“And as Jesus rose up out of the water, the heavenly realm opened up over him and he saw the Holy Spirit descend out of the heavens and rest upon him in the form of a dove.”
Matthew 3:16 TPT
The reward of giving God your attention is MORE of Him!
Yesterday, my spirit was exploding. It’s this feeling I get when I have heightened awareness that God is moving in my life. He’s ALWAYS present, but sometimes He moves to the realm of encounter.
I’ve learned to be expectant of these encounters. I actually think if we are ALWAYS expectant, and we are open to them, we could have them more frequently. This is something I deeply desire. I have a knowing in my soul that this is my purpose and calling.
This little testimony began with a book I KNEW I was supposed to read.
God started speaking to me through it from the get go.
Its been as if the book is some mysterious clue, revelation, or even affirmation to how God moves in my life, and how He speaks to me.
I’m so thankful for the Holy Spirit’s prompting to read it.
Yesterday I felt God speaking to me so clearly that the entire morning it was if I was walking in a dream. I LIVE for these moments. I’ve said it before but the weight of His presence is so heavy sometimes that I feel like my spirit wants to burst from my mortal skin.
I was still having these feelings as I was out and about shopping. Before heading home I last was pulling into Kroger and as my car turned into the parking lot by a tree, a beautiful WHITE dove flew right up and over my car. It was if time stood still or I was seeing it in slow motion as I watched it. It was like all the pictures you see of the dove resting upon Jesus as He arose from His baptism. My daughter, Lyssy, and I often see doves and think it’s so special. Our hearts are tender to them, but never have we seen anything like this beautiful white dove.
“New Life. Holy Spirit. Peace. Rest.”
All those words just came to me as I was remembering what I saw.
I turned the corner pulling into a parking space completely in awe of the dove KNOWING it was God speaking to me. Knowing He was showing me love. Knowing He was breaking through a human “reality and logic” to reveal Himself to me. I’ve had plenty of these encounters where I stand in awe, but this one was super symbolic and meant something.
I got out of my car and immediately heard a woman crying and/panicking. I came around my car and saw a very pretty Hispanic lady holding a beautiful baby boy coming from the passenger side of her very nice black SUV. She was trying to open the doors on that side of her vehicle.
She approached me panicking saying that she had locked EVERYTHING in her car. Phone, purse, baby stuff, everything. She was frantically begging me to please help.
Definitely not an encounter you have everyday or ever.
I will never know why she was so emotional about it, but I calmed her down and assured her I would help her.
The baby even though his mommy was crying had the most beautiful smile and the most beautiful eyes.
I asked her if she first needed to call someone with my phone. As I was asking and she was crying she made her way back to the driver car door and reached for the door and…it opened.
The woman’s panic then quickly turned from fear to disbelief. Her face turned to look at me. Her crying turned to tears of overwhelming joy. She was still in a state of “freaking out” and she kept saying loudly while crying, “it was locked! it was locked!” She came right up to me and put her hand on me and said, “it was locked!!”
She stared into my eyes and said with all seriousness, “are you an angel?”
I stood just taking in the fleeting seconds trying to figure it all out in my mind. What it all meant. What the dove meant. What God wanted to say to this lady. What He wanted me to say to this lady. What He was saying to me?
All I knew to say was that, “no I’m not an angel, but as I was pulling into the parking lot God showed me a beautiful white dove and I had a feeling there was more to it. Then only seconds later lead me to you.” I thought to myself maybe me seeing that dove will be a connection to God speaking to her now or someday. I just knew I had to be faithful to telling her. I had no clue what it meant but needed to release it to her.
She emotionally thanked me a million times as I hugged her and walked away.
After that whole scene I felt a spiritual high the whole time I was shopping. The high didn’t end until I came home and told my husband and son with the giddiness of a child and neither of them seemed even a little touched. I think the only response was, “wow, that’s weird.”
I felt gutted.
So I in my flesh immediately felt deflated. My priceless encounter as many others I have had, I would keep to myself. The encounter was too costly and too special to be unappreciated by people I tell. I’ve learned the hard way that some stories and testimonies are treasures to hold in my heart and not release.
This morning, though, I felt the Holy Spirit tell me to write it out and put it on my blog. I cannot let human responses dictate my obedience to writing or sharing revelation or encounters. I originally and immediately wanted to go and tell just out of sheer joy, so sharing on my blog is being obedient to that feeling regardless of responses or likes.
God is so good! I beg Him for MORE! More encounters! More revelation! He sets my soul on fire.
What I gather from experience is that these encounters are rich with symbolism and meaning. I believe it’s our calling to dig deep into what they mean or what God is revealing to you. Encounters release love, healing, revelation, hope, peace, and make you keenly aware of all the connecting dots in your life. I believe the more we are hungry for the things of God the more we are aware of the veil being torn and realization that we can walk with Him daily, just enjoying Him, or being used by Him to help others.
We lay our lives down for this priceless benefit and to experience the glory of His presence. Heaven on Earth!
This morning the Holy Spirit sweetly reminded me that I had seen that baby boy in my dreams the night before and had faithfully written it down before I saw him yesterday.
He is speaking through everything! We MUST have our hearts and eyes open! We have to make ourselves available!
There is always MORE to behold. Glory to glory!
Eyes Of A Lion 
Thank you for sharing!
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