{"id":3753,"date":"2015-07-29T08:44:22","date_gmt":"2015-07-29T12:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=3753"},"modified":"2015-07-29T10:19:35","modified_gmt":"2015-07-29T14:19:35","slug":"worship-wednesday-rest-the-unmistakable-presence-of-god-in-his-holy-spirit-francesca-battistelli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=3753","title":{"rendered":"Worship Wednesday – Rest – The Unmistakable Presence of the Holy Spirit of God – with Bryan & Katie Torwalt"},"content":{"rendered":"

He said, \u201cMy presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.\u201d<\/em> <\/strong>– Exodus 33:14<\/a><\/p>\n

There is nothing like the deep rest, the divine peace, that comes in the presence of the Holy Spirit of God. It is unmistakable because it is wholly unlike anything else\u00a0we ever experience.<\/p>\n

God was very present with us at the passing of our Mom – the rock of our family. Watching our friends recently\u00a0walk through the Home-going of their dear wife, mother,\u00a0grandmother, and friend<\/a>\u00a0was another picture of the drawing near of a merciful God – our shelter in that storm of life.<\/p>\n

I’ve written before of our experience of Nathan Mills<\/a>‘ Senior Guitar Concert. In preparing his pieces for the concert, he added hours of practice to an already full playing schedule. Out of that, he developed a hand injury that required him to “rest” his hands for 2 weeks prior to his concert. He still “played” in his head, as guitarists do, but he came into the concert with rested hands when practiced hands would have been better. Or so he thought.<\/p>\n

He played so well, it was as if the hand of God Himself was on Nathan. Even as the pain broke through, he was able to come to a beautiful finish.<\/p>\n

Afterward, in viewing some of video of the concert, there was some sort of artifact (light\u00a0bouncing off the face of his guitar, or something) which appeared as a shaft of light tracing vertically down through his playing hand. Like the enabling power of God. Not intending to over-spiritualize, it was a reflection of our experience of that concert. Knowing of his pre-concert uncertainty and then the pain returning, yet watching him play and hearing that glorious sound. It was a God moment for us.<\/p>\n