"CLOSER..........DEEPER"!!!!!!!

INTIMACY  -  "In to me..You see"

A cool, still morning, just shortly after sunrise........
I was outside, praying and worshiping HOLY GOD.

As I prayed and walked, a flashing yellow LIGHT "caught
my eye".

At first I could not see clearly what was causing the light
to "flash" or vibrate...so I moved closer.

Finally, I was able to see it clearly-----It was a single
YELLOW leaf, with the sun shining directly upon it.

There was not a breeze blowing that I could FEEL nor
HEAR.......yet a "breeze" was causing that ONE leaf to
twist in such a way that it caused the sunlight to "flash"
or vibrate.

In ALL the COUNTLESS leaves in the woods on that
side of the house........this ONE yellow leaf---still attached
to the tree---but so LOOSELY attached that the very
SLIGHTEST breeze caused it to move that way---so
that it caught my eye---at the exact time that I was looking
in that direction........

As I prayed about that, our LORD reminded me that---

1) He knows our "...sitting down and our rising up",
    He knows our thoughts "...before we think them",
     He knows our path, and our lying down..."
      (Psalm 139:1-4)

2) Also he "remembers" that recently I have been praying
     that He would enable me to become CLOSER to Him,
     and be DEEPER in relationship with Him.

3) We must remember that Jesus is "THE LIGHT'.
      (John 8:12).

OH, that we would be so LOOSELY ATTACHED to
"that which holds us back"---that we would respond
to the SLIGHTEST move or whisper of the HOLY SPIRIT!!!

[SPIRIT, pneuma Strong's #4151, as in "pneumonia"
"nyoo-mah - breath, breeze, a current of air, wind,
or spirit (Romans 7:6).
"pneuma" is that part of a person capable of responding
to GOD---
The HOLY SPIRIT is the third person of the TRINITY,
Who draws us to JESUS, convicts us of sin, enables us
to accept JESUS CHRIST as our personal savior, assures us
of salvation, enables us to live the victorious life, to
understand the Bible, to pray according to GOD'S will,
and share Jesus with others.]

And the leaf (leaves)---every spring He gives countless,
countless leaves to remind us that He is
"with us always" (Matthew 28:20); and He will "never
LEAVE us nor forsake us" (Hebrews 13:5).

Oh, let's ALL ask our Holy Lord to draw us closer and
deeper!!! AMEN!!! (His answer to that is always YES!!!
(II Corinthians 1:20)