Truth in a Jar

One of my weaknesses is disappointment. I seem to get disappointed easily, my dad told me that sometimes it’s because I have high expectations for people, things and situations, and I have to agree with him. We all have areas of our life that need work though, and this is one of mine. 

I recently had a conversation with my dad. I was “disappointed” because I had been sharing something really important with someone and I felt like they weren’t listening at all to me. It didn’t necessarily hurt my feelings, but I wanted the person to receive what I had to say because it was really important and I knew that the individual I was talking too needed to hear this certain truth. My dad then explained that the Holy Spirit can still use my spoken truths. The Holy Spirit is not dependent on whether or not this individual received my words or not. My dad said that the Holy Spirit can use them when the person is ready to receive the truth. That put my heart at ease, knowing that my words and the heart behind them were not wasted. I did my part. 

That night I got a beautiful vision; my dad’s words put into a majestical picture. Because of that vision I am now convinced that if I speak a truth that is not received, the words do not simply float in space void and useless, the Holy Spirit catches my words and makes each one a fire-fly. He places them in a jar and waits for the perfect moment to take off the lid and to fill up the night sky with truth, vanishing all darkness. All I have to do is speak truth and leave the rest up to the Holy Spirit. 

Never fail to speak truth, and never try to the job of the Holy Spirit. Only he knows the perfect time to open up the lid of your truth jar.