[Ep 84] Posturing Your Heart to Hear from God, Part 3: Receive

We are on week 3 of a series about posturing our hearts to hear from God. Because as women who care for others, or as women who are going through a difficult season of our own, we are desperate to hear from God. We want to know that He's with us. We want to know what He wants us to do in this specific situation. We bring our questions and doubts to Him and wait for Him to answer. And so we come to Him. We meet with Him. The first R was about getting ready to meet with God. We want to prepare our physical space—getting rid of distractions and creating a sacred space that lends itself to being aware of God's presence—but we also want to prepare our inner space, our hearts. We want to look at our beliefs to see if we even believe God will speak to us or not, or look at our spirit to see if we're ready to hear whatever it is what He has to say to us—whether it's what we are wanting to hear or not. The second R was about recognizing God's voice and movement in our lives. We want to be familiar with how He shows up. We want to distinguish His voice from the others. We want to sense His presence and invitations to us throughout the different seasons. This involves slowing down and paying attention to what is going on around us and inside of you. So ready, recognize. Today we are going to talk about the third R: receive. We want to posture our hearts to receive whatever God has for us. What does that look like? How do we do that? Kari   RESOURCES: Episode 61: Perceiving God's Presence and Love with Spiritual Director and Author Sharon Garlough Brown ______ >> Journal Gently: An 8-week program designed to help you process grief and trauma with God http://lovedoesthat.org/journalgently >> Written Spiritual Direction: Recognize God's presence in your pain http://lovedoesthat.org/spiritualdirection