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KoOlina is literally one of my favorite places on earth.
And God has blessed me with being able to stay there quite a few times. Which is ridiculous because it’s not somewhere I can afford.
My second time visiting Oahu was in 2010. My friend Chris H. came out from the mainland and we spent a couple of nights at the marriot.
I remember one morning going out and sitting on the balcony to have a quiet time.
I had my Bible and probably a #journal and was ready to dive into the #scripture.
And then God interrupted me. I sensed his still small voice asking me to look around.
I decided not to tell God that he was interrupting my quiet time and obeyed.
I looked around from a top floor of a this resort onto the beautiful manicured property, pools below with the ocean in the background.
“What do you see?” He asked me
“Uh, beauty.” I responded
“No specifically what do you see.” He insisted
“Uh, I see a palm tree.”
“What do you notice about that palm tree?”
“Uh, it’s beautiful.”
“Why is it beautiful Jim?”
“Uh… I don’t know? Cause you made it?” – Trying to make sure I give my best Christian answer when talking to God
“No it’s beautiful because it’s being what I created it to be. It’s not trying to be a pine tree, it’s not trying to be an oak tree, it’s being a palm tree, which is what I created it to be.”
There’s been a quite a few times in my life when God has spoke such profound things to my heart. I shared this story at a youth group once when I was traveling. Years later I spoke in that location again and the leader of that group (who was a student when i spoke) came up to me and was like you’re that palm tree guy. He said that story really stuck with him.
God wants to speak profound things to our hearts. We serve a living God, who lovingly speaks to His children. Let’s position ourselves to hear.
Comment and let me know one of your hearing God’s voice stories.
And be beautiful today by being who God created you to be, don’t strive to be anything else.
Amen.
