Gentle Whisper

BibleGateway.com - Passage Lookup: 1 kings 19;: "11 The LORD said, 'Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the LORD, for the LORD is about to pass by.'
Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake. 12 After the earthquake came a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper. 13 When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave.
Then a voice said to him, 'What are you doing here, Elijah?'"
I think more often than not God speaks in a gentle whisper. I'm sure sometimes He uses a booming voice, and sometimes I've felt like he had to hit me in the head to get my attention. (Or maybe he was showing his love for me, the same way my friend, Andrew, did.) But mostly He doesn't seem to talk very loudly, to me at least. It's more like if you ask your dad if you should be doing something, and he says "it's your decision, you know what's right."

The truth is that today I'm going to Zapotitlan, and I really don't want to. I don't have a good reason to not go, it's just not a convenient time for me. I need to do laundry, we were supposed to go to a movie tonight, my Mexican family is coming home in 3 days, and I don't feel like dealing with mosquitoes and heat. I know it would be ok for me to not go. But I don't think not going is best. In my heart of hearts, I think God wants me to go. When I ask him He says, "it's your decision, you know what's right." Sometimes I'd rather if He said, "get your butt of the sofa and go!!" He doesn't; He just whispers.

There's not really much to say from the last few days. More cooking, more prayer, more Bible study, more Spanish, more tacos. I do have a nice story to share. We were at a small Bible study at someone's house the other night. After the study was over we were eating sandwiches. I was offered some soda, which I turned down, and they started a conversation about drinks. They were telling me about some different Mexican drinks, and talking about who likes what. The one guy asked me my favorite drink, and I told him "Coca light" which is Diet Coke. He disappeared for a few minutes, but some of the guys were hanging out outside so it didn't seem strange. He came back from the store with a can of Diet Coke for me. Aw, isn't that nice.

Well, I need to get myself ready to head to Zapo! Woohoo! It's gonna be so good....mosquitoes and all. You probably won't hear from me for a week or so. Or a month, who knows how long I'll be up there. Not to worry! No news is good news!