Love's Whisper

John 11:28

And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee.

John 14:16
But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

Psalm 119:176
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.

I had such a beautiful experience this past Friday: The night before, I'd prayed and told the Lord that I knew I needed to reconnect with Him. I knew that in all my busyness and interviewing and planning and doing, my prayer life, my worship, my meditations had sort of gone by the wayside: I still listened to the Bible, but on autopilot, with half my brain thinking about all the things I needed to do and take care of. I still prayed, but basically just those "drive-thru prayers," where you thank God for protecting you while you slept and ask Him to help and protect you throughout your day. But the sweetness was gone. The tenderness was gone. You know, the sweetness that passionate lovers experience, the sweetness we see in the Song of Solomon.

So I prayed and asked God to help me find Him again. I asked Him to find me. I felt so lost, so disconnected from Him.

So the next day, Friday, as I prayed before leaving the house for yet another interview, John 11:28 came up so strongly in my spirit: "...the Master is come, and calleth for thee." Out of nowhere, that scripture was suddenly in my heart.

I have absolutely no doubt it was the Holy Spirit Who was bringing this scripture to my remembrance. I hadn't studied the Gospel of John recently, so there was no other reason this particular scripture would've been in my mind or on my heart.

In that moment, my heart was so humbled and filled with awe that God would take the time to send this personal message to me: No matter how estranged or disconnected we might feel from the Lord Jesus because we've allowed our own stupidness or busyness or circumstances to get in the way of that relationship, He always stands there waiting, arms outstretched--waiting for us to return to Him, waiting to embrace us in love.

Though I felt a million miles away from the Lord, it was as though the Holy Spirit was whispering in my ear that the Master was there and that He was calling for me to come, to be with Him.

Jeremiah 3:13

The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.