I heard the hollow eco's of silence. Darkness surrounded me and emptiness lurked within.
Suddenly a piercing cry smashed through the silence, "stop believing the lies!" I wondered what lies the voice was talking about. Then the light engulfed the darkness and I realized what the lies was. I always thought God didn't speak to me. But then He started to reveal all the times He did speak and I just didn't realize it was Him. I thought I made up the pictures and words I got, that it was only my imagination. I didn't even think that it could be God trying to tell me something.
When uncle Joe was there, He "taught" us how to prophesy. Through that, God showed me when it was Him giving me words or when it's just my own mind speaking. I learned how to recognize His voice and trust Him to show me when it's not.
Here is a poem I heard almost seven years ago that got stuck in my head (I can't remember who wrote it) :
Give me Samuel's ear, Oh Lord
Alive and quick to hear
Each whisper of Thy word
Like him to answer to thy call
And to obey Thee first of all.
I really pray this poem over my life and over each and every one who knows Him.