God is so amazing and consistently so.  This morning while having my devotions I was journaling that I am not good at discerning man.  I tend to take man at face value and then I’m shocked when man doesn’t do what he said he would or he does what he says and then does something inconsistent with it.  God’s response to this was simple.  “I am not interested in you discerning man, I want you discerning Me.”  In my Experiencing God manual yesterday I did the assignment:  God Invites You to Join Him.  In it you come to realize that God invites you to have an intimate relationship with Him.  In this relationship He will show you His Ways.  This morning I awoke to the realization that this is exactly what God wants with me–an intimate relationship.  I want that too and I know He and I are working on this.  In this I realize I will be better able to discern God’s leadership in my life and how He wants me connected to His work.  This is exciting and confirming.  I don’t need to discern man.  I need to know that I am connecting with God’s plan for me through our relationship one with another.  What I do for man will be done through what God shows me rather than discerning myself what man might want/need.

It was 10 months ago that God told me He wanted me journaling to Him and not to His Son Jesus.  He also told me a couple days later that He gave Jesus to us not to replace Him but to lead me to Him.  In these 10 months I’ve begun to trust and believe in God my Father as I’ve never been able to before.  I humbly thank Him for His persistence with me and building a relationship with me that is intimate.  I have begun to know that even in my older years I can be made new.  Praise be to God my Father.