(Coke’s trademark tagline is “Open happiness.” God opened Hannah’s lid of happiness yesterday. He poured Himself in and she felt refreshed.)
Something powerful is happening between my girl and God lately. My mommy heart bursts with joy. Over the last week, Hannah has really connected with God through prayer. Out of the blue, Hannah is sharing sweet stories about what God is showing her. He’s making Himself known to her right when she needs Him most. During middle school…
Middle school years are tough for kids, aren’t they? The pressures and changes are non-stop. Friendships end. New ones start. Gossip galore. Hannah tells me this thought keeps coming to mind, “I don’t need to please others. Only God. And He’s already pleased with me. He made me.” I told her that’s God reminding her of His love. Then she smiles and believes; I can see it in her eyes.
Yesterday after school, Hannah smiled big and said, “Mom, something happened at school today.”
“What?”
“God told me He loved me in History class.”
With tears in my eyes, I asked for the scoop. First, Hannah shared how she wasn’t paying attention to her teacher, giggling that she knows she should have been listening. 🙂 Instead she was praying. When she stopped, she heard a voice say, “I love you.” Instantly she felt a warmth and butterflies. She felt God’s comfort. She told me, “I knew He was right there.”
I’ll let her journal tell you the rest.
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I shared this story with a friend last night. She said God was writing HIS-STORY in Hannah’s heart. Loved that.
I told Hannah, “Now you can tell how God showed up in your History.”
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What a precious moment. May God continue to reveal Himself to and through your child.
Tiffany,
I am seeing God's hand more and more in people's lives. It just reminds me how present He truly is.
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What a wonderful story. My heart gets all fuzzy everytime I hear a young person getting closer to God. When we come closer to Him… He comes closer to us…. even in history class :o)
And she wrote it down!!! Yay!!!
How I pray this for my middle-schooler. What a precious, precious moment. Treasure it with her and for her!
Such a precious time for your dear Hannah, may God continue to speak to her.
What a wonderful moment as a mother, when your child shares her relationship with God…..I love this…it really touches my heart.
What a beautiful moment!!!
Powerful, powerful stuff there. Wow! What a treasure to behold! Thank you for blessing us by sharing. I'm truly in awe … heart swelling with Jesus' love.
So wonderful…
THIS is beautiful!!! don't you love it when you see your children deepening their relationships with God? i LOVE it!! thank you for sharing!
Oh how precious! May she continue to grow in her relationship w/the Lord.
It is a thing of beauty when we see God's hand touching our children.
I just love it when our children hear God speak to them like that. I love how she captured it in her journal…priceless!! May she go back and read that many times when she struggles in the years to come.
Is there anything better than this?!? I don't think so.
Thanks for sharing it with me Tiff. Your daughter is beautiful…just like her mom.
Love how God is speaking to your Hannah… so beautiful. I know it moved your heart in ways that words can't describe!
Oh Tiffany how this must just make your momma heart dance around the room…thank you for sharins this. And bless you sweet Hannah for receiving His love and allowing it to shine through you to others…who need it a whole lot…the people who are walking those halls of middle school…bless you Hannah! You are a precious and beautiful daughter of God and He DOES love you!
A sweet capture Tiffany. Thank you for sharing. Blessings.
Such a sweet story. BTW Hannah has a beautiful handwriting.
Out of the mouths of babes. How amazing. I could only think of Joel 2:28, "children will prophesy." They certainly have to be connected with God in order to do that. It seems yours is well on her way. Praise God!
Praise the LORD! thanks for sharing with us Tiffany!
Looking forward to hearing your program as soon as I can get over to your link and I hope you and Barbara will be one of my Guests on my program soon.
May the LORD be glorified in and through it ALL! Hallelujah!
My teenage son is really struggling with his identity. I feel bad for him. But at the same time, I'm glad the Lord has started answering my prayers for my son, that he would wrestle with God before he left for college.
Oh how precious is the work of the Lord in a young girls life! Does she have a prayer closet yet?? Reminded me of the story on my prayer blog about Kari Jobe asking her dad for a prayer closet at age 13. The rest is history!
PRAYER is the key to unlocking our future!
Just listened to your radio program today and left you a comment there! Loved it – especially hearing both of your testimonies!
Thanks for sharing!
{{HUGS}} for both you and 'B'!
Stephanie
What a wonderful head start for her, to be tuning her ears and heart to hear her Abba!!!
I know your Mama's heart was bursting with joy!!