It was one of those weeks when I was feeling kind of down – not a hard thing for the highly sensitive person. And then one night I had a vivid dream. I woke up transformed.
Have you ever heard that bizarre story about Jesus and the fig tree? If you don’t know the secrets of fig trees, there’s no way you can decipher the lesson in the story.
In the U.S., the Christmas shopping season officially begins the day after Thanksgiving. But for me, that’s when my shopping season officially ends. I’m not a Scrooge, I’m just a highly sensitive person, and so from Thanksgiving through New Year’s Day, I avoid the stores as much as possible.
For every behavior I think of as merely “religious,” someone is doing it in a meaningful way from an authentic heart of love for God, and God is expressing Himself back in that same language. I learned some profound lessons about honoring facets of God that are foreign to me when I visited Israel with my husband three years ago.
I’m a dawdler. I always have been. I’m always wafting off into my own inner world, oblivious to all else. I have no idea how dawdling correlates with high sensitivity, but lots of highly sensitive people I know are dawdlers. Not all. But lots. Come enjoy my ballad in celebration of Dawdle. The Dawdle Song.
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Back when the Roman government was feeding frightened people to the lions for the entertainment of the masses, the Apostle Paul wrote the following instructions. “Whatever things are true, … whatever things are lovely, … — meditate on these things.” These words were written to all believers, but I find them particularly important for the highly sensitive person. However, they’re not easy to implement. In fact, we highly sensitive people can find it extra challenging to follow these instructions.
It is wonderful to worship our mighty Jesus who is Supreme above all. In addition to that, the highly sensitive person hungers also for an intimate and emotional connection to Jesus. To that end, here is one of my songs called High Priest Jesus.
Even your failings and struggles. Yes, I know all about them and I’ve got you covered there, too. You can’t fret your way out of any of this, but you can lighten up and come play with me.
You know, you’re just a human for whom I have great [...]
One thing I’ve noticed over the years of listening to lots of highly sensitive Christians: God interacts differently with highly sensitive people.
I can’t address how God talks to everyone else, but I do know that the Holy Spirit speaks tenderly to the highly sensitive person. He doesn’t holler, raise a ruckus, harangue, scold, frown [...]
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