, and watching some Pride & Prej of course. Just all around good times.
- NYC Holy Spirit Testimony: Tuesday was what we planned to be our city day. When we planned this it wasn’t supposed to be too cold but it was supposed to rain. Well, Holy Spirit HOOKED IT UP! I’m still in awe about how perfect the weather was that day. It was a little chilly but it was the perfect day out of all the days we had together to go. Even the weather He planned out and tuned us in to what day to go. It was a beautiful day all around. We went to the Emp 😉 , Macy’s, Times Square, and Rockefeller Center of course. We also met a security guy at Rockefeller Center who was a Christian and talked to us for about a half hour about stuff from Genesis to Revelation and even had a word for me after we prayed for him. God is good and great.
- Final Holy Spirit testimonies: Wednesday was Jenna’s last day on the East Coast but her flight wasn’t until the evening-ish. We hit a whole bunch of traffic taking her to the airport and were praying for the Lord to redeem the time and hook something up. Needless to say, Holy Spirit was showing off again in this because Dora and I got a text from Jenna saying that she basically got there at perfect timing and that her flight was delayed 10 minutes! What’s funny is that in my head on the car ride there I was thinking, “Ya know, that’d be cool if the plane got delayed for her.” Come on! That’s crazy. He is so good!!
Some of the things that I mentioned here might seem minute. Things that seem like coincidence even. But I just know in my heart that everything that went on was all Holy Spirit. It’s just amazing what He will do when you invite Him. I think I always thought that He was only concerned with “spiritual” things or whatever. But the truth is, He wants to be apart of everything in our lives. And what’s awesome is that He cares deeply about everything in our lives. When I think of this past week, it’s like He just say three of His daughters being able to get together and fellowship with Him and one another and He could not resist hooking it up for them =) . It’s amazing the things He does when you invite Him into your circumstances, your relationships and just the simple cares of each day. I’m so incredibly grateful that He can even be involved in those things. It brings such peace to my heart knowing that He has provision, guidance, and wisdom to offer me in every arena of my life at all times. Thinking on the things He’s showed me this past week just stirs my heart to invite Him more. When He’s becomes the center from which everything else in your life flows, it’s a beautiful thing. But remember, He’s a gentleman so He will never force Himself upon you, He desires to be invited. And when you invite Him, get ready 😉
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